20031164 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20031204

?0F W ATFRQ Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
0'. G North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
r Alan W. Klimek. P. E. Director
-{ Division of Water Quality
p Coleen H. Sullins, Depot), Director
Division of Water Quality
December 4, 2003
DWQ# 03-1164
Mecklenburg County
Mr. Walter Gordy
Reech, LLC
1511 East 7th St. WETLANDS /4()1 (,R(I,Bi'
Charlotte, NC 28204
Subject: Starmount Cove Subdivision DEC o 8 2003
APPROVAL of Isolated Wetlands Permit with Additional Conditions WATER QUALITYSECT10t,
Dear Mr. Gordy:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place permanent fill in 0.19 acre of
isolated wetlands in order to construct the Starmount Cove subdivision in Mecklenburg County, as described in
your application received by the Division of Water Quality on September 17, 2003. After reviewing your
application, we have determined that this fill is covered by the State General Permit for Impacts to Isolated
Wetlands and Isolated Waters (IWGP100000). In addition, you should get any other federal, state or local
permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by (but not limited to) Sediment and
Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations..
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you 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 fills for this project (now or
in the future) exceed-one acre, 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 and
the additional conditions listed below:
1.. 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 Notice Application. 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;
2. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters. If placement of sediment
and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable, the devices shall be removed and the
natural grade restored within six months of the date that the Division of Land Resources has released the
project;
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 water standards:
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a. 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.
b. 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.
c. The reclamation measures and implementation of these measures must be in accordance with the
requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
5. 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 prior to impacting any wetlands, waters and/or buffers approved for impact
under this Certification Approval and Authorization Certificate. A sample deed notification can be
downloaded from the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands:
6. Upon completion of the project, the Applicant shall complete and return the enclosed "Certificate of
Completion" form to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed.
The responsible party shall complete the attached form and return it to the 401/Wetlands Unit of the NC
Division of Water Quality upon completion of the project. Please send photographs upstream and
downstream of each culvert site to document correct installation along with the Certificate of Completion
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 1506 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.
If you have any questions, please telephone Mr. Alan Johnson with our Mooresville Regional Office at
[phone].
Sincerely, ,i
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
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