20060025 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20060606

~OF wATF9o Michael F. Easley, Governor
~~ ~i William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
~ r North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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p .~ Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
June 6, 2006
DWQ# 06-0025
Guilford County
Mr. Chris Thompson
City of High Point
P. O. Box 230
High Point, NC 27261
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS and NO
PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVES DETERMINATION per the Randleman Lake Water Supply
Watershed Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0250)
Dear Mr. Thompson:
The City of High Point has our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place temporary fill
associated with trenching and backfilling in 35 linear feet of perennial stream and to place fill in or otherwise
impact 1,357 square feet (ft2) of protected riparian buffer (Zone 2) in order to install a raw water transmission
line for the City Lake Raw Water System in High Point, Guilford County, as described in your application
received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on January 3, 2006 and in additional information received by
DWQ on Apri121, 2006 and June 2, 2006. After reviewing your application, we have determined that this fill is
covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3374, which can be viewed on our web site at
http://www.ncwaterqualit ~~or~/wetlands.html. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number
12 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This letter also acts as your approved "No Practical
Alternatives" determination for impacts to the protected riparian buffers per 15A NCAC 2B .0250(2). 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 permit
expires 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 fills for this project (now or
in the future) exceed one acre, or total fill to perennial streams equals or exceeds 150 linear feet, compensatory
mitigation maybe 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:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of the
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
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Wetlands Certification Unit 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1650 Phone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Mr. Chris Thompson
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June 6, 2006
Amount A roved Plan Location or Reference
Streams 35 linear feet Unnamed tributary to Deep River north of Kivett Drive as depicted
on the Project Location Map included with the Pre-Construction
Notification

Amount A roved Plan Location or Reference
Buffers 1,357 square feet
Zone 2 Riparian buffer adjacent to small lake south of Cedrow
Drive as depicted on the Project Location Map included
with the Pre-Construction Notification

2. Appropriate sediment and erosion control measures, 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 at NCDENR
regional offices or the central office), whichever is more appropriate, shall be designed, installed and
maintained properly to assure compliance at all times with the North Carolina water quality standards
that are applicable to Class WS-IV waters as described in 1 SA NCAC 02B .0216 Fresh Surface Water
Quality Standards For Class WS-IV Waters. Such measures must equal or exceed the requirements
specified in the most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual.
These measures must be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) sites,
including contractor owned and leased borrow pits, which are associated with this project.
3. 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 measures in wetlands or waters is
unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within six months of the date that the
project is completed or, if applicable, within six months of the date that the project is released by the
North Carolina Division of Land Resources.
4. 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.
5. If concrete is used with any fill material, it shall not be allowed to come in contact with surface waters
until it has cured.
6. Where riprap is required for energy dissipation and scour protection, it shall be limited to the minimum
dimensions specified by appropriate engineering calculations. Riprap may only be used below the
normal high water level. The original grade and elevation of the stream's cross-section must be
maintained. Riprap placed in the stream bottom must be inserted into the bottom matrix to a depth.

Mr. Chris Thompson
Page 3, DWQ# 06-0025
June 6, 2006
sufficient to provide the thickness of riprap required for scour protection. The elevation of the stream
bottom must not be increased by the placement of riprap. Placement of riprap must not result in
destabilization of the streambed or banks upstream or downstream of any crossing
7. The proposed project must comply with the City of High Point's water supply ordinance approved by
the N.C. Environmental Management Commission (EMC) as required under the Randleman Lake Water
Supply Watershed: Protection and Maintenance of Riparian Areas (Randleman Buffer Rule) 15A NCAC
02B .0250.
8. 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. Along with the Certificate of
Completion form, please send photographs upstream and downstream of each stream-crossing site to
document correct installation.
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 telephone Daryl Lamb in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-
4959 or Ian McMillan in the Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sincerely,
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JUN _ 9 2006
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Attachments
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Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
cc: Mr. Todd Tugwell, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
DWQ, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Central Files
Wetlands/401 File Copy
Mr. Keith Proffitt, P. E., Black & Veatch International Company, 8520 Cliff Cameron Drive, Suite 350,
Charlotte, NC 28269-0019