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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
Mr. Cecil Wood, Interim Town Manager
Town of North Wilkesboro
832 Main St
North Wilkesboro, NC 28659
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APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Wood:
November 2 2012
DWQ# 12 -0459 v2
Wilkes County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions; to impact 188 linear feet of streams, 0.10 acres of
open waters, and 0.075 acres of wetland in order to install the W. Kerr Scott Reservoir Raw Water Project for the Town
of North Wilkesboro in Wilkes County as described in an application received by the Division of Water Quality
(Division) on October 2, 2012 and additional information received November 1, 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 htt2://www.ncwaLqgualiiy.org/wetlands.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 anew 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:
Wetland sites
Type of Impact
Amount Approved
W1
Temporary excavation
0.067 acres
W2
Temporary excavation
0.008 acres
Total
0.075 acres temporary impact
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston -Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston - Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: 336 - 77146301 Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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W. Ker Scott Reservoir Raw Water Project
DWQ# 12 -0459 v2
November 2, 2012
Page 2 of 3
Open water sites
_Type of Impact
Amount Approved
01
Permanent Fill
0.013 acres
02
Temporary impacts
0.084 acres
Site 3
Total
0.013 acres permanent impact
0.084 acres temporary impact
Stream Impacts
Type of impact
Impact
Site 1
Temporary excavation, permanent stabilization
23 linear feet
Site 2
Temporary excavation
21 linear feet
Site 3
Culvert, permanent maintenance crossing
62 linear feet
10 linear feet temporary impacts
Site 4
Culvert, permanent maintenance crossing
62 linear feet
10 linear feet temporary impacts
Total
147 linear feet permanent impacts
41 linear feet temporary impacts
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.
At stream impact sites 3 and 4, the Permittee shall stake the limits of stream disturbance and conduct a
preconstruction meeting with the construction contractor prior to disturbance of the impact area. The Division
shall be notified of, and invited to, the meeting a minimum of two weeks prior to its scheduled date.
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,
41111-1
" Charles Wakild, P.E., Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: Monte Matthews, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Daniel Ramsey, O'Brien & Gere (via email)
DWQ Winston -Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands /401