20031554 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20091208

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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
December 8, 2009
DWQ # 2003-15542
Guilford County,
City of High Point
Attn: Mr. Christopher Thompson
Division of Public Services
211 South Hamilton Street
High Point, NC 27261
Subject Property: Riverdale Landfill, 5898 Riverdale Drive, Jamestown, NC
UT to Deep River/Randleman Lake [030608,17-(4), WS-IV, Ca]
AUTHORIZATION of Randleman River Riparian Buffer Protection Rules MAJOR VARIANCE
115A NCAC 2B.02501 with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS - REVISED
Dear Mr. Thompson,
You have our authorization, in accordance with the conditions listed below, to impact 17,531
square feet (ft) of Zone 1 of the protected buffers and 14,480 square feet (ft) of Zone 2 of the protected
buffers to pipe a stream on the subject property as described within your major variance request dated
November 18, 2009, received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on October 23, 2009, with a final
signed hardcopy version received by DWQ on November 27, 2009, and approved by the Water Quality
Committee on November 18, 2009. This letter shall act as your Major Variance authorization as
described within 15A NCAC 2B.0248(c) and 15ANCAC 2B. 0104(r). This Major Variance
authorization replaces the Major Variance authorization issued on November 30, 2009. In addition,
you should get any other required federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project
including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control. This authorization shall expire five years
from the date of this authorization.
This authorization is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your Major
Variance Request. If you change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a
new request for authorization. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this
authorization and is thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. For this authorization to be
valid, you must follow the conditions listed below.
1. No impacts to jurisdictional streams, buffers or wetlands can occur at the site until all
applicable permits from the Corps of Engineers and DWQ have been obtained.
2. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within this Buffer Authorization, 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.
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/ncwetlands/
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3. Mitigation: Compensatory Mitigation Using the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP)
Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. We
understand that you wish to make a payment to the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
(EEP) to meet this mitigation requirement. This has been determined by the DWQ to be a
suitable method to meet the mitigation requirement. Until the EEP receives and clears your
check (made payable to: DENR - Ecosystem Enhancement Program Office), no impacts
specified in this Authorization shall occur. Kelly Williams at the EEP should be contacted at
[phone] if you have any questions concerning payment into a restoration fund. You
have one month from the date of this authorization to make this payment. For accounting
purposes, this Authorization authorizes payment into the Buffer Restoration Fund to meet the
following compensatory mitigation requirement:

Type of Impact Buffer Impacts Reference Mitigation
Zone 1 Buffers 17,531 (square feet Application 35,062 s uare feet)
Zone 2 Buffers 14,480 (square feet Application 14,480(s uare feet)
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this authorization, you may ask for and 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, NC 27699-6714. This authorization 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 the Randleman Lake
Riparian Buffer Protection Rules [15A NCAC 2B .0250]. Please call Amy Chapman at 919-715-6823 or
Cyndi Karoly at 919-733-1786 if you have any questions or require copies of our rules or procedural
materials.
Enclosure: Certificate of Completion
NC EEP Letter
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Coleen H. Sullins
cc Sue Homewood, DWQ Winston Salem Regional Office
Bob Zarzecki, S&EC, 11010 Raven Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614
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File: 031554v2RiverdaleLandfill(Guilford)Maj VAR_Revised