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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Pat McCrory Charles Wakild, P.E. John E. Skvada, III
Governor Director Secretary
March 21, 2013
RiverLink
Attn: Karen Cragnolin
P.O. Box 15488
Asheville, NC 28813 -0488
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Project Name: Ross Creek Watershed
DWQ Project # 13 -0125
Buncombe County
French Broad / UT to Ross Creek / 6 -78 -23 / B
Dear Ms. Cragnolin:
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 0.022 acres of wetlands and 177 feet of
stream for the purpose of water quality improvements and stream enhancement 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 3890 and 3885. This Certification
allows you to use Nationwide Permit 18 & 27 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 Floodplain 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:
Location: 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone: 828 - 29845001 FAX: 828 -299 -7043 te Inter net: www.nrwaterqual4.org Carolina
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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.
Sincerely,
fo. Charles akild, P.E., Director
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Enc: GC 3890 & 3885
Certificate of Completion
cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WBSCP Unit — Central Office
Karen Cragnolin — Executive Director, Riverlink
Jake McLean P.E. — Michael Baker Engineering, Inc.
McCray Coates — City of Asheville Storm Water Services
John and Patricia Umhau — Property Owners
File Copy
S: \SWP\Buncombe \401s\Non- DOT\Ross Creek Watershed\APRVL.401 Ross Creek Watershed.3.21.13.doc
Amount Approved nits
Plan Location or Reference
Stream
177 (total feet)
S1,S2,S3,S4
31 ft.(NW 18)
146 ft. 27
Wetland
0.022 acres
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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.
Sincerely,
fo. Charles akild, P.E., Director
CW /trf
Enc: GC 3890 & 3885
Certificate of Completion
cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WBSCP Unit — Central Office
Karen Cragnolin — Executive Director, Riverlink
Jake McLean P.E. — Michael Baker Engineering, Inc.
McCray Coates — City of Asheville Storm Water Services
John and Patricia Umhau — Property Owners
File Copy
S: \SWP\Buncombe \401s\Non- DOT\Ross Creek Watershed\APRVL.401 Ross Creek Watershed.3.21.13.doc