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Department of Environment I
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality

James B. Hunt. Jr.. Governor
Jonathan B. Howes. Secretory t
A. Preston Howard. Jr.. P.E.. Director

May 12, 1997
Watauga County
WQC 401 Project #970385

APPROV AL of 401 Water Quality Certification

Mr. Daniel Holderman
N.C. Dept. of Transportation
1296 Prison Camp Road
Newton, NC 28658

Dear Mr. Holderman:

You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place f1l1 material in waters for the
purpose of replacing Bridge #119 on SR 1123, as you described in your application dated 10 March 1997.
After reviewing your application, we have decided that this f1l1 is covered by General Water Quality
Certification Number 3103. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 14 when it is
issued by the Corps of Engineers.
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 f1lls for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, compensatory mitigation may be required
as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h) (6) and (7). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the
conditions listed in the attached certification. 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.
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. 27611-7447. This certification and its conditions
are fmal 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.

Attachment

cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
Winston-Salem DWQ Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Central Files

970385.ltr

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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JAMES B. HUNT JR.
GOVERNOR

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DNISION OF HIGHWAYS GARlAND B. GARRETI JR.
March 10, 1997 SECRETARY
1296 Prison Camp Road
Newton, N. C. 28658

Mr. Robert Johnson, Office Manager
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Room 143
Asheville, N. C, 28801-5006

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Dear Mr. Johnson:

The North Carolina Department of Transportation Bridge Maintenance Unit, proposes the following
project for your issuance of a Section 404 permit. The project involves a designated mountain county in
Western North Carolina and we believe this project can be accomplished under Nationwide Permit #14,
Road Crossing:

COUNTY: Watauga
ROUTE: SR 1123, Bridge #119
STREAM: Laurel Creek
DESCRIPTION: Replace existing timber bridge with new concrete and steel bridge.
DEM designated troutwaters. No wetlands nor HQW involved.
Approximately 100 CY of fill material below normal highwater.

With a copy of this letter, we are also requesting a concurrence letter from the Wildlife Resources
Commission.

We have attached a site location map, and a sketch of planned activities, A stringent erosion and
sedimentation control program will be implemented during the project construction and every effort will
be made to complete work in a timely manner.

Our personnel are available to assist with your evaluation of this project, if necessary. Should you
have any questions, please call me at 704-466-5525.

Attachment:

Sincerely,

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Daniel D. Holderman
Bridge Maintenance Supt.

CC-Ms, Stephanie Goudreau
W, A. Kirby
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FILLED:
DRAINED:
FLOODED:
EXCAVATED:
Tar AL IMPACTED:

12, DESCRIPfION OF PROPOSED WORK (ATTACH PLANS):
Replacement of Existing Bridge # 119 with new concrete and steel bridge.

13, PURPOSE OF PROPOSED WORK: Replace structurally inadequate bridge.

14, ST ATE REASONS WHY THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THAT THIS ACTIVITY MUST BE
CARRIED OUT IN WETLANDS, ALSO, NarE MEASURES TAKEN TO MINIMIZE WETLAND
IMPACTS. N/A

IS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE V,S, FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
(USFWS) AND/OR NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) REGARDING THE PRESENCE
OR ANY FEDERALL Y LISTED OR PROPOSED FOR LISTING ENDANGERED OR THREATENED
SPECIES OR CRITICAL HABITAT IN THE PERMIT AREA THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE
PROPOSED PROJECT, HAVE YOU DONE SO? YES () NO (X) N/A
RESPONSES FROM THE USFWS AND/OR NMFS SHOULD BE ATTACHED,

16, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE STATE HISTORICE PRESERVATION OFFICER
(SHPO) REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THE PERMIT AREA WHICH
MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT?
HA VE YOU DONE SO? YES ( ) NO ( X) No historical structures or sites
RESPONSE FROM THE SHPO SHOULD BE ATTACHED. involved. Exist. bridge built 1964

17, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY DEM:
A. WETLAND DELINEATION MAP SHOWING ALL WETLANDS, STREAMS, AND LAKES ON
THE PROPERTY. N/A

