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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory . Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
February 23, 2015
DWR # IS -0147
Jackson County
Dennis K Dewolf
P.O. Box 1296
Highlands, NC 28741
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER. QUALITY CERTIFICATION
Lakeside Village Lot
Dear Mr.Dewoli
In accordance with your application dated January 27, 2015, 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
Below Pool
0.006 (acres)
10.006 (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
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letter and General Certification (s) /Pennit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all
conditions.
2. All banks shall be laid back to at least a 2:1 (length: height) slope and riprap applied at the water / land
interface (at full pool). Riprap shall be placed as a linear protective measure upon the regraded slopes.
Stone used in stabilization shall be of a size and density sufficient to prevent movement by wave or
current action and shall consist of clean rock or masonry material free of debris or toxic pollutants. The
rip -rap shall be installed over a toed in filter fabric to prevent soil erosion behind the stabilized
area. This authorization shall in no way be construed as allowing the installation of a bulkhead or
seawall.
3. Replant or allow the re- establishment of native vegetation in areas within the project boundary where if
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 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) 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:OOam and 5i00pm, 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
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served t
Ifsending via delivery service (UPS,
FedEx,'etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609 -6285
a DENR:
John Evans, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1601

Dennis De f
Febmary 23, 2015
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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 fim.fox @ncdenr.gov if you have any questions -
or concerns. -
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
Enclosures: GC 3898
Certificate of Completion
cc: DWR ARO 401 files
cc: Kevin Holland — Duke Energy.
David Brown - USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Andrea Leslie —NCWRC
Laura Herbert —DEMLR
Ashley Rodgers -DEMLR
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