20141136 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20141201

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NCD,ENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Secretary
December 1, 2014
John R. Couvillon
5365 Cross Roads MNR #26
Atlanta, GA. 30327
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY. CERTIFICATION
Couvillon 5365 Cross Roads (362 Rivard Rd)
Dear Mr. Couvillon
DWR #14 -1136
Jackson County
In accordance with your application dated October 7, 2014, approval has been granted for the impacts listed in
the table below. This approval requires . you to follow the conditions listed in the enclosed certification(s)
or general permit and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification Number 3898 and the
conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of General Permit Number 30 issued by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please note that you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other federal,
state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by (but not limited to)
Erosion and Sediment Control, Water Supply Watershed and Trout Buffer regulations.
IMPACTSAPPROVED
The following impacts are hereby approved provided that all of the other specific and general conditions of the
Certification, General Permit and/or Buffer Rules are met. No other impacts are approved, including incidental
impacts.
Type of Impact
Amount Approved
Permanent
Open Waters
Above Pool
I Below Pool
0.0069 (acres)
0.0028 (acres)
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
1. 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
you 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
Water Quality Regional OpernBons - Asheville Regional Office
2080 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NO 28778
Phone: 828 - 29645001 FAX: [phone]
Internet:htlp:llpoMl.netlencargA biwgMs
An Equal Opporanity IAffinal ve Adllon Employer

John R. Couvillon
December 1, 2014
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letter and General Certification (s) /Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all
conditions.
2.. Rip -rap must be placed along the base of all dry stacks with a minimum depth of one foot
and a slope of 2 to 1 with a three foot base at the lakebed dry stack interface. Per Exhibit
3 of the Duke Shoreline Management Guidelines.
3. Replant or allow the re- establishment of native vegetation in areas within the project
boundary where it has been removed. Per Exhibit 1 of the Duke Shoreline Management
Guidelines.
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 OAR) within
sixty (60) calendar days.
A petition form maybe obtained from the OAH at htto: / /www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAR 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:O0am and S:OOpm, 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 OA14 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
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

John R. Couvillon -
Dn.b.1, 2014
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This letter completes the review of the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act as described in 15A
NCAC 02H 0.500. Please contact Tim Fox at 828 - 296 -4664 or tim.fox(—@ncdenr.aov if you have any questions
or concerns. -
Sincerely,
E-)—
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional u rvisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
Enclosures: GC 3898
Certificate of Completion
cc:. DWRAR0.401 files
cc: Kevin Holland — Duke Energy
David Brown - USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
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