20221314 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20221120

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
DATE:
November 20, 2022
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
FROM: Holley Snider
NCDEQ-Division Water Resources
401 Buffer Permitting Branch
SUBJECT: DWR #20221314
No Written Approval Required
PROJECT LOCATION: 2266 Scotts Hill Loop Road, Wilmington, Fender County
Taylor Docking Facility
PROPOSED PROJECT: Expansion of an existing docking facility to provide mooring for four (4) vessels
The Division of Water Resources (DWR) has received a copy of your CAMA Major permit application
request completed September 16, 2022 and received by this office on September 22, 2022.
The waters of Middle and Topsail Sound are classified as SA;ORW by the Division of Water
Resources (DWR). The docking facility is adjacent to open shell fishing waters and submerged
aquatic vegetation habitat mapped by the Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF). The Division of
Water Resources supports the concerns and recommendations submitted by the Division of
Marine Fisheries and the Wildlife Resources Commission regarding potential, direct and indirect,
impacts associated with development of the docking facility in these habitats.
In accordance with the attached General Certification #4497 (GC 4497), the impacts described in
your application do not require written authorization to utilize GC 4497. However, you are required
to follow the conditions listed in the attached certification.
You should also obtain and comply with any other federal, state and local requirements including
(but not limited to erosion and sedimentation control regulations and state stormwater
requirements before you proceed with your project). Also, the approval to proceed with your
proposed impacts to waters a depicted in your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404
or CAMA Permit.
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). A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/ or by
calling the OAH Clerk's Office at [phone] for information.
NORTHCAROLINAD_E Q
Depa"mem of Environmental Uuali�
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
127 Cardinal Drive Ext. Wfmington, North Carolina 28#05-5406
910.796.7215