20130958 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20131003

RCDEHR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory Thomas A. Reeder John E. Skvada, III
Governor Director Secretary
October 3, 2013
Piedmont Natural Gas
Attn: Jim Kalish
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, NC 28210
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Project Name: PNG Lenoir HP
DWQ Project # 2013 -0958
Caldwell County
Upper Catawba / Gunpowder Creek / 11- 55 -(0.5) / C
Dear, Mr. Kalish:
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 0.51 acres of wetlands and
233 feet of streams for the purpose of natural gas pipeline installation 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,
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.
WATER QUALITY SECTION
North Carolina Division of Water Resources — Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, N.C. 28778
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Internet h2o.ennstate.nc.us
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Piedmont Natural Gas
October 3, 2013
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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:
Additional Conditions
• Natural fiber matting is recommended for streambank stabilization over plastic matting
that can entrap small animals.
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 Tim Fox in the
Asheville Regional Office at (828) 296 -4664.
Sincerely,
�l
for Thomas A. Reeder
TAR/trf
Enc: GC 3884
Certificate of Completion
Amount Approved nits
Plan Location or Reference
Stream
233 feet
Applic ation Item 3a.
404 /CAMA Wetlands
0.51 acres
Applicati on Item 2a.
Additional Conditions
• Natural fiber matting is recommended for streambank stabilization over plastic matting
that can entrap small animals.
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 Tim Fox in the
Asheville Regional Office at (828) 296 -4664.
Sincerely,
�l
for Thomas A. Reeder
TAR/trf
Enc: GC 3884
Certificate of Completion

Piedmont Natural Gas
October 3, 2013
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cc: Joey Lawler, P.W.S — S&ME
Tasha McCormick - USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WBSCP Unit — Central Office
County Planning
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