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MICHAEL S. REGA-N
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NORTH CAROLINA
Frwtronmenral Quality
October 21, 2019
Cumberland County
NCDWR Project No. 20191301
Bridge 25 STIP BR-0014
APPROVAL of 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Jason Dilday, Senior Environmental Specialist
NCDOT
1000 Birch Ridge Drive.
Raleigh, NC 27610
Dear Mr. Dilday:
You have our approval, in accordance with the conditions listed below, for the following impacts for the purpose of
replacing bridge 25 over Beaver Dam Creek on NC 242 in Cumberland County:
Stream Impacts in the Ca a Fear River Basin
Site
Permanent Fill
Temporary Fill
Permanent
Temporary
Total Stream
Stream
in Intermittent
in Intermittent
Fill in
Fill in
Impact
Impacts
Stream (linear
Stream (linear
Perennial
Perennial
(linear ft)
Requiring
ft)
ft)
Stream
Stream (linear
Mitigation
(linear ft)
ft)
(linear ft)
Site 1
50.0
62.0
112.0
N/A
Sta 20+82 to 21+92
50.0
62.0
112.0
N/A
Total
Total Stream Impact for Site: 112 linear feet
Wetland Impacts in the Cape Fear River Basin
Site
Fill
Fill
Excavation
Mechanized
Hand
Area under
Total
(ac)
(temporary)
(ac)
Clearing
Clearing
Bridge
Wetland
(ac)
(ac)
(ac)
(ac)
Impact (ac)
Site 1
0.210
0.009
0.120
0.220*
0.339
STA 15+50 to 23+90
0.210
0.009
0.120
0.220*
0.339
Total
Total Wetland Impact for Site: 0.330 acres.
*hand clearing is not considered impacts for DWR
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The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received September 30, 2019 and
additional information received on October 18, 2019. After reviewing your application, we have decided that these
impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 4135. This certification corresponds to the
Nationwide Permit 14 issued by the Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should acquire any other federal, state or
local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control,
Non -Discharge and Water Supply Watershed regulations. This approval will expire with the accompanying 404
permit.
This approval is valid solely for the purpose and design described in your application (unless modified below).
Should your project change, you must notify the NCDWR and submit a new application. If the property is sold, the
new owner must be given a copy of this Certification and approval letter and is thereby responsible for complying
with all the conditions. If total wetland fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, or of total
impacts to perennial streams (now or in the future) exceed 300 linear feet, compensatory mitigation may be required
as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h) (6) and (7). For this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to the
conditions listed in the attached certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Conditions of Certification:
Project Specific Conditions
1. The NCDOT Division Environmental Officer or Environmental Assistant will conduct a pre -
construction meeting with all appropriate staff to ensure that the project supervisor and essential staff
understand the potential issues with stream and pipe alignment at the permitted site. NCDWR staff
shall be invited to the pre -construction meeting. [I 5A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(2) and (b)(3)
2. As a condition of this 401 Water Quality Certification, the bridge demolition and construction must be
accomplished in strict compliance with the most recent version of NCDOT's Best Management
Practices for Construction and Maintenance Activities. [I 5A NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2) and 15A NCAC
02H .0506(b)(5)]
3. Bridge deck drains shall not discharge directly into the stream. Stormwater shall be directed across the
bridge and pre-treated through site -appropriate means (grassed swales, pre -formed scour holes,
vegetated buffers, etc.) before entering the stream. To meet the requirements of NCDOT's NPDES
permit NCS000250, please refer to the most recent version of the North Carolina Department of
Transportation Stormwater Best Management Practices Toolbox manual for approved measures. [ 15A
NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2) and 15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(5)]
4. Turbidity curtains shall be used to isolate all work areas from the stream at Beaver Dam Creek,
including pile or casement installation, placement of riprap, excavation or filling. Strict adherence to
the Construction and Maintenance Best Management Practices will be required. 15A NCAC 02H
.0506 (b)(3) and (c)(3)
5. Erosion control matting in riparian areas shall not contain a nylon mesh grid which can impinge and
entrap small animals. Matting should be secured in place by staples, stakes, or wherever possible live
stakes of native trees. Riparian areas are defined as an area that is adjacent to a body of water. [ 15A
NCAC 02B. 0211]
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General Conditions
6. Unless otherwise approved in this certification, placement of culverts and other structures in open
waters and streams shall be placed below the elevation of the streambed by one foot for all culverts with
a diameter greater than 48 inches, and 20 percent of the culvert diameter for culverts having a diameter
less than 48 inches, to allow low flow passage of water and aquatic life. Design and placement of
culverts and other structures including temporary erosion control measures shall not be conducted in a
manner that may result in dis-equilibrium of wetlands or streambeds or banks, adjacent to or upstream
and downstream of the above structures. The applicant is required to provide evidence that the
equilibrium is being maintained if requested in writing by NCDWR. If this condition is unable to be
met due to bedrock or other limiting features encountered during construction, please contact NCDWR
for guidance on how to proceed and to determine whether or not a permit modification will be required.
