20110761 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20110915

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NCDETIR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins
Governor Director
September 15, 2011
Mr. Thomas Hartye
Metropolitan Sewerage District
2028 Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC 28804
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Givens Estate Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project No. 200614
DWQ Project # 11-0761
Buncombe County
FRB02 / Dingle Creek / 6-71 / C
Dear Mr. Hartye:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
The Division of Water Quality has completed the review of your 401 Water Quality _Q9rtificati-on application
associated with the subject project listed above.
Approval has been granted to place fill within or otherwise impact 0.07 acres of wetlands and 50 feet of streams
for the purpose of sewer line installation for the subject project. 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 3819. This Certification allows
you to use Nationwide Permit 12 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 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:
Amount Approved (Units) Plan Location or Reference
Stream 50 (feet) Location Ma
404/CAMA Wetlands 0.07 (acres) Location Ma
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
Thomas Hartye
September 15, 2011
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Note 1:
Crossing S2 does not meet 401 WQC 3819 Condition 12 related to the angle at which the sewer line crosses the
stream. However, the installation has been approved as proposed.
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,
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Coleen H. llins, Direct
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Enc: GC3819
Certificate of Completion
cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
401 Permitting Unit - Central Office
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