GC 1333

GENERAL CERTIFICATION
THIS GENERAL CERTIFICATION is issued in conformity with the require-
ments of Section x+01, FL 92-500 and PL 95-2Z7 of the United States and
subject to the North. Carol,~na Division of Environmental Management Regula-
tions in ISNCAC2Hy section .0500 to the U,S. Army Corps of Eng~.neers
Districts herein specified, to conduct ce~°tain emergency activities in
the navigable waters of the State.
This Certification is valid for emergency activities authorized by
PL 8~-99 and PL 93-2~8, and which are initiated by the District Engineer
of the Wilmingto~i, Narfolk, Charleston, Nashville, Huntington or Sa~~annah
District of the U.~. Army Corps of Engineers.
The state of North Carolina certifies that the emergency activities
herein specified w11 not violate Sections 301, 302, 303, 306 and 307 of
the Federal Clean water Act if conducted in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth:
1. The certification is applicable only to situations where life
or structural property is in imminent danger as a result of
rapid recent erosion, sudden failure of a man-made structure,
or flooding. The emergency activities covered under this
certification shall include, but not be limited to, the
construction of temporary dikes, the placement of dredged material
to refurbish beaches and the removal of impediments to stream.
flow in flood situations .
2. The certification is not valid unless the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers District involved coordinates its actions with the
State and obtains erncurrence from the Divisian of Environmental
Management prior to commencement of the act~..vity, The DirPctr~r
of the North Carolina Division of Environmental Managemenfi may
require submission of a formal appl.icstion for certifica~;ior~
for any project of this type, if it is deemed necessary to assure
the prote~::t.~.on cif, water quality standards. Public Hearings may
be held for specific app~.ications or groups of applications
prior to Certification ~.f deemed in the pub~.ic's best inte~~est
by the Director ,
3. The certification is not valid for channel maintenance dredging
conducted for navigational reasons by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers,
Non-compliance with or violation of the terms and conditions herein
set forth shall result in revocation of t'nis Certification.
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