20131178 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20131115

November 15, 2013
Beaufort County
DWQ Project #: 13 -1178
Robert S. Griffin
109 Pinehurst Drive
New Bern, NC 28562
Subject Property: Lot #6, off Hickory Point Rd. (SR ) South Creek
NO WRITTEN CONCURRENCE NEEDED
Dear Mr. Griffin:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to impact 0.057 acres of wetlands
for the purpose of driveway construction as you described in your application dated November 8, 2013.
This fill is below the threshold for written authorization as long as all conditions of General Water
Quality Certification Number 3886 (GC #3886) are met, which may be viewed on our website at
http:// h2o.em.state.n.c.us /newetlan.ds and enclosed for your reference.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your application except as
modified below. 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 wetland fills for
this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, compensatory mitigation may be required as
described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h) (6) and (7). This approval shall expire when the corresponding
Nationwide Permit expires or as otherwise provided in the General Certification. For this approval to
be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in the attached certification and any additional
conditions listed below.
Conditions of Certification:
Upon completion of the project, the applicant shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certification of Completion Form" to notify DWQ that all the work included in the 401
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
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Certification has been completed. The responsible party shall complete the attached form and
return it to the 401 /Wetlands Unit of the Division of Water Resources.
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result
in criminal and /or civil penalties. This Certification shall become null and void unless the above
conditions are made conditions of the Federal 404 and/or Coastal Area Management Act Permit.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, 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 the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act. If you have any questions, please telephone Roberto Scheller of the. Washington Regional Office at 252 -948-
3940 or Karen Higgins of the Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater, Compliance and Permitting (Webscape) Unit at 919-
807 -6360.
Sincerely,
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Environmental Senior Specialist
Attachments: GC #3886
Certification of Completion
cc: William Wescott, USACE Washington Field Office
DWR Webscape Unit
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