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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
September 8, 2011
DWQ# 11-0814
Cleveland County
Mr. Randall Flowers
Transco
2800 Post Oak Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77056
Subject: Ponders Branch Gas Line Maintenance
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Flowers:
You have our approval, in accordance with the general certification and those conditions listed below,
to impact 135 linear feet (If) of Ponders Branch Creek in order to conduct the maintenance to the gas line in
Cleveland County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on August
31, 2011. After reviewing your application, we have determined that this project is covered by Water Quality
General Certification Number 3687 and 3821, which can be viewed on our web site at
http://Portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ws/401. The General Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit
Number 3 and 18 once they are 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 Certifications will expire when the associated 404 permits expire 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:
The Mooresville Regional Office shall be notified in writing once construction at the approved impact areas
has commenced.
2. Impacts to the stream shall be conducted "in the dry". Existing stream dimensions for the base flow
channel (including the cross section dimensions, pattern, and longitudinal profile) must be maintained (or
restored to the maximum extent).
3. Stream substrate removed from the channel shall be utilized and return to the stream channel at the
location of the impact.
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4. 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 with this project shall meet, and/or exceed, those requirements specified in the most recent
version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual and shall be conducted so that no
violations of state water quality standards, statutes, or rules occur.
5. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum extent
practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable,
they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within two months of the date the Division of Land
Resources has released the project.
6. Upon completion of the project, the applicant shall complete and return the enclosed "Certificate of
Completion" form to the 401 /Wetlands Unit of the NC DWQ.
7. Continuing Compliance. The applicant (Transco) shall conduct all activities in a manner so as not to
contravene any state water quality standard (including any requirements for compliance with section 303(d)
of the Clean Water Act) and any other appropriate requirements of state and federal law. If DWQ determines
that such standards or laws are not being met (including the failure to sustain a designated or achieved use)
or that state or federal law is being violated, or that further conditions are necessary to assure compliance,
DWQ may reevaluate and modify this certification to include conditions appropriate to assure compliance with
such standards and requirements in accordance with 15 A NCAC 2H.0507(d). Before codifying the
certification, DWQ shall notify the applicant and the US Army Corps of Engineers, provide public notice in
accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0503, and provide opportunity for public hearing in accordance with 15A
NCAC 2H.0504. Any new or revised conditions shall be provided to the applicant in writing, shall be provided
to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for reference in any permit issued pursuant to Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act, and shall also become conditions of the 404 Permit for the project.
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 that 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 DWQ under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If you have any
questions, please telephone Mr. Alan Johnson in the Mooresville Regional Office at 704-663-1699 or Ms. Karen
Higgins in the Central Office in Raleigh 919-807-6360.
Sincerely,
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for Coleen H. Sullins
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cc: Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville
Karen Higgins, Wetlands Unit
Brandon Clark, Submar Inc., 805 Dunn Street, Houma, Louisiana 70360