20110198 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20110505

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
May 5, 2011
Mr. George Walker
2025 Stonebridge Lane
Charlotte, NC 28211
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
George Walker Lot 46
DWQ Project # 11-0198
McDowell County
CTB30 / Catawba River (Lake James) / 11-(23) / WS-V; B
Dear Mr. Walker:
The Division of Water Quality has completed the review of your 401 Water Quality Certification application
associated with the subject project listed above.
Approval has been granted to place fill within or otherwise impact 0.06 acres of open waters for the purpose of
shoreline stabilization at the subject property. This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in
the attached Certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3693. This Certification allows
you to use Regional General Permit 30 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
Authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your
application and as authorized by this Certification shall expire upon expiration of the corresponding USACE
Permit Verification. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state
or local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment
Control Water Supply Watershed and Catawba Buffer regulations.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your project,
you must notify us and may be required to submit a new application.
Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general conditions of
this Certification are met. No other impacts are approved including incidental impacts:

A Amount Approved (Units) Plan Location or Reference
Waters 0.06 (acres) Sketch
Location: 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
NorthCarolina
Naturally
George Walker
May 5, 2011
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Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved wetland or stream
impacts), 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 your application by the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please contact Chuck Cranford in the Asheville Regional Office
at 828-296-4664.
Sincerely,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
CHSIcbc
Enc: GC3693
Certificate of Completion
cc: US Army Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
WBSCP Unit
Ronald Harmon - McDowell County Planning
Carissa Parker - ecopy
ARO File copy
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