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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20061250 Ver 3_Approval Letter_20200302 March 2, 2020 DWR # 2006-1250V3 Carteret County WSLD Bogue Watch VI, LLC Attn: David Mason 367 West Center Street Holly Springs, NC 27540 Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS Bogue Watch (221 Bow Spray Drive – Newport, NC 28557) Dear Mr. Mason: You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below to perform maintenance dredging within an existing boat basin and entrance channel impacting approximately 3.32 acres of shallow bottom habitat, as described in your CAMA Major Development Permit application, which was received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) on January 14, 2020. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 4175 (GC 4175). This Certification allows you to use the General Permit No. 198000291 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the CAMA Major Permit when issued by the Division of Coastal Management. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Non-discharge, Water Supply Watershed, and stormwater regulations. Also, this approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit. This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached certification and any additional conditions listed on the following pages. The Additional Conditions of the Certification are: 1. This approval is for the purpose and design described in your application. The plans and specifications for this project are incorporated by reference as part of the Certification. If you change your project, you must notify the Division and you may be required to submit a new application package with the appropriate fee. 2. The applicant shall require his contractors (and/or agents) to comply with all of the terms of this Certification, and shall provide each of its contractors (and/or agents) a copy of this Certification. DocuSign Envelope ID: 2ED16CC8-1079-4B16-9059-47573BCB84B9 3. This General Certification shall expire on the same day as the expiration date of the corresponding General Permit. The conditions in effect on the date of issuance of the Certification for a specific project shall remain in effect for the life of the project, regardless of the expiration of this Certification. 4. The applicant/permitee and their authorized agents shall conduct all 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 Division determines that such standards or laws are not being met, including 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, than the Division may reevaluate and modify this General Water Quality Certification. 5. All mechanized equipment operated near surface waters shall be inspected and maintained regularly to prevent contamination of surface waters from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials. Construction shall be staged in order to minimize the exposure of equipment to surface waters to the maximum extent practicable. Fueling, lubrication and general equipment maintenance shall be performed in a manner to prevent, to the maximum extent practicable, contamination of surface waters by fuels and oils. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(3) and (c)(3) and 15A NCAC 02B .0211 (12)] 6. The permittee shall report to the Wilmington Regional Office at (910) 796-7215 (after hours and on weekends call 800-858-0368) any noncompliance with this certification, any violation of stream or wetland standards [15A NCAC 02B .0200] including but not limited to sediment impacts [15A NCAC 02B .0200]. Information shall be provided orally within 24 hours (or the next business day if a weekend or holiday) from the time the applicant became aware of the circumstances. A written submission shall also be provided within 5 business days of the time the applicant becomes aware of the circumstances. The written submission shall contain a description of the noncompliance, and its causes; the period of noncompliance, including exact dates and times, if the noncompliance has not been corrected, the anticipated time compliance is expected to continue; and steps taken or planned to reduce, eliminate, and prevent reoccurrence of the noncompliance. The Division may waive the written submission requirement on a case-by-case basis. 7. Moratoriums You will comply with any moratoriums per the NC Division of Marine Fisheries and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. Dredging moratoriums shall be observed as required by the NC Division of Marine Fisheries, NC Wildlife Resources, US Fish and Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries. If such activities should take place during periods of high biological activity (e.g. anadromous species and shorebirds), biological monitoring may be required at the request of other state and federal agencies and coordinated with these dredging activities. 8. The Permittee shall adhere specially to 15A NCAC 02B .0221 Tidal Salt Water Quality for Class SA Waters (3)(g) pH: shall be normal for waters in the area, which generally shall range between 6.8 and 8.5 except that swamp waters may have a pH as low as 4.3 if it is the result of natural conditions; (l) Turbidity: the turbidity in the receiving water shall not exceed 25 NTU; if turbidity exceeds this level due to natural background conditions, the existing turbidity level shall not be increased. [15A NCAC 02B .0221] DocuSign Envelope ID: 2ED16CC8-1079-4B16-9059-47573BCB84B9 9. Dredging shall not cause Shellfish Closures. The effluent water from the dredge spoil should not be released into open shellfish waters. Marine Fisheries Shellfish Sanitation Section and the Division of Water Resources must be notified if this is to occur. 10. 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 and/or authorized agent is required to return the enclosed certificate of completion form to the NCDENR DWR 401 and Buffers Unit North Carolina Division of Water Resources, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 within ten days of project completion (the certification of completion is also available at: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/Certificate-of-Completion). Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit. This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested. This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 150B by filing a written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH). A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH Clerk’s Office at (919) 431-3000 for information. Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of this notice, a petition must be filed with the OAH. A petition is considered filed when the original and one (1) copy along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received in the OAH during normal office hours (Monday through Friday between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, excluding official state holidays). The petition may be faxed to the OAH at (919) 431-3100, provided the original and one copy of the petition along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within five (5) business days following the faxed transmission. Mailing address for the OAH: If sending via US Postal Service: If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc.): Office of Administrative Hearings 6714 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-6714 Office of Administrative Hearings 1711 New Hope Church Road Raleigh, NC 27609-6285 One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DEQ: Bill Lane, General Counsel Department of Environmental Quality 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 DocuSign Envelope ID: 2ED16CC8-1079-4B16-9059-47573BCB84B9 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 telephone Robb Mairs in the DWR Wilmington Regional Office at 910.796.7303 or Robb.Mairs@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, Morella Sanchez-King, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Wilmington Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ Enclosures: GC 4175 cc: Gregg Bodnar, DCM Morehead City Office, EC Liz Hair & Gregory Currey, USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, EC Ronald Cullipher, The Cullipher Group, PA, EC DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch file-LF WiRO DocuSign Envelope ID: 2ED16CC8-1079-4B16-9059-47573BCB84B9