20140340 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20140414

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Water Quality Programs
Pat McCrory John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Secretary
April 14, 2014
Quible & Associates, P.C.
Warren Dennis Eadus
8 Juniper Trail
Southern Shores, NC 27949
DWR # 14 -0340
Dare County
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS
Project: Relocate Telephone Facilities along NC 12, Pea Island
Pasquotank River Basin, Pamlico Sound [PAS 51, 30 -22; SA, HQW]
Dear Mr. Eadus:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your
application dated March 31, 2014, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) April
10, 2014. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification
Number 3884 (GC 3884). This General Certifications) allows you to use Nationwide Permit(s)
12 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Please note that you should get
any other federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those
required by (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non - Discharge, and Water
Supply Watershed regulations.
This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the enclosed certification or general
permit and the following additional conditions:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved provided that all. of the other specific and
general conditions of the Certification are met. No other impacts are approved,
including incidental impacts.
401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, Forth Carolina 27699 -1650
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
Internet: http� llportal.ncdenr,orglwehlwgfws
An Equal opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer

Relocate Telephone Facilities
NC 12, Pea Island
DWR# 14 -0340
401 APPROVAL
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Type of impact
Amount Approved
(units) '
Permanent
Amount Approved
(units)
Temporary
Stream
Site 1
(linear feet)
404/401 Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Coastal Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
0.023 (acres)
Open Waters
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Buffers —Zone 1
Site 1
(square feet)
(square feet)
Buffers —Zone 2
Site 1
(square feet)
(square feet)
2. This approval is for the purpose and design described in your application. The plans and
specifications for this project are incorporated by reference as part of the
Certification /Authorization. If you change your project, you must notify the Division and
you may be required to submit a new application package with the appropriate fee. If
the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this approval letter and
General Certifications) /Permit /Authorization and is responsible for complying with all
conditions.
3. Areas of coastal wetland impacts shall be restored as nearly as practical to pre existing
conditions.
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested.
This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 150B by
filing a written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings
(hereby known as OAH) within sixty(50) calendar days.
A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the
OAH Clerk's Office at (919) 431 -3000 for information. A petition is considered filed when the
original and one (1) copy along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received in the OAH during
normal office hours (Monday through Friday between 8:00am and 5:00pm, excluding official
state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at (919) 431 -3100, provided the original and one copy of
the petition along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within five (5)
business days following the faxed transmission.

Mailing address for the OAH:
if sending via US Postal Service:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -6714
Relocate Telephone Facilities
NC 12, Pea Island
DWR# 14 -0340
401 APPROVAL
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if sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609 -6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Lacy Presnell, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1601
This letter completes the review of the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Please contact Roberto Scheller by phone at 252- 948 -3940 or by email at
[e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Robert Tankard
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
Enclosures: GC 3884
cc: Craig Clark, Centurylink, 1875 N 20fh St., Morehead City, NC
Tracey Wheeler, USACE, Washington Regulatory Field Office
DWR401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
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