20081151 Ver 1_Permit Re-Verification_20101007

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October 6, 2010
OCT 7 2010
NC DENR
Division of Water Quality, Wetlands Unit OEM-WATEROUAWY
1650 Mail Service Center iNETLMAND 5VRidMAT&t MIAI0
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Subject: Permit Re-Verification - DWQ# - 08-1151
Little Sugar Creek Greenway (Elizabeth Ave to Charlottetown Section)
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a copy of the re-verification of the 404 General Permit for the Little Sugar Creek
Greenway Project (Elizabeth Ave to Charlottetown Section) for your files. There is no change in the proposed
impacts. Additional time is needed to complete the project as presented in the initial permit application.
For reference, I have also included the first page of the original 401 Water Quality Certification for the project.
If you have any questions, please contact me at [phone] ext 101.
Sincerely,
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Andrea M. Spangler
Senior Environmental Planner
Enclosure
Cc: Alan Johnson, Mooresville Regional Office, NCDWQ
Wildlands Engineering, Inc. • 1430 South Mint Street • Unit 104 • Charlotte, NC 28203
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U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action ID. SAW-2008-02210-360 County: Mecklenburg USGS Quad: Charlotte West
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Property Owner / Authorized Agent: Mecklenburg County Storm Water Services, Attn: Crystal
Taylor
Address: 700 North Tryon St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
Telephone No.:
Size and location of property (water body, road name/number, town, etc.): Little Sugar Creek -
Elizabeth Ave. to Charlottetown project.
Description of projects area and activity: This permit authorizes grading and planting slopes with
native riparian species, excavation of a floodplain benches, excavation of riffle and pool bedform
features, and installation of in-stream boulder structures along 2,150 LF of Little Sugar Creek.
Applicable Law: ® Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
? Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Authorization: Regional General Permit Number:
Nationwide Permit Number: 27
Your work is authorized by the above referenced permit provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the
attached conditions and your submitted plans. Any violation of the attached conditions or deviation from your
submitted plans may subject the permittee to a stop work order, a restoration order and/or appropriate legal action.
This verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide authorization
is modified, suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expiration date identified below, the nationwide permit
authorization is reissued and/or modified, this verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified
below, provided it complies with all requirements of the modified nationwide permit. If the nationwide permit
authorization expires or is suspended, revoked, or is modified, such that the activity would no longer comply with
the terms and conditions of the nationwide permit, activities which have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or
are under contract to commence in reliance upon the nationwide permit, will remain authorized provided the activity
is completed within twelve months of the date of the nationwide permit's expiration, modification or revocation,
unless discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the
authorization.
Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality
Certification. You should contact the NC Division of Water Quality (telephone [phone]) to determine
Section 401 requirements.
For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area
Management Act (LAMA), prior to beginning work you must contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.
This Department of the Army verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other
required Federal, State or local approvals/permits.
If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Permit, or the Corps of
Engineers regulatory program, please contact Steve Chapin at 828-271-7980.
Corps Regulatory Official Steve Chapin Date: August 12, 200812, 2008
Expiration Date of Verification: March 18, 2012 S O?) C-
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August 25, 2008
DWQ# 08-1151
Mecklenburg County
Ms. Crystal Taylor
Mecklenburg, Stormwater Services
700 North Tryon St
Charlotte, NC 28202
Subject: Little Sugar Creek Stream Enhancement. Charlotte
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Ms. Taylor:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed
below. to enhance 2150 linear feet (If) of Little Sugar Creek in order to complete the subject
project in Mecklenburg County, as described in your application received by the Division of
Water Quality (DWQ) on July 25, 2008. After reviewing your application, we have determined
that this project is covered by Water Quality General Certification Number 3689, which can be
viewed on our web site at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. The General Certification
allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 27 once it is issued to you by the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers. Please note that 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.
The above noted Certification will expire when the associated 404 permit expires unless
otherwise specified in the General Certification. 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.
In addition to the requirements of the certification, you must also comply with the
following conditions.
1. The Mooresville Regional Office shall be notified in writing once construction at the approved
impact areas has commenced.
2. Storm water discharge structures at this site shall be constructed in a manner such that the
potential receiving streams (of the discharge) will not be impacted due to sediment
accumulations, scouring or erosion of the stream banks.
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 Preconstruction Notification application. All
construction activities associated ^rith this project shall meet, and/or exceed. those
requirements specified in the most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion
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