20071137 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20070820

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Cazolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins Director
Division of Water Quality
August 20, 2007
William R. Jefferson
8838 US 264 East
Washington, NC 27889
Subject Property:
William Jefferson
Broad Creek, 030307, 29-10-(1), NSW, C
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Jefferson:
DWQ Project # 07-1137
Beaufort County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 0.49 acres of wetlands for the purpose of the construction of an auto body
workshop and driveway/parking area at the subject property. This activity should be constructed as
described within your application dated May 4, 2007 and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality
(DWQ) on June 27, 2007, referencing revised plans submitted on August 15, 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) 39 when issued
by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). 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 DWQ Stormwater 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 CAMA 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 1 SO linear 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:
1. Impacts Approved
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:
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2. Erosion & Sediment Control Practices
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. For borrow pit sites, the erosion and sediment control measures must be designed, installed,
operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina
Surface Mining Manual.
d. The reclamation measures and implementation must comply with the reclamation in
accordance with the requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act and the Mining
Act of 1971.
e. If the project occurs in waters or watersheds classified as Primary Nursery Areas (PNAs),
Trout (Tr), SA, WS-I, WS-II, High Quality (HQW), or Outstanding Resource (ORW) waters,
then the sediment and erosion control requirements contained within Design Standards in
Sensitive Watersheds (15A NCAC 04B .0124) supercede all other sediment and erosion
control requirements.
3. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
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 Pre-Construction Notification and authorized by this written
approval, including incidental impacts. 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. No Sediment & Erosion Control Measures w/n Wetlands or Waters
Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters without prior approval
by DWQ. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable,
then design and placement of temporary erosion control measures shall not be conducted in a manner
that may result in dis-equilibrium of wetlands or stream beds or banks, adjacent to or upstream and
down stream of the above structures. All devices shall be removed and the natural grade restored
within two (2) months of the date that the Division of Land Resources has released the project.
5. If concrete is used during the construction, then a dry work area should be maintained to prevent
direct contact prevent direct contact between curing concrete and stream water. Water that
inadvertently contacts uncured concrete should not be discharged to surface waters due to the
potential for elevated pH and possible aquatic life/fish kills.

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6. Work in the Dry
All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved best
management practices from the most current version of the NC Sediment and Erosion Control
Manual, or the NC DOT Construction and Maintenance Activities Manual, such as sandbags, rock
berms, cofferdams, and other diversion structures shall be used to minimize excavation in flowing
water.
7. 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 the attached
certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina
Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650.
8. Culvert Installation
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.
Placement of culverts and other structures in waters, streams, and wetlands must be placed below the
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.
9. The applicant/permittee and their authorized agents shall conduct all activities in a manner consistent
with State water quality standards (including any requirements resulting from compliance with
§303(d) of the Clean Water Act), and any other appropriate requirements of State and Federal Law.
If the Division determines that such standards or laws are not being met, including failure to sustain a
designated or achieved use, or that State or Federal law is being violated, or that further conditions are
necessary to assure compliance, then the Division may reevaluate and modify this General Water
Quality Certification.
cal Restrictions
~~;t: 'restrictions or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all remaining jurisdictional and isolated
;vetlwmds on the subject property in order to prevent future wetland impacts. These mechanisms shall

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be put in place prior to impacting any buffers approved for impact under this Authorization
Certificate.
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.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act and the Tar-Pamlico riparian buffer protection rule as described within 15A NCAC 2B .0259. If you
have any questions, please telephone Kyle Barnes of the Washington Regional Office at 252-948-3917 or
Ian McMillan of the 401 Oversight/Express Unit at 919-715-4631.
Sincerely,
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Al Hodge/Supervisor
Division of Water Quality
Surface Water Protection
Washington Regional Office
Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3631
cc: Corps of Engineers Washington Field Office
DWQ 401 Oversight/Express Unit ~/
CAMA, Morehead Office
File copy
Central Files
Filename: 07-113 7