20120586 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20120821

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E. Dee Freeman
Governor _ Director Secretary
August 21, 2012
DWQ# 12 -0586
Guilford County
Neil Moser
Piedmont Natural Gas
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, NC 28210
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Moser:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions; to permanently impact 0.10 acres of wetlands in
order improve access for the Piedmont Natural Gas transmission line Right Of Way from Carlson Dairy Road to the
west over Lake Higgins in Greensboro, NC, as described in an application received by the Division of Water Quality
(Division) on June 13, 2012 and additional information received July 5, 2012, July 30, 2012, August 20, 2012 and
August 21, 2012. After reviewing your application, we have determined that this fill is covered by General Water
Quality Certification Number and 3884, which can be viewed on our web site at
b.ttp://www.ncwatgLrquality.org/wetlands.htrnl. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 12
when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should secure any other applicable federal,
state or local permits before you proceed with your project, including (but not limited to) those required by Sediment
and Erosion Control, Non - Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this approval will expire when
the accompanying 404 permits expire unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have 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. If total wetland fill for this project (now or in the future) exceeds one
acre, or total fill to perennial streams equals or exceeds 150 linear feet, additional compensatory mitigation may be
required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions
listed in the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions listed below:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Wetlands Impacts
Identifier
Type of impact
impact
Wetland 1
Permanent fill
0.10 acres
Total
0.10 acres
2. A culvert shall be installed at grade under the fill to provide wetland connectivity and provide flow for Stream 2
as identified on the plans submitted August 21, 2012.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston -Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston - Salem, North Carolina 27107 One
Phone: 336 - 771 -50001 FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748 One
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Carlson Dairy Rd Maintenance Access
DWQ# 12 -0586
August 21, 2012
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3.' Permanent fill through the right of way shall be 40 feet wide as proposed. Any vegetation clearing on the outer
edges of the 50 foot right of way shall be conducted so that equipment will not impact the adjacent wetlands.
4. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion"
to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate
should be returned to the Winston -Salem Regional Office of the NCDWQ at the address listed on the form.
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 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.
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 contact Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston -Salem Regional Office at 336 -771 -4964 or at
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Charles Wakild, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: Andy Williams, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Dan-in Peine, S &ME, Jnc.
DWQ Winston -Salem Regional Office
DWQ: Wetlands /401