20110041 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20110318

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H, Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
March 18, 2011
DWQ Project # 11-0041 Ver. 2
Wayne County
Cox-Edwards Company, Inc.
Mr. Scott Edwards, PE
1205 Parkway Drive
Goldsboro, NC 27534
Subject Property: Phase XI Annexation Area, 12" Sanitary Sewer Stream Crossing and Sewer
Force Main Open Cut Installation
Neuse River Basin, Ut to Little River (NEU 06, 27-57(20.2); NSW, WS-IV)
AUTHORIZATION of Neuse River Buffer Rule (15A NCAC 02B.0233) Authorization
Certificate
Dear Mr. Edwards:
You have our authorization, in accordance with 15A NCAC 02B .0233 and any conditions listed
below, to temporally impact approximately 210 ft2 of Zone I and 330 ft2 of Zone 2 of the
protected riparian buffers for the purpose of open cut replacement installation of gravity sewer
crossing at Station 25+56 and open cut force main sewer line installation, at toe of fill slope, at
Station 30+00 within the subject annexation area as described within your application dated
February 4, 2011. 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 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
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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:
Amount Approved Units Plan Location or Reference
Stream (feet)
404/CAMA Wetlands acres
Waters acres
Buffers 540 (square ft.) STA 25+56, STA 30+00
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.
4. Areas of open cut construction shall be seeded and mulched or matted upon completion of
construction in the open cut areas approved by this buffer authorization.
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 .0233. This letter does not authorize any impacts to either Wagers 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 Roberto Scheller of the Washington. Regional Office at 252-
948-3940 or Amy Chapman of the 401 Oversight/Express Unit at 919-715-6823.
!Sincerel
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For Coleen H. Sullins
Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
cc: Corps of Engineers Washington Field Office
DWQ 401 Oversight/Express Unit
DLR, WaRO
File copy
Filename: 11-0041 Ver.2