20110616 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20111214

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
December 14, 2011
A Slade Harvin, P.E.
The Wooten Company
301 West 14`' Street
Greenville, NC 27834
DWQ Project # 11 -0616 Ver.2
Pitt County
Subject Property: Chicod Elementary School Pump Station & Force Main
Neuse River Basin, Indian Well Swamp (NEU 10, 27- 97 -5 -2; NSW,
C, Sw)
Reissuance of 401 Water Quality Certification and Authorization Certificate per the
Neuse River Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B.0233) with Additional
Conditions
Dear Mr. Harvin:
The Washington Regional office received your original Pre - Construction Notification
(PCN) form on May 27, 2011. The impacts proposed were for the construction of a
pump station located at Chicod Elementary School and construction of 6 inch force main,
starting at Chicod School, running north on DOT right-of-way to Highway 43 and
continuing to a 2nd pump station (Indian Well Pump Station) located off Ivey Road (SR
224 1) and shown on page C.3.1 and C.5.1 of plans. A proposed 8 inch force main
doubles back down Ivey Road to Hwy. 43 and continues north to Edwards Farm Road
(SR 1737). The proposed force main follows Edwards Farm Rd. west, then north along
County Home Road (SR 1725); west along Worthington Road (SR 1711); and terminate
at an existing manhole located at the corner of Corey Road (SR 1700) and Vicksburg
Drive, as described in your application. A letter of "no written concurrence" was issued
from this Office on August 25, 2011.
On November 23, 2011 this Office received you application for modification of your
existing permit. After review of your application you have our approval, in accordance
with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill within or otherwise
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impact 0. 163 acres of wetlands and 24,613 square feet (ft) of protected riparian buffers
for the purpose of increasing 8 -inch force main length approximately 4,000 linear feet to
tie -in to the existing manhole at Corey Ridge Pump Station as described within your
application dated October 31, 2011 and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality
(DWQ) on November 23, 2011. The impacts proposed in the application are covered by
General water Quality Certification Number(s) 3 819 (GC3819). The Certification(s)
allows you to use Nationwide Permit(s) 12 when issued by the US Army Corps of
Engineers (USAGE). This letter shall also act as your approved Authorization Certificate
for impacts to the protected riparian buffers per 15A NCAC 2B .0233. Please he advised
that this general certification supersedes all certifications here-to-fore issued. In
addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state or
local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion
and Sediment Control, and Non - discharge regulations. Also, this approval to proceed
with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your
application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you
change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new
application. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this
Certification and approval letter and is thereby responsible for complying with all
conditions. If total fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre of wetland
or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in
15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in
the attached certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and
general conditions of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No
other impacts are approved including incidental impacts:
2. Erosion & Sediment Control Practices
Amount Approved
Plan Location or Reference
(Units)
Stream
feet
404 /CAMA Wetlands
0.1623 (acres)
Revision 1 Plan Sheets
Temporary
Waters
(acres)
Buffers
1,869 (square ft.) Zone I
Revision 1 Plan Sheets
22,774(square ft.) Zone
II
2. Erosion & Sediment Control Practices

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Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all
specifications governing the proper design, installation and operation and
maintenance of such Best Management Practices in order to protect surface waters
standards;
a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed,
installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent
version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and
Design Manual.
b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and
erosion control measures must be such that they equal, or exceed, the
requirements specified in the most recent version of the North Carolina
Sediment and Erosion Control Manual. The devices shall be maintained on
all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) projects, including
contractor -owned or leased borrow pits associated with the project.
c. For borrow pit sites, the erosion and sediment control measures must be
designed, installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the most
recent version of the North Carolina Surface Mining Manual.
d. The reclamation measures and implementation must comply with the
reclamation in accordance with the requirements of the Sedimentation
Pollution Control Act.
3. No waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
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 Pre - Construction Notification.
All construction activities, including the design, installation, operation, and
maintenance of sediment and erosion control Best Management Practices, shall be
performed so that no violations of state water quality standards, statutes, or rules occur.
4. No Sediment & Erosion Control Measures wln wetlands or Waters
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 six months of the date that the Division of Land Resources has
released the project.
5. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 water Quality Certification or
applicable Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required
to return the attached certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight /Express Review
Permitting Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service
Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650.

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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. The 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 404 or CAMA Permit.
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 adj udicatory 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.
Any disputes over determinations regarding this Authorization Certificate (associated
with the approved buffer impacts) shall be referred in writing to the Director for a
decision. The Director's decision is subject to review as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of
G. S. 150B.
This letter completes the review of the Division of water Quality under Section 401 of
the Clean Water Act and the Neuse riparian buffer protection rule as described within
15A NCAC 2B .0233. If you have any questions, please telephone Roberto Scheller of
the Washington Regional office at 252-948-3940 or Ian McMillan of the 401
Oversight /Express Unit at 919 -807 -6364.
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Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3819
cc: Emily Jernigan, Corps of Engineers, Washington Field office
Bryan Jones, CFM, Pitt County Planning Department
DWQ 401 Oversight /Express Unit
DLR, WaRO
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