20120896 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20121030 (2)

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Charles Wakild, P.E.
Director
October 30, 2012
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Mr. Thomas T. Covington
1720 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1720
Dee Freeman
Secretary
DWQ Project # 12 -0896
Craven County
Subject Property: NCWRC, Cowpen Landing Boat Ramp
Neuse River Basin, Neuse River [NEU 08, 27 -(85); NSW, C, Sw]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification (GC3900) and Authorization
Certificate per the Neuse River Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B.0233) with
Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Covington:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed
below, to place fill within or otherwise impact 0.065 acres of waters by fill, 0.025 acres
of impacts from shading, and 0.02 acres of 404 wetlands and for the purpose of boat ramp
improvements by constructing 2 boat ramps with vinyl bulkheads, staging dock, and
floating fishing pier with vinyl bulkhead at the subject property, as described within your
CAMA Major application dated September 24, 2012 and received by the N.C. Division
of Water Quality (DWQ) on October 1, 2012. The impacts described in your application
are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3900 (GC3900). This
Certification(s) is issued in conjunction with the CAMA Major Permit and General
Permit(s) 198000291 issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). This
Certification allows you to use the CAMA Major Permit when the Division of Coastal
Management issues it. This letter shall also act as your approved Authorization
Certificate for impacts to the protected riparian buffers per 15A NCAC 2B .0233 as a
result of construction activities. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with
any other federal, state and local requirements before you go ahead with your project
including (but not limited to) erosion and sediment control regulations and CAMA. Also,
this approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to
North Carolina Division of Water Quality Internet: www newaterquality.ore
943 Washington Square Mall Phone: [phone] One
Washington, NC 27889 FAX [phone] NorthCarolina
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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 anew
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. 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.
3. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water
Quality Certification (GC) 3641.
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.
Amount Approved
(Units)
Plan Location or Reference
Stream
(feet)
404 /CAMA Wetlands
0.02 (acres) fill
Plan Drawings SD -1.0 to 8.1
Waters
0.065 (acres) fill
0.025 (acres) shading
" " " "
Buffers
(square ft.)
2. 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.
3. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water
Quality Certification (GC) 3641.
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.

NCWRC, Cowpen Landing Boat Ramp
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If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the
approved water 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.
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 Karen Higgins of the Wetland,
Buffer, Stormwater, Compliance and Permitting (Webscape) Unit at 919 - 807 -6360.
Sincerely,
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For Charles Wakild, P.E.
Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3900
cc: William Wescott, Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
DWQ Webscape Unit
DCM, Doug Huggett, Morehead Office
DCM, Brad Connell
DLR, WaRO
File copy
File: 12-0896