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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
August 7, 2007
Mr. Robert Snyder
Hanson Aggregates, Inc.
2300 Gateway Centre Boulevard
Morrisville, NC 27560
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
DWQ Project # 07-0931
Wake County
Subject Property: Hanson Aggregates East, Inc. -Raleigh Quarry Expansion
Ut to Richland Creek [030402, 27-21-(0.5), C, NSW]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification and Authorization Certificate per the Neuse River
Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233) with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Snyder:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 0.099 acres of 404/wetland, 98 linear feet of perennial stream, 3791inear feet
of intermittent stream, and 14,520 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and
9,680 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers to conduct the proposed 44-acre
quarry expansion, as described within your application dated May 14, 2007, and received by the N.C.
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on May 25, 2007, with additional information received by you on July
6, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by General
Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3631 (GC3631). The Certification(s) allows you to use
Nationwide Permit(s) NW44, when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). This letter
shall also act as your approved Authorization Certificate for impacts to the protected riparian buffers per
1 SA NCAC 2B .0233. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required
federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion
and Sediment Control, Non-discharge, and other regulations. Also, this approval to proceed with your
proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or LAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. 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 fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre of
wetland or 1501inear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A
NCAC 2H .0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached
certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
Conditions of Certification:
1. Impacts Approved
401 Oversight/Express Review Permits Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Ralegh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone] / lntemet: http~//h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general
conditions of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other impacts are
approved including incidental impacts:
T e of Im act Amount A roved Units Plan Location or Reference
404/Wetland 0.099 acres PCN a e 8 of 13
Stream - erennial 98 (linear feet PCN a e 8 of 13
Stream -intermittent 379 linear feet PCN a e 8 of 13
Buffer -Zone 1 14,520 (s uare ft. PCN a e 12 of 13
Buffer -Zone 2 9,680 s uare ft. PCN a e 12 of 13
Sediment and Erosion Control:
2. Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications governing
the proper design, installation and operation and maintenance of such Best Management Practices in
order to protect surface waters standards:
a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed, installed,
operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina
Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual.
b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and erosion control
measures must be such that they equal, or exceed, the requirements specified in the most
recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual. The devices
shall be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) projects,
including contractor-owned or leased borrow pits associated with the project.
c. Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control measures and
stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times.
3. No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas beyond the
footprint of the impacts depicted in the 404/401 Permit Application. All construction activities,
including the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion control Best
Management Practices, shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality standards,
statutes, or rules occur;
4. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum extent
practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is
unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within six months of the date that the
Division of Land Resources has released the project;
5. Protective Fencing -The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor
within these boundaries approved under this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange warning
fencing (or similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been approved to infringe within the
buffer, wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities to ensure compliance with 15 NCAC 2H,
Section .0500;
6. Culvert Installation
All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved BMP
measures from the most current version of NCDOT Construction and Maintenance Activities manual
(httn://www.ncdot.or doh/operations/BMP manuaUdownload/BMP_1Vlanual pdf)
such as sandbags, rock berms, cofferdams and other diversion structures shall be used to prevent
excavation in flowing water.

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Culverts required for this project shall be installed in such a manner that the original stream
profiles are not altered. Existing stream dimensions (including the cross section dimensions,
pattern, and longitudinal profile) must be maintained above and below locations of each culvert.
Culverts shall be designed and installed to allow for aquatic life movement as well as to prevent
head cutting of the streams. If any of the existing pipes are or become perched, the appropriate
stream grade shall be re-established or, if the pipes installed in a perched manner, the pipes shall
be removed and re-installed correctly.
Culvert(s) shall not be installed in such a manner that will cause aggradation or erosion of the
stream up or down stream of the culvert(s). Existing stream dimensions (including the cross section
dimensions, pattern and longitudinal prof le) shall be maintained above and below locations of each
culvert. Therefore, you must provide plans with adequate details that indicate that the current
stability of the stream will be maintained or enhanced. You must receive written approval from this
Office for the above plans before the culvert(s) is installed. Culvert(s) must be installed according
to approved plans.
Placement of culverts and other structures in waters, streams, and wetlands must be placed below
tl~e elevation of the streambed by one foot for all culverts with a diameter greater than 48 inches,
and 20 percent of the culvert diameter for culverts having a diameter less than 48 inches, to allow
low flow passage of water and aquatic life. Design and placement of culverts and other structures
including temporary erosion control measures shall not be conducted in a manner that may result
in dis-equilibrium of wetlands or streambeds or banks, adjacent to or upstream and down stream
of the above structures. The applicant is required to provide evidence that the equilibrium shall be
maintained if requested in writing by DWQ.
The establishment of native, woody vegetation and other soft stream bank stabilization techniques
must be used where practicable instead of rip rap or other bank hardening methods. If rip-rap is
necessary, it shall not be placed in the stream bed, unless specifically approved by the Division of
Water Quality.
Installation of culverts in wetlands must ensure continuity of water movement and be designed to
adequately accommodate high water or flood conditions.
Upon completion of the project, the Applicant shall complete and return the enclosed "Certificate
of Completion" form to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has
been completed. The responsible party shall complete the attached form and return it to the
401/Wetlands Unit of the NC Division of Water Quality upon completion of the project. Please
send photographs upstream and downstream of each culvert site to document correct installation
along with the Certificate of Completion form.
7. Deed Notifications
Deed notifications or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all retained jurisdictional wetlands,
waters and protective buffers in order to assure compliance for future wetland, water and buffer
impact. These mechanisms shall be put in place prior to impacting any wetlands, waters and/or
buffers approved for impact under this Certification Approval and Authorization Certificate. A
sample deed notification can be downloaded from the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. The text of the sample deed notification may be modified
as appropriate to suit to this project.