[15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(2)]
7. If concrete is used during construction, a dry work area shall be maintained to prevent direct contact
between curing concrete and stream water. Water that inadvertently contacts uncured concrete shall
not be discharged to surface waters due to the potential for elevated pH and possible aquatic life and
fish kills. [15A NCAC 02B.0200]
8. During the construction of the project, no staging of equipment of any kind is permitted in waters of
the U.S. or protected riparian buffers. [ 15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(2)]
9. The dimension, pattern and profile of the stream above and below the crossing shall not be modified.
Disturbed floodplains and streams shall be restored to natural geomorphic conditions. [15A NCAC
02H.0506(b)(2)]
10. The use of rip -rap above the Normal High Water Mark shall be minimized. Any rip -rap placed for
stream stabilization shall be placed in stream channels in such a manner that it does not impede
aquatic life passage. [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(2)]
11. The Permittee shall ensure that the final design drawings adhere to the permit and to the permit
drawings submitted for approval. [15A NCAC 02H .0507(c) and 15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2) and
(c)(2)]
12. All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved BMP
measures from the most current version of NCDOT Construction and Maintenance Activities manual
such as sandbags, rock berms, cofferdams and other diversion structures shall be used to prevent
excavation in flowing water. [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3) and (c)(3)]
13. Heavy equipment shall be operated from the banks rather than in the stream channel in order to
minimize sedimentation and reduce the introduction of other pollutants into the stream. [15A NCAC
02H.0506(b)(3)]
14. All mechanized equipment operated near surface waters must be regularly inspected and maintained to
prevent contamination of stream waters from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials.
[15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3)]
15. No rock, sand or other materials shall be dredged from the stream channel except where authorized by
this certification. [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3)]
16. Discharging hydroseed mixtures and washing out hydroseeders and other equipment in or adjacent to
surface waters is prohibited. [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3)]
17. The permittee and its authorized agents shall conduct its activities in a manner consistent with State water
quality standards (including any requirements resulting from compliance with §303(d) of the Clean Water
Act) and any other appropriate requirements of State and Federal law. If the NCDWR determines that
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such standards or laws are not being met (including the failure to sustain a designated or achieved use) or
that State or federal law is being violated, or that further conditions are necessary to assure compliance,
the NCDWR may reevaluate and modify this certification. [15A NCAC 02B.0200]
18. All fill slopes located in jurisdictional wetlands shall be placed at slopes no flatter than 3:1, unless
otherwise authorized by this certification. [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(2)]
19. A copy of this Water Quality Certification shall be maintained on the construction site at all times. In
addition, the Water Quality Certification and all subsequent modifications, if any, shall be maintained with
the Division Engineer and the on -site project manager. [15A NCAC 02H .0507(c) and 15A NCAC 02H
.0506 (b)(2) and (c)(2)]
20. The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary located within the construction corridor approved by this
authorization shall be clearly marked by highly visible fencing prior to any land disturbing
activities. Impacts to areas within the fencing are prohibited unless otherwise authorized by this
certification. [15A NCAC 02H.0501 and .0502]
21. The issuance of this certification does not exempt the Permittee from complying with any and all statutes,
rules, regulations, or ordinances that may be imposed by other government agencies (i.e. local, state, and
federal) having jurisdiction, including but not limited to applicable buffer rules, stormwater management
rules, soil erosion and sedimentation control requirements, etc.
