20120950 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20121106

WDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E.
Governor Director
November 6, 2012
James Dennis
Mountain Housing Opportunities Inc.
64 Clingman Ave, Suite 101
Asheville, NC 28801
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
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DWQ Project # 12 -0950
Buncombe County
French Broad River Basin / UT to French Broad / Class B
Dear Mr. Dennis:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
The Division of Water Quality has completed the review of your 401' Water Quality Certification application
associated with the subject project listed above.
Approval has been granted to place fill within or otherwise impact 270 linear feet of streams for the purpose of
Stream bank stabilization and sediment removal at the subject property. This approval requires you to follow
the conditions listed in the attached Certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3885. This Certification allows
you to use Regional General / Nationwide Permit 13 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers
( USACE). 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 corresponding
USACE Permit Verification. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required
federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and
Sediment Control, buffer, and flood plain regulations.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your project,
you must notify us and may be required to submit a new application.
Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general conditions of
this Certification are met. No other impacts are approved including incidental impacts:
Amount Approved (Units) Plan Location or Reference
Stream 270 linear (feet) UT to French Broad River
Location 2090 U S Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone 828 - 296 -45001 FAX. [phone]
Internet, www rimaterquality org
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Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties.
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.
This letter completes the review of your application by the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please contact Tim Fox in the Asheville Regional Office at 828-
296 -4664.
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for Chafles Wakild, P.E., Director
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Eric: GC3885
Certificate of Completion
cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WeBSCaPe Unit — Central Office
McCray Coates City of Asheville Storm Water Services
Chris Day P.E. Civil Design Concepts
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