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Home My WebLink About20120556 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20120613NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Waklld PE Dee Freeman Governor Director Secretary June 13 2012 NCDENR — Division of Parks and Recreation Attn Amin Davis 1615 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1615 DWQ Project # 12 0556 Chatham County Subject Property Jordan Lake State Recreation Area — Parkers Creek Trail Boardwalk Roanoke River [030207 23 (20 2) WS IV B] Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions Dear Sir You have our approval in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below to fill or otherwise impact 0 01 acre of 404 wetland (permanent impacts) to construct a boardwalk on an existing trail as described in your application dated May 18 2012 received by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on June 1 2012 After reviewing your application and additional information we have decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3890 (GC3890) The Certification(s) allows you to use Nationwide Permit(s) NW42 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) 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 regulations and Jordan buffer impacts 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 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 Type of Impact Amount A roved Units Plan Location or Reference 404 Wetland 10 01 (acre) permanent impact PCN page 5 of I I Noof hCarolma Naturally North Carolina Division of Water Quality Raleigh Regional Office Surface Water Protection Phone (919) 791 4200 Customer Service Internet www ncwaterquality org 1628 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1628 FAX (919) 788 7159 877 623 6748 An Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer — 50 / Recycled /10 / Post Consumer Paper Page 2 2 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 3 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 Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control measures and stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times 4 Sediment and Erosion Control Measures Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters without prior approval from the Division If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable 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 sediment and erosion control devices shall be removed and the natural grade restored within two (2) months of the date that the Division of Land Resources or locally delegated program has released the project 7 Protective Fencing The outside buffer wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within these boundaries approved under this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange warning fencing (or similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been approved to infringe within the buffer wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities to ensure compliance with 15 NCAC 2H Section 0500 8 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 Wetlands Buffers Stormwater Compliance and Permitting Unit (WeBSCaPe) North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1650 Page 3 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 wish to contest any statement in the attached Certification you must file a petition for an administrative hearing You may obtain the petition form from the Office of Administrative Hearings You must file the petition with the Office of Administrative Hearings within sixty (60) days of receipt of this notice A petition is considered filed when it is received in the Office of Administrative Hearings during normal office hours The Office of Administrative Heanngs accepts filings Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 OOam and 5 OOpm except for official state holidays The original and one (1) copy of the petition must be filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings The petition may be faxed provided the original and one copy of the document is received by the Office of Administrative Hearings within five (5) business days following the faxed transmission The mailing address for the Office of Administrative Hearings is Office of Administrative Hearings 6714 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 6714 Telephone (919) 431 3000 Facsimile (919) 431 3100 A copy of the petition must also be served on DENR as follows Ms Mary Penny Thompson General Counsel Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1601 Unless such a petition is filed this Certification shall be final and binding This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act If you have any questions please telephone Lauren Witherspoon at 91 791 4251 jSinceely �j Danny Sm Surface ater Protection Section Supervisor Raleigh Regional Office Enclosures GC 3890 Certificate of Completion cc USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office DWQ Central Office — WeBSCaPe — 1650 Mail Service Center RRO File Copy Filename 12 0556—Jordan Lake State Recreation Area Parkers Creek Trail Boardwalk_401—Approval