HomeMy WebLinkAbout20120348 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20121129Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
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MC ENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Cnuck Wakild, P E
Director
November 29, 2012
BH Marquee Station, LLC
Attn: Wayne Hightower
111 Cloister St., Suite 114
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Subject: Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification
Marquee Station
Dear Mr. Hightower:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
DWQ Project # 12 -0348
Wake County
FILE. 'COPY
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise permanently impact 0.21 acres of wetlands and temporarily impact 0.12 acres of
wetlands, as described within your application, received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality (Division)
on April 9, 2012, with additional information received on September 4, 2012, October 9, 2012 and
November 7, 2012. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by
General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3890 (GC3890), which allows you to use Nationwide
Permit(s) NW29 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In addition, you should obtain
or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with
your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Non - discharge, and other
regulations. This approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to 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 a new 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 02H,.0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached
certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Additional Conditions of Certification:
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:
Type of Impact
Amount Approved (Units)
Plan Location or Reference
Wetland — permanent
0.21 (acres)
PCN pg 4 of 10
Wetland —temporary
0.12 (acres)
PCN pg 4 of 10
Marquee Station "
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November 29, 2012
2. Protective Fencing
The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within these
boundaries approved under this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange warning fencing (or
similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been approved to infringe within the buffer,
wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities to ensure compliance with 15 NCAC 02H .0500.
3. Stormwater Management Plan
The SMP approved by the DWQ consists of one (1) bioretention cell and all associated stormwater
conveyances, inlet and outlet strictures, and the grading and drainage patterns depicted on plan
sheets dated October 8, 2012. The plans and specifications approved by DWQ are incorporated by
reference into this approval and are enforceable by DWQ provided however that any modification of
the design for the stormwater management system that is accepted by DWQ shall take precedence
over the original plans and specifications. In addition, the following conditions shall apply:
• The maximum allowable drainage area for the approved bioretention area shall be
104,544square feet and the maximum allowable built -upon area within that drainage area
shall be 67,953 square feet. Any changes to these maximum areas shall require the
applicant to submit and receive approval for a revised stormwater management plan by the
DWQ.
• The footprint of all stormwater devices as well as an additional 10 -foot wide area on all
sides of the devices shall be located in either public rights -of -way, dedicated common areas
or recorded easement areas. The final plats for the project showing all such rights -of -way,
common areas and easement areas shall be in accordance with the approved plans.
• Maintenance activities for the bioretention area shall be performed in accordance with the
notarized 0 &M agreements signed by Mr. Ronald A. Strem on August 22, 2012. The 0 &M
agreement must transfer with the sale of the land or transfer of ownership /responsibility for
the BMP facility. DWQ must be notified promptly of every transfer.
4. The applicant and /or authorized agent shall provide a completed Certificate of Completion Form to
the DWQ Webscape Unit within ten days of project completion (available at:
http•/ /portal ncdenr ore/ web /wq /swp /ws/ 401 /certsandPermits /apply /forms).
You can contest this Certification as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 1508 by filing a
written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings. You may obtain a
petition form from the Office of Administrative Hearings at http: / /www.ncoah.com/ or call (919) 431-
3000 for information.
Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of this Certification, you must file the petition with the Office
of Administrative Hearings. A petition is considered filed when the original and one (1) copy is received
in the Office of Administrative Hearings during normal office hours (Monday through Friday between
8:OOam and S:OOpm, excluding official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the Office of Administrative Hearings at (919) 431 -3100, provided the
original and one copy of the petition is received by the Office of Administrative Hearings within five (5)
business days following the faxed transmission.
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Marquee Station
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November 29, 2012
Mailing address for the Office of Administrative Hearings:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -6714
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
William Cary, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1601
Unless such a petition is filed, this Certification shall be final and binding.
Sincerely,
Karen Higgins, Supervisor
Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater-
Compliance & Permitting Unit
Enclosures: GC3890
cc: USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
Andy Kiley — SEPI Engineering and Construction, Inc., 1025 Wade Ave., Raleigh, NC 27605
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