20071474 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20130918

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Pat McCrory Water Quality Programs John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Thomas A. Reeder Secretary
Director
September 18, 2013
Travis Sinclair
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Post Office Box 1007
Charlotte, North Carolina 28201
Subject: 401 Water Quality Certification - Approval
Lake Emory Access Area
DWQ Project # 2007 -1474, Ver. 2
Macon County
LTN01 / Little Tennessee River (Lake Emory) / 2 -(1) / Class C
Dear Mr. Sinclair:
The Division of Water Resources has completed the review of your 401 Water Quality Certification application
associated with the subject project listed above.
Approval has been granted to place fill within or otherwise impact 0,0521 acres of open waters for the purpose
of Boating access at the subject property. This approval requlres you to follow the conditions listed in the
attached Certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3898. This Certification allows
you to use Regional General Permit 30 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers ( USACE).
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 corresponding USACE
Permit Verification. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state
or local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment
Control regulations.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your project,
you must notify us and may be required to submit a new application.
Impacts Approved
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The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and general conditions of
this Certification are met. No other impacts are approved including incidental impacts:
Amount Approved nits Plan Location or Reference
Waters 0.0521 (acres) Application Item C 4
Location: 2090U S Hbhway 70, Saannanoo. North Carolina 28778
Phone [phone] FAX [phone]o43
Internet, ww,v.ncwaterquahty.org
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Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties. l "�
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved wetland or stream
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, 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 your application by the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of
the Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please contact Kevin Barnett in the Asheville Regional Office
at (828) 296 -4657.
Sincerely,
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for Thomas A. Reeder
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Enc: GC3898
Certificate of Completion
cc: Wilson Hunter, Davis and Floyd _
1319 Highway 72 / 221 East, Greenwood, SC 29649
David McHenry, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
David Brown, USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
WBSCP Unit — Central Office
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