22. The Permittee shall report any violations of this certification to the Division of Water Resources within
24 hours of discovery. [ 15A NCAC 02B.0506(b)(2)]
23. Upon completion of the project (including any impacts at associated borrow or waste sites), the NCDOT
Division Engineer shall complete and return the enclosed "Certification of Completion Form" to notify
the NCDWR when all work included in the 401 Certification has been completed. [15A NCAC
02H.0502(f)]
24. Native riparian vegetation must be reestablished in the riparian areas within the construction limits of the
project by the end of the growing season following completion of construction. [15A NCAC
02B.0231(a)(6)]
25. There shall be no excavation from, or waste disposal into, jurisdictional wetlands or waters associated
with this permit without appropriate modification. Should waste or borrow sites, or access roads to waste
or borrow sites, be located in wetlands or streams, compensatory mitigation will be required since that is
a direct impact from road construction activities.[15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3) and (c)(3)]
26. Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications governing the
proper design, installation and operation and maintenance of such Best Management Practices in order to
protect surface waters standards [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3) and (c)(3]):
a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed, installed,
operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North
Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual.
b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and erosion control
measures must be such that they equal, or exceed, the requirements specified in the
most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual. The
devices shall be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil)
projects, including contractor -owned or leased borrow pits associated with the project.
C. For borrow pit sites, the erosion and sediment control measures must be designed,
installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the
North Carolina Surface Mining Manual.
d. The reclamation measures and implementation must comply with the reclamation in
accordance with the requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
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27. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters unless otherwise
approved by this Certification. [15A NCAC 02H.0506(b)(3) and (c)(3)]
If you wish to contest any statement in the attached Certification you must file a petition for an administrative
hearing. You may obtain the petition form from the office of Administrative hearings. You must file the petition
with the office of Administrative Hearings within sixty (60) days of receipt of this notice. A petition is considered
filed when it is received in the office of Administrative Hearings during normal office hours. The Office of
Administrative Hearings accepts filings Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:OOam and 5:OOpm, except
for official state holidays. The original and one (1) copy of the petition must be filed with the Office of
Administrative Hearings.
The petition may be faxed -provided the original and one copy of the document is received by the Office of
Administrative Hearings within five (5) business days following the faxed transmission.
The mailing address for the Office of Administrative Hearings is:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
Telephone: (919) 431-3000, Facsimile: (919) 431-3100
A copy of the petition must also be served on DEQ as follows:
Mr. Bill F. Lane, General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If you
have any questions, please contact Joanne Steenhuis at (910) 796-7306 orjoanne.steenhuis@ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
^DOCUSigned by:
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Linda Culpepper, Director
Division of Water Resources
Electronic copy only distribution:
Liz Hair, US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington Field Office
Jim Rerko, Division 6 Environmental Analysis Engineer Officer
Chris Rivenbark, NC Department of Transportation
Beth Harmon, Division of Mitigation Services
Joanne Steenhuis, NC Division of Water Resources Wilmington Regional Office
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RQv COOPER
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MICHAEL S. P ECA-"I
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
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NCDWR Project No.:
NOk-rH CAR OLINA
Errvirnnmerrtat Quality
County:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Date of Issuance of 401 Water Quality Certification:
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable Buffer Rules, and
any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return this certificate to the 401 Transportation Permitting
Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Resources, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1617. This form
may be returned to NCDWR by the applicant, the applicant's authorized agent, or the project engineer. It is not
necessary to send certificates from all of these.
Applicant's Certification
I, , hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence
was used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial
compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and
specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature:
Agent's Certification
Date:
I, , hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence
was used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial
compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and
specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature:
Engineer's Certification
Partial Final
Date:
I, , as a duly registered Professional Engineer in the State of North
Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically, weekly, full time) the construction of the project for the
Permittee hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation of the
construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and intent of the 401
Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature
Date
Registration No.
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