20050046 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20070321

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
March 21, 2007
David Greer
136 Skytasail Dr.
Wilmington, NC 2i4~~
DWQ Project # 050046 ver 2
Onslow County
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Subject Property: Sloop Point Plantation ~`
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Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Greer:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to excavate a
15' X 110' channel and five (5) boatslips (slips 12-16) measuring 13' X 13'.as described within your
application dated August 10, 2006 and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality (DWQ) in the
Wilmington Regional Office on November 27, 2006 and additional information received on March 12,
2007. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by General Water
Quality Certification Number 3642 (WQC 3642). This Certification can also be found on line at:
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/certs.html. The Certification allows you to use 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, 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 LAMA 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 maybe 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 1501inear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A
NCAC 2H .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:
Amount A roved (Units) Plan Location or Reference
Stream N/A (feet)
Coastal Wetlands N/A (s uare feet)
Open Water (Shallow
bottom Habitat 2,495 square feet Sloop point Modification
dated 2/21/07 sheet 1 of 4
Buffers N/A (s uare feet)
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Wilmington Regional Office Wilmington, NC 28405-3845
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David Greer
DWQ Project # 050046 ver 2
March 21, 2007
2. Erosion & Sediment Control Practices
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. 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.
3. 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.
4. No Sediment & Erosion Control Measures w/n Wetlands or Waters
Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum
extent practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters
is unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within six months of the date
that the Division of Land Resources has released the project.
5. 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/Wetlands 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.

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David Greer
DWQ Project # 050046 ver 2
March 21, 2007
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.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) Permit # 050046 Version 2
under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please telephone Joanne Steenhuis
or Noelle Lutheran-Winstead in the DWQ Wilmington Regional Office at 910-796-7215 or Cyndi Karoly
in the Central Office in Raleigh at 919-733-9721.
Sin rely,
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Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
Enclosures: WQC 3642
Certificate of Completion
cc: Mark Clements -Clements Marine
Dave Timpy - USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight Unit, Raleigh
Doug Huggett - CAMA Morehead
Heather Coats - CAMA Wilmington
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