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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Pat McCrory Water Quality Programs
Governor Thomas A. Reeder
Director
August 23, 2013
Jim Kalish, Piedmont Natural Gas
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina 28210
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Messer Road Piedmont Natural Gas Line 294 Extension
DWQ Project # 20130719
Burke County
CTB31 / Howard Creek (Propst Creek) / 11- 42 -(1) / Class WS -IV
CTB31 / McGalliard Creek / 11- 44 -(0.5) / Class WS -IV
CTB31 / Hunting Creek / 11- 36 -(0.7) / Class WS -IV
Dear Mr. Kalish:
John E. Skvada, III
Secretary
The Division of Water Resources 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 0.2874 acres of wetlands and 380 feet of
streams for the purpose of infrastructure extension 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 3884. This Certification allows
you to use Nationwide Permit 12 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 and local Water
Supply Watershed 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 - 296 -15001 FAX: [phone]
Internet www.ncwaterqualky.org
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380 linear feet
Attachment 3. Stream Impacts
Wetlands
0.2874 acres
Attachment 2. Wetland Impacts
Location. 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Phone: 828 - 296 -15001 FAX: [phone]
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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 Resources under Section 401 of
the Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Barnett in the Asheville Regional Office
at (828) 296 -4657.
Sincerely,
fo. Thomas A. Reeder
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Enc: GC3884
Certificate of Completion
cc: Suzanne Herron, Fisher and Arnold, Inc.
1420 Donelson Pike, Suite A -12, Nashville, TN, 37217
David McHenry, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WBSCP Unit — Central Office
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