B, IF AVAILABLE, REPRESENT A TIVE PHarOGRAPH OF WETLANDS TO BE IMPACTED BY
PROJECT. N/A

C. IF DELINEATION WAS PERFORMED BY A CONSULTANT, INCLUDE ALL DATA SHEETS
RELEVANT TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE DELINEATION LINE. N/A

D, IF A STORMW ATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT, ATTACH
COPY. N/A

E, WHAT IS LAND USE OF SURROUNDING PROPERTY? Woods, yard

F, IF APPLICABLE, WHAT IS PROPOSED METHOD OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL? N/A

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Action Id. 199702472

County Watau~a

GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION

Property owner NCDOT - Mr. Daniel D. Holderman
Address 1296 Prison Camp Road
Newton. North Carolina 28658
Telephone No. [phone]
Size and Location of project (water body, road name/number, town, etc.) Brid~e # 119 located on SR 1123. near Su~arGrove.
W atau~a County. North Carolina

Description of Activity replace existin~ timber brid~e over Laurel Creek with new concrete and steel brid~e.
Approximately 100 cubic yards of fill material below normal hi~hwater.

Applicable Law:
(check all that apply)

X Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.1344).
_Section 10 (River and Harbor Act of 1899).

Authorization: 198200031 Regional General Permit Number.
Nationwide Permit Number.

Your work is authorized by this Regional General (RGP) or Nationwide Permit (NWP) provided it is accomplished
in strict accordance with the attached conditions and your submitted plans. If your activity is subject to
Section 404 (if Section 404 block above is checked), before beginning work you must also receive a Section 401
water quality certification from the N.C. Division of Environmental Management, telephone [phone]. For
any activity within the twenty coastal counties, before beginning work you must contact the N. C. Division of
Coastal Management, telephone [phone].

Please read and carefully comply with the attached conditions of the RGP or NWP. Any violation of the
conditions of the RGP or the NWP referenced above may subject the permittee to a stop work order, a restoration
order, and/or appropriate legal action.

This Department of the Army RGP or NWP verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to
obtain any other required Federal, State, or local approvals/permits. The permittee may need to contact
appropriate State and local agencies before beginning work.

If there are any questions regarding this authorization or any of the conditions of the General Permit or
Nationwide Permit, please contact the Corps Regulatory Official specified below.

Date 8 April 1997
Corps Regulatory Official STEVE CHAPIN
Expiration Date of Verification 12/31/97

SURVEY PLATS, FIELD SKETCH, WETLAND DELINEATION FORMS, PROJECT PLANS, ETC., MUST
BE ATTACHED TO THE YELLOW (FILE) COPY OF THIS FORM, IF REQUIRED OR AVAILABLE.

Telephone No. [phone]

CESA W Form 591
Revised July 1995

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512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604,1188, 919,733,3391
Charles R. Fullwood, Executive Director

MEMORANDUM

TO:

Steve Chapin, Permit Coordinator
Asheville Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

FROM:

Stephanie E. Goudreau, Eastern Mt. Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program

DATE:

March 18, 1997

SUBJECT:

Review of an application by NCDOT to replace Bridge # 119 along SR 1123 ovcr Laurel
Creek with a new bridge, Watauga County.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is requesting a letter of concurrcncc
from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) to obtain a 404 permit hom the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These comments are provided in accordance with provisions of the
Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.c. 466 et. seq.) and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat.
401, as amended; 16 U.S.c. 66l-667d).

Laurel Creek is Hatchery Supported Designated Public Mountain Trout Water. We have no
objection to the issuance of this perm it, provided the following conditions are met:

I) Work must be accomplished so that wet concrete does not contact stream water. This will lessen
the chance of altering the stream's water chemistry and causing a fish kill.

2) Heavy equipment should be operated from the bank rather than in the stream channel in order to
minimize sedimentation and reduce the likelihood of introducing other pollutants into the stream.

3) Temporary or permanent herbaceous vegetation should be planted on all bare soil within 15 days
of ground disturbing activities to provide long-term erosion control. If seeding is done after I
October 1997, then the NCDOT should return after 1 April 1998 to reseed if necessary.

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project. 1 f you have any questions
regarding these comments, please contact me at 704/652-4257.

cc: Mr. Daniel Holderman, NCDOT