20120561 Ver 3_Approval Letter_20121002

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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
October 2, 2012
DWQ# 12 -0561 v2
Amanda Wallis Watauga County
Capstone Collegiate Communities
431 Office Park Dr.
Birmingham, AL 35223
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Ms. Wallis:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions; to impact 79 linear feet of streams in order to install
utilities and associated utility access for the Cottages of Boone in Boone, NC, as described in an application for
modification of a previously approved impact received by the Division of Water Quality (Division) on August 22, 2012
and additional information received September 17, 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
http://www.ncwaterquality.orgVwetlands.html. 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:
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:
Stream Impacts
Identifier
Type of impact
Impact
Site 1
Culvert crossing
43 linear feet permanent impact
12 linear feet temporary impact
Site 2
Culvert crossing
9 linear feet permanent impact
15 linear feet temporary impact
Total
52 linear feet permanent inippact mact
27 linear feet tem ora
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston -Salem Regional Office
Location 585 Waughtown St Winston - Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone, 336 - 771 -50001 FAX- 336 - 771 -46301 Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality org
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Cottages of Boone
DWQ# 12 -0561 v2
October 2, 2012
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2. All temporary impacted areas will be restored to pre - construction natural conditions upon completion of the
project. Native vegetation shall be used for wetland and stream bank stabilization.
3. Since two culverts will be installed at each stream crossing, the stream should only flow through one culvert
during normal flow conditions and through the other culvert above bankfull conditions. The proposed low flow
weir should be installed to restore natural channel dimensions upon completion of the project.
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
sue.homewood @ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
Charles Wakild, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: Tasha McCormick, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville Regulatory Field Office (via email)
John Vilas, ENV Inc. (via email)
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