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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild, P.E.
Governor Director
December 18, 2012
Mr. Bobby and Ms. Anne Setzer
P.O. Box 1257
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Setzer Lot — Bear Lake Shoreline Stabilization
DWQ Project # 12 -1022
Jackson County
LTN02 / Bear Creek Lake /2- 79 -(5.5) / WS -III, B, Trout
Dear Mr. Setzer and Ms. Setzer:
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 approximately 0.005 acres open waters, 47
linear feet of total stabilization of open waters [approximately 25 linear feet of shoreline dry stack wall w /rip-
rap; approximately 22 linear feet shoreline, rip -rap only] for the purpose of shoreline stabilization 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 3898. This Certification allows
you to use Regional General Permit 30 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) Jackson County Erosion and
Sediment Control regulations and Duke Energy Lake Services guidelines.
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:
Location: 2090 U.S Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone: 828 - 29645001 FAX: 828 - 299 -7043 One
Internet www.ncwaterqualq.org NorthCarolina
An Equal Opportunity 1 AfBrmabve Action Emnlover )VJa&i1*
Mr. Selzer and Ms Setzer
December 18, 2012
Page 2 of 2
If working from the shoreline (rather than a barge), vegetation must be replaced in accordance with Nantahala
Area Vegetation Management Requirements [ref. to Exhibit 1, Part 5.b. of Duke Power Nantahala Area
Shoreline Management Guidelines].
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 Susan A. Wilson in the Asheville Regional Office
at 828 - 296 -4665.
Sincerely,
Ott Charles akild, P.E., Director
CW /saw
Enc: GC3898
Certificate of Completion
cc: Karen Higgins — WBSCP Unit
Steve Beasley, Jackson County Planning
Lisa Leatherman, Duke Energy Lake Services
File Copy
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Amount Approved nits
Plan Location or Reference
Waters
Appx. 0.005 acres
As specified in application
[appx. 25 linear feet dry
and e-mail submitted
stack w /rip rap; appx. 22
12/15/2012
linear feet rip -rap]
*Refer to Duke Energy
guidelines for boulder
wall design
If working from the shoreline (rather than a barge), vegetation must be replaced in accordance with Nantahala
Area Vegetation Management Requirements [ref. to Exhibit 1, Part 5.b. of Duke Power Nantahala Area
Shoreline Management Guidelines].
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 Susan A. Wilson in the Asheville Regional Office
at 828 - 296 -4665.
Sincerely,
Ott Charles akild, P.E., Director
CW /saw
Enc: GC3898
Certificate of Completion
cc: Karen Higgins — WBSCP Unit
Steve Beasley, Jackson County Planning
Lisa Leatherman, Duke Energy Lake Services
File Copy
S : \SWPUackson \401sINon- DOIRSetzer Bear Lake 2012\APRVL.Setzer.12 2012.doc