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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20141190 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20141219ry AZ4 NCIDENR .. :_ North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Pat McCrory Governor December 19, 2014 Mr. Tim Garren Valley Hills Fire Rescue Department 1675 Willow Road Hendersonville, NC 28739 John E. Skvarla, III Secretary DWR # 14 -1190 Henderson County Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS Valley Hill Fire Station Dear Mr. Garren: In accordance with your application dated November 14, 2014, additional information provided by email by C1earWater Environmental Consultants, Inc (C1earWater) on December 15, 2014, and updated impact table (page 5 of the application) and updated impact map (Figure 3) provided by C1earWater on December 18, 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 3890 and the conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of Nationwide Permit Number 39 once it is issued to you by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE): 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. Please coordinate with the North Carolina Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources (DEMLR) if the proposed project will impact greater than 10% of the trout stream buffer zone within the subject property tract. IMPACTS APPROVED 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. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(c)] Water Quality Regional Operations — Asheville Regional Office 2090 US Hwy 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778 Phone: 828 - 296 -45001 FAX: 828 - 299 -7043 Internet: http : / /portal.nedenr.org/webiwgtws An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer Tim Garren December 19, 2014 Page 2 of 3 Type of Impact Amount Approved Permanent Amount Approved Temporary Stream 57 (linear feet) 10 (linear feet) Wetlands 0.006 (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 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 Certification (s) /Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions. [15A NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2)] 2. Upon completion of each culvert at the site, please send upstream and downstream photographs to document correct installation to the North Carolina Division of Water Resources Asheville Regional Office, zan.price e ncdenr.,gov. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2)] 3. Meet conditions stated in the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) comment letter dated December 12, 2014. This approval and its conditions are.final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143 - 215.5] 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 (60) 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) 43.1 -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 S: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 If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc): Office of Administrative Hearings 1711 New Hope Church Road Raleigh, NC 27609 -6285 Tim Garren December 19, 2014 Page 3 of 3 One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR: John Evans, 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 as described in 15A NCAC .0500. Please contact Zan Price at 828 - 296 -4650 or zan. rice c,ncdenng�o_v if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Asheville Regional Office Enclosures: GC 3890 Certificate of Completion cc: DWR ARO 401 files DWR 401 and Buffer Permitting Unit ec: R. Clement Riddle - C1earWater Environmental Consultants, Inc. David Brown - USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office Ashley Rodgers - DEMLR Laura Herbert - DEMLR Andrea Leslie - NCWRC Natalie Berry - Henderson County 0: \WR \WQ\Henderson \401s \Non- DOT\Valley Hill Eire Station \APRVL.12.19.14.revl.docx