20030505 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20030610

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William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
r Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
-I Division of Water Quality
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Mr. Mark Merrell
PO Box 4541
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
June 10, 2003
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SUBJECT: Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification
and Additional Conditions
North Bluewater Bay Lot 8
DWQ Project # 030505
Carteret County
Dear Mr. Merrell:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions (WQC #3402), to do the
following activity at your property located in Emerald Isle, Carteret County. This approval allows you to:
1. Fill 0.02 acres of wetlands for the purpose of installing a driveway to access high ground in the
rear of the property.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in you Pre-Construction
Notification (PCN) application received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on April 24, 2003.
After reviewing your application, we have determined that General Water Quality Certification Number
3402 covers this activity. This Certification can also be found on line at:
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/certs.html. This Certification (#3402) allows you to use your
404 Permit when the Corps of Engineers issues it. Please keep in mind that there may be additional
Federal, State or Local regulations applicable to your project, such as (but not limited to) Sediment and
Erosion Control, Non-Discharge and Water Supply Watershed regulations, and NPDES Stormwater and
Coastal Stormwater. In addition, this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 Permit
expires unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
Please be aware that if you change or modify your project, you must notify the Division
(DWQ) 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 on the following page:
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Mr. Merrell
DWQ Project #030505
June 10, 2003
Approved erosion and sedimentation control devices and practices which equal or
exceed those outlined in the most recent version of the "North Carolina Sediment and
Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual" or the "North Carolina Surface
Mining Manual" (available from the Division of Land Resources in the DEHNR
Regional or Central Offices) shall be properly implemented;
2. Deed notifications or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all retained jurisdictional
wetlands, waters and protective streamside buffers in order to assure compliance f6r
future wetland and water impact. These mechanisms shall be put in place within 90
days of issuance of this Authorization Certificate. A sample deed notification can be
downloaded from the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at
http://h2o. enr. state.nc.us/ncwetlanrlc;
3. The attached Certificate of Completion (COC) must be submitted to the Division upon final
construction of the site.
Please notify the Wilmington Regional Office at [phone]) if any problem arises during the
construction of the project that may affect water quality.
Please read the attached conditions. 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 conforming 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 DWQ Permit # 030505. If you have any questions, please
telephone Noelle Lutheran at 910-395-3900.
Sincerely,
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Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
Director, Division of Water Quality
Attachments: GC # 3402
Certificate of Completion
cc: Mickey Sugg - Corps of Engineers Wilmington Field Office
' ?l la id`I7r 't, Centrat'Office - Cyndi Karoly
WiRO- Noelle Lutheran