19970441 Ver 1_COMPLETE FILE_19970505

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification
Mr. John Townson
Fish and Wildlife Division
Environmental Management Dept.
U.S. Marine Corps
PSC Box 20004
Camp Lejeune, NC 28542-0004
Dear Mr. Townson:
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May 28, 1997
Onslow County
WQC 401 Project #970441
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place fill material in 0.17 acres of
wetlands or waters for the purpose of constructing range improvements at G6/G5 range area for tank maneuver
training, as you described in your application dated 29 April 1997. After reviewing your application, we have
decided that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3108. This Certification
allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 26 when it is issued by the Corps of Engineers. In addition,
you should get any other federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but
not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Coastal Stormwater, Non-Discharge and Water Supply
Watershed regulations. Also this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 or CAMA permit expires
unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you
change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new application. If total
wetland fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, compensatory mitigation may be required
as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions
listed in the attached certification.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, you may ask for an adjudicatory hearing.
You must act within 60 days of the date that you receive this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written
petition which conforms to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of
Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 27447, Raleigh, N.C. 276 1 1-7447. This certification and its conditions
are final and binding unless you ask for a hearing.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act. If you have any questions, please telephone John Dorney at 919-733-1786.
Sincer ly,
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Attachment
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Wilmington Field Office
Wilmington DWQ Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Central Files 970441.1tr
Division of Water Quality - Environmental Sciences Branch
Environmental Sciences Branch, 4401 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC 27607 Telephone [phone] FAX # [phone]
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119 'APR 1997
From: Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune
To: Commanding Officer, United States Army, Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District,
Post Office Box 1890, Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
Subj: G6/G5 RANGE U14PROVEMENTS
Ref: (a) Mtg MCB Camp Lejeune (TE&O) Mr. Joe Ramirez and (EMD) Mr. John Townson/
USACOE-Wilmington District Mr. Mickey Sugg of 10 December 1996
Encl: (1) Site plans for proposed range improvements.
1. In accordance with the reference and subsequent discussions with United States Army, Corps
of Engineers field representative, Mr. Mickey Sugg, the enclosure is submitted in support of
proposed range improvements at Camp Lejeune's G6/G5 tank training range.
2. The G6/G5 range area is used for tank maneuver training. The proposed range improvements
are necessary to satisfy combined armored tracked vehicle and combat engineer training
requirements by providing realistic obstacles to approaching mechanized uni Tie obstacles will
include several excavations that the mechanized units will be forced to bre c}i. These
excavations, together with the resulting spoil berm, will impact a total o .167cres of wetlands.
Because these excavations will not be connected to a hydrologic outlet, impact to wetland
hydrology in surrounding wetlands will be minimal.
3. As discussed in the reference, Camp Lejeune has historically avoided the wetland area in the
northern section of the G6 range with tanks and other tracked military vehicles. Camp Lejeune
will continue to avoid using tanks and other tracked military vehicles in this wetland area.
4. Your authorization is requested under Nationwide Permit 26 to proceed with the construc
of the proposed excavations. By copy of this letter we also request approval from the North
Carolina Division of Coastal Management and the North Carolina Division of Water Quality.
Point of contact concerning this matter is Mr. John Townson, Fish and Wildlife Division,
Environmental Management Department at telephone [phone].
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