20140970 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20141006

MCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
October 6, 2014
Harry R. Hiestand
3508 Parr Lane
Chesapeake, VA 23323
John E. Skvarla, III
DWQ Project # 14 -0970
Camden County
Subject Property: Knobbs Creek Area in Pasquotank River
Pasquotank River Basin, Knobbs Creek [PAS 50, 30- 3- (5.5); Sw, C]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification (GC3900) with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Hiestand:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to
conduct timber salvage and salvage of submerged cribbing within a 133.11 acre area of the
Pasquotank River. The proposed salvage sites are labeled #1 through #5 on the application
maps and extend from Knobbs Creek to Shipyard Road. The proposed project is as described
within your CAMA Major application dated August 28, 2014 and received by the N.C. Division of
Water Resources (DWR) on September 17, 2014. The impacts described in your application
are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3900 (GC3900). This
Certification (s) is issued in conjunction with the CAMA Major Permit and General Permit(s)
198000291 issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). This Certification allows
you to use the CAMA Major Permit when the Division of Coastal Management issues it.
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 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. Approved
plans and specifications for this project are incorporated by reference and are enforceable. parts
of the permit. 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 150 linear feet of
stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h).
Division of Water Resources — Water Quality Regional Operations section — Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889
Phone: [phone] \ Fax: [phone]\ Internet: w .ncdenr.gov

Knobbs Creek Area in Pasquotank River
Mr. Harry R. Hiestand
October 6, 2014
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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:
2. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water Quality
Certification (GC) 3900.
3. 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.
4. Turbidity Standards
The turbidity standard of 50 NTUs (Nephelometric Turbidity Units) shall not be
exceeded as described in 15 A NCAC 2B. .0200 and .0211. Appropriate
turbidity control practices must be used to meet this standard.
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
water 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,
Amount Approved
Units
Plan Location or Reference
Stream
feet
404 /CAMA Wetlands
acres
Waters
133.11 acres
Application Plan Sheets
Buffers
(square ft.
2. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all of the conditions of General Water Quality
Certification (GC) 3900.
3. 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.
4. Turbidity Standards
The turbidity standard of 50 NTUs (Nephelometric Turbidity Units) shall not be
exceeded as described in 15 A NCAC 2B. .0200 and .0211. Appropriate
turbidity control practices must be used to meet this standard.
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
water 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,

Knobbs Creek Area in Pasquotank River
Mr. Harry R. Hiestand
October 6, 2014
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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
Clean Water Act. If you have any question s
Washington Regional Office at 252- 948 -3940.
Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
GC 3900
of Water Resources under Section 401 of the
please telephone Roberto Scheller of the
Sincerely,
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Robert Tankard
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
cc: Kyle Barns, Corps of Engineers, Washington Field Office
DWR Webscape Unit
DCM, Doug Huggett, Morehead Office
DCM, Will Creef, Elizabeth City
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