20110323 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20110427

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
Tammy Dunnigan, Property Manager
Advanced Realty - Property Management
2575 Hwy 105 South, Suite 110
Boone, NC 28607
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Ms. Dunnigan,
April 27, 2011
DWQ# 11-0323
Watauga County
You have our approval to conduct wetland enhancement activities, in accordance with the attached conditions, within a
total of approximately 0.09 acres of wetlands located at the South Slope Condominiums in Foscoe NC in Watauga
County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water Quality on April 6, 2011. After reviewing
your application, we have determined that this activity is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3689,
which can be viewed on our web site at hitp://www.ncwaterqualiiy.org/wetlands.html. This Certification allows you to
use Nationwide Permit Number 27 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 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. 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 this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Location Identifier Amount Approved Type of Impact
Wetland 0.09 acres Stabilize an ephemeral channel, remove invasive
species, plant native wetland species, repair
existing inlet structure.
2. Visual monitoring of the instream structures and wetland shall be conducted at a minimum of quarterly for the
first year. Any failures of structures or vegetation may require future repairs or replacement to ensure the stability
and water quality of the wetland and downstream waters.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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South Slope Condominiums
DWQ# 11-0323
April 27, 2011
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3. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion"
to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate
should be returned to the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NC Division of Water Quality at the
address listed on the form. Along with the Certificate of Completion, please send photographs showing the
restored stream reach.
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 Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or
Ian McMillan in the Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sincerely,
1_11K Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Attachments
cc: Tasha McCormick, Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
John Vilas, ENV-ECS, Inc. (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401