20091134 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20100215

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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
Virginia Spillman
City of Greensboro
2602 South Elm-Eugene Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
APPROVAL of Impacts to Jordan Lake Riparian Buffer with Additional Conditions
Dear Mrs. Spillman:
February 15, 2010
DWQ# 09-1134
Guilford County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place fill or otherwise impact 60 linear feet of
stream and 10,000 square feet of protected riparian buffer in order repair and improve an existing culvert under English
Street in Greensboro, NC in Guilford County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water
Quality (Division) on October 26, 2009 and additional information received January 28, 2010. After reviewing your
application, we have determined that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3687, which
can be viewed on our web site at http://www.ncwaterquality.org/wetlands.html. This Certification allows you to use
Nationwide Permit Number 3 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should secure
any other applicable federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project, including (but not limited to)
those required by Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this
approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permits expire unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us in writing, and you may be required to send us a new application for a new certification. If
the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the Certification and approval letter and is thereby
responsible for complying with all conditions. If total wetland fill for this project (now or in the future) exceeds one
acre, or total fill to perennial streams equals or exceeds 150 linear feet, additional compensatory mitigation may be
required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions
listed in the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions listed below:
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Stream Impacts
Identifier Stream Impact length (feet)
Site 1 UT N. Buffalo Creek 60 linear feet permanent impact
40 linear feet temporary impact
Total 100 linear feet
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
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;Vatumlly
Virginia Spillman
DWQ# 09-1134
February 15, 2010
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Buffer Impacts
Identifier Zone 1 Impacts (square feet) Zone 2 Impacts (square feet)
Site 1 6,000 4,000
Total 10,000 square feet
2. Since two box culverts will be installed, the stream should only flow through one box culvert during normal flow
conditions and through the other box culvert above bankfull conditions. The proposed floodplain benches should
be installed to restore natural channel dimensions upon completion of the project. The benches should be
constructed of natural materials for bench stability.
Replanting of vegetation within temporarily disturbed buffer areas located associated with this project must be done
in an "in kind" manner immediately following construction. (Example: Disturbed areas with pre-existing grassed
lawns must be replanted with grass. Disturbed areas with pre-existing trees or woody vegetation must be replanted
with trees and woody vegetation.
4. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion"
to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate
should be returned to the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NCDWQ at the address listed on the form.
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, 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 under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If you
have any questions, please contact Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
WCoeen H. Sullinctor
Division of Water Quality
cc: Andy Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Jana Stewart, ARCADIS G&M of NC (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401