20141039 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20150213

Pat McCrory
Governor
NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
April 30, 2015
United States Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland
CDR Pete Carroll
1240 East Ninth Street, Room 2179
Cleveland, Ohio 44199 -2060
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
DWR # 14 -1039
Pasquotank County
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS
Project: USCG Base Elizabeth City — Dredging at MWR Boat Ramp
Pasquotank River Basin, Pasquotank River [PAS 50, 30- 3 -(12); SB]
Dear Commander Carroll:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your
application dated September 3; 2014, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division)
September 26, 2014. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General
Certification Number 3894 (GC 3894). This General Certifications) allows you to use Regional
General Permit(s) 198200277 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). Please
note that you should get any other federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your
project, including those required by (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-
Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. This project has been on Hold while it
went through the NEPA process and was reported issued a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI).
This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the enclosed certification or general
permit and the following additional conditions:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved provided that all of the other specific and
general conditions of the Certification are met. No other impacts are approved,
including incidental impacts.
Division of Water Resources — Water Quality Regional Operations Section — Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mali, Washington, NO 27889
Phone: 252 - 946 -64811 FAX: [phone] internet: www.ncdenr,gov
An Equal Opportunity\ Affirmative Action Employer

United States Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland
CDR Pete Carroll
April 30, 2015
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Type of Impact
Amount Approved
(units)
Permanent
Amount Approved
(units)
Temporary
Stream
Site 1
(linear feet)
444/401 Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Coastal Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Open Waters
Site 1
0.18 (acres) Dredge
(acres)
Buffers —Zone 1
Site 1
(square feet)
(square feet)
Buffers — Zone 2
Site 1
(square feet)
(square feet)
2. 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 Certifications) and is responsible for complying with all conditions.
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification or
applicable Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to
return the attached certificate of completion to the 401 Oversight /Express Review
Permitting Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650.
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 farm 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

United States Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Cleveland
CDR Pete Carroll
April 30, 2015
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normal office hours (Monday through Friday between 8:OOam and 5: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 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, Fed Ex, 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
This letter completes the review of the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Please contact Roberto Scheller by phone at 252 - 948 -3940 or by email at
[e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
?4-�A
Robert Tankard
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
Enclosures: GC 3894
Certification of Completion
cc: Jennifer Jones, AECOM, email: Jennifer.Jones @aecom.com
Chet Bigelow, USACE, Washington Regulatory Field Office
DWR401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
File