20091173 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20091125

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
November 25, 2009
DWQ Project # 09-1173
Richmond County
City of Rockingham
514 Rockingham Road
Rockingham, NC 28379
Subject Property: City of Rockingham: East Rockingham Sewer Outfall
Jennie's Branch [030716, 13-39-13, C]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Sir or Madam:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise temporarily impact 0.91 acres of 404/wetlands (temporary impact) and 35 linear feet
of perennial stream (temporary impact), as described in your application dated October 23, 2009, and
received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on November 2, 2009, with additional information
received on November 17, 2009, to provide sewer service to those areas of Rockingham that have failing
septic systems. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by
General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3699 (GC3699). The Certification(s) allows you to use
Nationwide Permit(s) NW 12 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 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, and Non-
discharge 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 is 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 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 conditions. If total fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre of
wetland or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A
NCAC 21-1.0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached
certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general
conditions of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other impacts are
approved including incidental impacts:
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Location: 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
Internet: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetiands/
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An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
City of Rockingham
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Type of Impact Amount Approved nits Plan Location or Reference
404/Wetland 0.91 acres -temporary impact PCN page 4 of 10
Stream - perennial 35 linear feet - temporary impact PCN page 4 of 10
2. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas beyond
the footprint of the impacts depicted in the Pre-Construction Notification. All construction
activities, including the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion
control Best Management Practices, shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality
standards, statutes, or rules occur.
3. 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:
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. Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control measures and
stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times.
4. Sediment and Erosion Control Measures
Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters without prior
approval from the Division. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and
waters is unavoidable, design and placement of temporary erosion control measures shall not be
conducted in a manner that may result in dis-equilibrium of wetlands or stream beds or banks,
adjacent to or upstream and down stream of the above structures. All sediment and erosion control
devices shall be removed and the natural grade restored within two (2) months of the date that the
Division of Land Resources or locally delegated program has released the project;
5. Deed Notifications
Deed notifications or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all retained jurisdictional wetlands,
waters and protective buffers in order to assure compliance for future wetland, water and buffer
impact. These mechanisms shall be put in place at the time lots or properties are recorded. A
sample deed notification can be downloaded from the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at
http://h2o.enr.state.ne.us/ncwetiands. The text of the sample deed notification may be modified
as appropriate to suit to this project.
6. Protective Fencing
The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within these
boundaries approved under this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange warning fencing
City of Rockingham
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(or similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been approved to infringe within the
buffer, wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities;
7. 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 the attached
certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina
Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650.
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.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved wetland or
stream impacts), 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, 6714 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-6714. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a
hearing.
Any disputes over determinations regarding this Authorization Certificate (associated with the approved
buffer impacts) shall be referred in writing to the Director for a decision. The Director's decision is
subject to review as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of G.S. 150B.
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 Cyndi Karoly or Ian McMillan at 919-73 1 6.
CHS/gym
Enclosures: GC 3699
Certificate of Completion
WHSS. Sullins
cc: USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Ken Averitte, DWQ Fayetteville Regional Office
DLR Fayetteville Regional Office
File Copy
Lee Humphrey, Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, P.A., 300 SW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC 28387
Filename: 091173CORockinghamEastRockinghamSewerOutfall(Richmond)401