20100227 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20100503

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WDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
F. Durward Tyson, Jr., P. E.
Rivers & Associates, Inc.
P. O. Box 929
107 East Second Street
Greenville, NC 27858
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
May 3, 2010
Natural Resources
Dee Freeman
Secretarv
DWQ Project # 2010-0227
Beaufort County
Subject Property: Keys Landing subdivision; Washington, NC
UT to Herring Run Canal, Tar-Pamlico River Basin
AUTHORIZATION of Tar-Pamlico River Buffer Rule (15A NCAC 02B.0259)
Authorization Certificate
Dear Mr. Tyson:
You have our authorization, in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B .0259 and any conditions listed
below, to impact approximately 240 ft2 of Zone 1 and 160 ft2 of Zone 2 of the protected riparian
buffers for the purpose of constructing the sanitary sewer crossing of the subject feature as
described within your application dated March 17, 2010, and received on March 18, 2010. 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, Stormwater, and Division of Coastal Management regulations.
This authorization 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 authorization letter and is
thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. This authorization requires you to follow
the conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Authorization 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:
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2. Diffuse Flow
An additional condition is that all stormwater shall be directed as diffuse flow at non-erosive
velocities through the protected stream buffers and will not re-concentrate before discharging
into the stream as identified within 15A NCAC 2B .0233(5).
3. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within this authorization, 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.
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
Authorization Certificate shall expire five (5) years from the date of this letter.
This letter completes the review of the "No Practical Alternatives" determination under 15A
NCAC 2B .0259. This letter does not authorize any impacts to either Waters of the United States
or Waters of the State. Please contact the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) or NC
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) if any impacts are proposed to either of these waters. If you
have any questions, please telephone Chris Pullinger of the Washington Regional Office at 252-
948-3920 or Amy Chapman of the 401 Oversight/Express Unit at 919-715-6823.
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Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
Buffer Rules
cc: Corps of Engineers Washington Field Office
DWQ 401 Oversight/Express Unit
CAMA, WaRO
DLR, WaRO
DWQ WaRO File copy
James C. Smith, City Manager, City of Washington
Filename: 2010-0227