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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Charles Wakild, P. E.
D i recto r
January 18, 2012
Carolina Power & Light Co.
Progress Energy Carolinas
Caren B. Anders, VP, Transmission Operations & Planning
TPP 18, 100 East Davie Street
Raleigh NC 27601
Subject Property: Lewis Farm Road POD 115kV Tap Line
Great Branch [NEU 10, 27- 101 -40 -3; C, Sw, NSW]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Progress Energy Carolinas:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
DWQ Project # 11 -1089
Craven County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 0.2 acres of wetlands for the purpose of rebuilding approximately 3 miles of
powerline within an existing ROW with a new access road at the subject property, as described within
your application dated December 12, 2011 and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on
December 13, 2011. After reviewing your application, the proposed impacts 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 (USACE). 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, Non - discharge, and
Stormwater 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. Approved plans and
specifications for this project are incorporated by reference and are enforceable parts of the permit.
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.
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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
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 and the Mining
Act of 1971.
e. If the project occurs in waters or watersheds classified as Primary Nursery Areas (PNAs),
Trout (Tr), SA, WS -I, WS -II, High Quality (HQW), or Outstanding Resource (ORW) waters,
then the sediment and erosion control requirements contained within Design Standards in
Sensitive Watersheds (15A NCAC 04B .0124) supercede all other sediment and erosion
control requirements.
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 and authorized by this written
approval, including incidental impacts. 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.
Amount Approved (Units)
Plan Location or Reference
Stream
(feet)
404 /CAMA Wetlands
0.20 (acres)
Plats included with PCN
package
Waters
acres
Buffers
(square_ft.)
2. Erosion & Sediment Control Practices
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 and the Mining
Act of 1971.
e. If the project occurs in waters or watersheds classified as Primary Nursery Areas (PNAs),
Trout (Tr), SA, WS -I, WS -II, High Quality (HQW), or Outstanding Resource (ORW) waters,
then the sediment and erosion control requirements contained within Design Standards in
Sensitive Watersheds (15A NCAC 04B .0124) supercede all other sediment and erosion
control requirements.
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 and authorized by this written
approval, including incidental impacts. 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.
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4. No Sediment & Erosion Control Measures w/n Wetlands or Waters
Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters without prior approval
by DWQ. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable,
then design and placement of temporary erosion control measures shall not be conducted in a manner
that may result in dis- equilibrium of wetlands or stream beds or banks, adjacent to or upstream and
down stream of the above structures. All devices shall be removed and the natural grade restored
within two (2) months of the date that the Division of Land Resources has released the project.
5. If concrete is used during the construction, then a dry work area should be maintained to prevent
direct contact prevent direct contact between curing concrete and stream water. Water that
inadvertently contacts uncured concrete should not be discharged to surface waters due to the
potential for elevated pH and possible aquatic life /fish kills.
6. Work in the Dry
All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved best
management practices from the most current version of the NC Sediment and Erosion Control
Manual, or the NC DOT Construction and Maintenance Activities Manual, such as sandbags, rock
berms, cofferdams, and other diversion structures shall be used to minimize excavation in flowing
water.
7. The applicant/permittee and their authorized agents shall conduct all activities in a manner consistent
with State water quality standards (including any requirements resulting from compliance with
§303(d) of the Clean Water Act), and any other appropriate requirements of State and Federal Law.
If the Division determines that such standards or laws are not being met, including 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, then the Division may reevaluate and modify this General Water
Quality Certification.
S. 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.
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 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.
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This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act 15A NCAC 02H. .0500. If you have any questions, please telephone Amy Adams of the Washington
Regional Of at 252-948-3917 or Ian McMillan of the 401 Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater, Compliance
and Permitting (we scape) Unit at 919-807-6364.
Sincerely,
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For C ck Waki . P.
Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3819
cc: William Wescott, Corps of Engineers Washington Regulatory Field Office
DWQ 401 Oversight/Express Unit
DLR, Pat McClain, WaRO
File copy
Cliff Sauls, Progress Energy, Environmental Permitting & Compliance
Filename: 11-1089—ProgressEnergy_3819—Approval/aa