20110256 Ver 4_Approval Letter_20140103

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory Thomas A. Reeder John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Director Secretary
January 3, 2014
Dare County
DWQ Project No. 20110256 v.4
TIP B -5014 C
MODIFICATION of APPROVAL of 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Mr. Clay Willis
NCDOT, Division One
113 Airport Drive, Suite 100
Edenton, NC 27932
Dear Mr. Willis:
You have our approval, in accordance with the conditions listed below, for the following impacts for the purpose of the emergency
repair of the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet on NC 12 in Dare County:
Open Water Impacts in the Pasquotank Basin
The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received December 20, 2003.' All the authorized activities
and conditions associated with the original Water Quality Certification dated March 23, 2011 and the modifications dated April 24,
2012 and December 2, 2013 still apply except where superceded by this certification. After reviewing your application, we have
decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3900. This certification corresponds to the
Regional General Permit 198000291 issued by the Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should acquire any other federal, state or local
permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non - Discharge and Water
Supply Watershed regulations. This approval will expire with the accompanying 404 permit.
This approval is valid solely for the purpose and design described in your application (unless modified below). ' Should your project
change, you must notify the DWR and submit 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 the conditions. If total wetland fills for this project
(now or in the future) exceed one acre, or of total impacts to streams (now or in the future) exceed 150 linear feet, compensatory
mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H.0506 (h) (6) and (7). For this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to
the conditions listed in the attached certification.
1. This modification is applicable only to the additional proposed activities. All of the authorized activities and conditions of the
certification associated with the original Water Quality Certification dated March 23, 2011 and subsequent modifications still
apply except where superceded by this certification.
Transportation and Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
Phone: 919 - 707 -87851 FAX. 919 - 733 -1290
Internet: www.ncwater.org
Open Water Fill
Site Number
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Bents 162 - 166
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The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated received December 20, 2003.' All the authorized activities
and conditions associated with the original Water Quality Certification dated March 23, 2011 and the modifications dated April 24,
2012 and December 2, 2013 still apply except where superceded by this certification. After reviewing your application, we have
decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3900. This certification corresponds to the
Regional General Permit 198000291 issued by the Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should acquire any other federal, state or local
permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non - Discharge and Water
Supply Watershed regulations. This approval will expire with the accompanying 404 permit.
This approval is valid solely for the purpose and design described in your application (unless modified below). ' Should your project
change, you must notify the DWR and submit 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 the conditions. If total wetland fills for this project
(now or in the future) exceed one acre, or of total impacts to streams (now or in the future) exceed 150 linear feet, compensatory
mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H.0506 (h) (6) and (7). For this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to
the conditions listed in the attached certification.
1. This modification is applicable only to the additional proposed activities. All of the authorized activities and conditions of the
certification associated with the original Water Quality Certification dated March 23, 2011 and subsequent modifications still
apply except where superceded by this certification.
Transportation and Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650
Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604
An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer
Phone: 919 - 707 -87851 FAX. 919 - 733 -1290
Internet: www.ncwater.org

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2. A copy of this Water Quality Certification shall be maintained on site at the construction site at all times. In addition, the Water
Quality Certification and all subsequent modifications, if any, shall be maintained with the Division Engineer and the on -site
project manager.
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 that conforms to Chapter 150B of the North
Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699. 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 contact Garcy Ward at (252) 948 -3922.
,Sincerely,
G
for Tho as A. Reeder
Attachments (General Certification and Certificate of Completion form)
cc: Tracey Wheeler, US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
Paul Williams, DCM, Elizabeth City
Garcy Ward, DWR, Washington Regional Office
File Copy

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DWR Project No.:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Date of Issuance of 401 Water Quality Certification:
County:
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or applicable Buffer Rules, and any subsequent
modifications, the applicant is required to return this certificate to the 401 Transportation Permitting Unit, North Carolina Division of
Water Resources, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650. This form may be returned to DWR by the applicant, the
applicant's authorized agent, or the project engineer. It is not necessary to send certificates from all of these.
Applicant's Certification
I, , hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the
observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and intent of the 401
Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature:
Date:
Agent's Certification
I, , hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the
observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial compliance and intent of the 401
Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature:
Engineer's Certification
Date:
Partial Final
I, , as a duly registered Professional Engineer in the State of North Carolina, having
been authorized to observe (periodically, weekly, full time) the construction of the project,for the Permittee hereby state that, to the
best of my abilities, due care and diligence was used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to
be built within substantial compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and
specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature Registration No.
Date