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8. Construction stormwater Permit NCGO10000
Upon the approval of an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan issued by the Division of Land
Resources (DLR) or a DLR delegated local erosion and sedimentation control program, an NPDES
General stormwater permit (NCGO10000) administered by DWQ is automatically issued to the
project. This General Permit allows stormwater to be discharged during land disturbing construction
activities as stipulated by conditions in the permit. If your project is covered by this permit
[applicable to construction projects that disturb one (1) or more acres], full compliance with permit
conditions including the sedimentation control plan, self-monitoring, record keeping and reporting
requirements are required. A copy of this permit and monitoring report forms may be found at
http: //h2o. enr.state. nc. us/su/Forms Documents. htm. ;
9. Compensatory Mitigation Using the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP)
Mitigation must be provided for the. proposed impacts as specified in the table below. We
understand that you wish to make a payment to the Wetlands Restoration Fund administered by
the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) to meet this mitigation requirement. This has
been determined by the DWQ to be a suitable method to meet the mitigation requirement. Until
the EEP receives and clears your check (made payable to: DENR -Ecosystem Enhancement
Progam Office), no impacts specified in this Authorization Certificate shall occur. The EEP
should be contacted at [phone] if you have any questions concerning payment into a
restoration fund. You have one month from the date of this approval to make this payment. For
accounting purposes, this Authorization Certificate authorizes payment into the Wetlands
Restoration Fund to meet the following compensatory mitigation requirement:
T e of Im act Compensatory Mitigation Required River and Sub-basin Number
Buffers -Zone 1 43,560 (s ware feet Neuse/03020201
Buffers -Zone 2 14,520 (s ware feet) Neuse/03020201
Certificate of Completion:
10. 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 the attached
certificate of completion to the 401/Wetlands Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650
Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650.
Also, this approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as
depicted in your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or LAMA Permit.
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties. The 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 404 or CAMA Permit.
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.

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This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act and the Neuse riparian buffer protection rule as described within 15A NCAC 2B .0233. If you have
any questions, please telephone Cyndi Karoly or Ian McMillan in the Central Office in R~leigh at 919-
733-1786 or Lauren Cobb in the DWQ Raleigh Regional Office at 919-791-4200. n n
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Sinc e ,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Enclosures: GC3631
Certificate of Completion
cc: `Lauren Cobb, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
File Copy
Central Files
Robin Maycock Little, Soil and Environmental Systems, 5409 New Rebel Court, Youngsville,
NC 27596
Filename: 070931 HansonAggregatesEastIncRaleighQuarryExpansion(Wake)401_NBR

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
401 Water Quality Certification
Summary of Permitted Impacts and Mitigation Requirements
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0500, Mr. Robert Snyder and Hanson Aggregates, Inc., have permission as
outlined below to fill or otherwise impact 0.099 acres of 404/wetland, 292 linear feet of intermittent stream, and
14,520 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffers and 9,680 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse
River basin protected riparian buffers, as described within your application dated May 14, 2007, and received by
the N.C. Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on May 25, 2007, with additional information received by you on July
6, 2007, to conduct the proposed 44-acre quarry expansion at the site which is located west of the intersection of
Montys Lane and Capital Boulevard (US Highway 1), near Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. All
activities associated with these authorized impacts must be conducted with the conditions listed in the attached
Permit transmittal letter. THIS CERTIFICATION IS NOT VALID WITHOUT THE ATTACHMENTS.
COMPENSATORY MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
DWQ PROJECT #: 20070931
LOCATION: Garner
COUNTY Wake
BASIN/ SUB BASIN Neuse/03020201
As required by 15A NCAC 2H.0500, and the conditions of this Certification, you are required to compensate for
the above mitigabee impacts through the restoration, creation, enhancement or preservation of wetlands, surface
waters and riparian buffers as outlined below prior to conducting any activities that impact or degrade the waters of
the state.
Note: Acreage requirements proposed to be mitigated through the Ecosystem Enhancement Program must be
rounded to one-quarter acre increments and linear foot requirements must be rounded up to the nearest
foot according to 15 2R.0503(b).
Im acts Miti ation
14,520 S uare Feet of Zone 1 Buffers 43,560 S uare Feet of Buffers
9,680 S uare Feet of Zone 2 Buffers 14,520 S uare Feet of Buffers
One of the options you have available to satisfy the compensatory mitigation requirement is through the payment of
a fee to the Wetlands Restoration Fund per NCAC 2R.0503. If you choose this option, please sign this form and
mail the form along with a copy of your 401 Certification or Buffer Approval to the Ecosystem Enhancement
Program at the address below. An invoice for the appropriate amount of payment will be sent to you upon receipt
of this form. PLEASE NOTE, THE ABOVE IMPACTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE
NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY THE ECOSYTEM ENHANCMENT
PROGRAM.
Signature
Date
ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
1652 Mail Service Center
RALEIGH, N.C. 27699-1652
[phone]
Filename: 070931 HansonAggregatesEastIncRaleighQuarryExpans ion(Wake)401 _NBR_EEP
Nine Carolina
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit dVUrfurr2a'~l~
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone [phone] / Fax [phone]
Internet: http://www.ncwaterquality.org
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Certification of Completion
DWQ Project No.:
Applicant:
Project Name:
county:
Date of Issuance of Certification or Authorization:
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, and any
subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return this certificate to the 401 OversightlExpress Permitting Unit,
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650. This form may be
returned to DWQ 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:
Date:
If this project was designed by a Certified Professional
I, as a duly registered Professional (i.e., Engineer,
Landscape Architect, Surveyor, etc.) in the State of North Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically,
weekly, full time) the construction of the project, for the Permiee 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