20060774 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20071010

O~pF W A TF,9PG Michael F. Easley, Governor
.~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
~ ~ North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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p ~ ~ Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
October 10, 2007
DWQ Project # 06-0774
Franklin County
Ms. Mary Martha Dean Elis
Ridge Co., LLC
112 Stratford Drive
Louisburg, NC 27549
Subject Property: Ridge Haven Subdivision
Ut to Tar River [030301, 28-(24-7), WSV, NSW]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification and Authorization Certificate per the Tar-
Pamlico River Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0259) with Additional Conditions
Dear Ms. Elis:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to
place fill within or otherwise impact 0.005 acres of 404/wetland, 428 linear feet of perennial
stream, 13,199 square feet of Zone 1Tar-Pamlico River basin protected riparian buffers and
$,843 square feet of Zone 2Tar-Pamlico River basin protected riparian buffers, as described in
your revised application dated August 28, 2007, and received by the Division of Water Quality
(DWQ) on August 30, 2007, with additional information received September 24, 2007, and
September 25, 2007, to construct the proposed residential subdivision. After reviewing your
application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification
Number(s) 3631 (GC3631). The Certification(s) allows you to use Nationwide Permit(s) NW29
when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). Finally, this letter shall also act as
your approved Authorization Certificate for impacts to the protected riparian buffers per 15A
NCAC 2B .0259. In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required
federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your project including (but not limited
to) Erosion and Sediment Control, and Non-discharge regulations. Also, this approval to
proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your
application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change
your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new application. If the
property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this Certification and approval letter and
is thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. If total fills for this project (now or in
the future) exceed one acre of wetland or 1501inear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may
be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). This approval requires you to follow the
conditions listed in the attached certification and any additional conditions listed below.
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
]650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and
general conditions of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other
impacts are approved including incidental impacts:
T e of Im act Amount A roved Units Plan Location or Reference
404/Wetland 0.005 (acres) PCN a e 4 of 9
Stream -perennial 428 (linear feet) PCN a e 4 of 9
Buffers Zone 1 13,199 (square ft.) PCN a e 8 of 9
Buffers Zone 2 8,843 (square ft.) PCN a e 8 of 9
2. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas
beyond the footprint of the impacts depicted in the Pre-Construction Notification. All
construction activities, including the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of
sediment and erosion control Best Management Practices, shall be performed so that no
violations of state water quality standards, statutes, or rules occur.
3. Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications
governing the proper design, installation and operation and maintenance of such Best
Management Practices in order to protect surface waters standards:
a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed,
installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the
North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual.
b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and erosion
control measures must be such that they equal, or exceed, the requirements specified
in the most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control
Manual. The devices shall be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and
waste pile (spoil) projects, including contractor-owned or leased borrow pits
associated with the project.
c. Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control
measures and stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times.
4. Sediment and Erosion Control Measures
Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the
maximum extent practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in
wetlands and waters is unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored
within six months of the date that the Division of Land Resources has released the project;

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5. Deed Notifications
Deed notifications or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all retained jurisdictional
wetlands, waters and protective buffers in order to assure compliance for future wetland,
water and buffer impact. These mechanisms .shall be put in place at the time of recording
of the property, or of individual lots, whichever is appropriate. A sample deed
notification can be downloaded from the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. The text of the sample deed notification may be
modified as appropriate to suit to this project.
6. Protective Fencing
The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within
these boundaries approved under this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange
warning fencing (or similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been approved
to infringe within the buffer, wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities to
ensure compliance with 15A NCAC 2B .0233 and GC3631;
7. Compensatory Mitigation Using the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP)
Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. We
understand that you wish to make a payment to the Wetlands Restoration Fund
administered by the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) to meet this mitigation
requirement. This has been determined by the DWQ to be a suitable method to meet the
mitigation requirement. Until the EEP receives and clears your check (made payable to:
DENR -Ecosystem Enhancement Program Office), no impacts specified in this
Authorization Certificate shall occur. T`he EEP should be contacted at [phone] if
you have any questions concerning payment into a restoration fund. You have 60 days
from the date of this approval to make this payment. For accounting purposes, this
Authorization Certificate authorizes payment into the Wetlands Restoration Fund
to meet the following compensatory mitigation requirement:
T e of Im act Com ensato Miti ation Re uired River and Sub-basin Number
Stream - erennial 428 (linear feet) Tar-Pamlico/03020101
TPBR Zone 1 39,597 (s ware feet Tar-Pamlico/03020101
TPBR Zone 2 13,265 (s uare feet Tar-Pamlico/03020101
8. Culvert Installation
All work in or adjacent to stream waters shall be conducted in a dry work area. Approved
BMP measures from the most current version of NCDOT Construction and Maintenance
Activities manual
(http•//www ncdot org/doh/~erations/BMP manual/download/BMP Manual.pdf)
such as sandbags, rock berms, cofferdams and other diversion structures shall be used to
prevent excavation in flowing water.
Culverts required for this project shall bey installed in such a manner that the original
stream profiles are not altered. Existing stream dimensions (including the cross section

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dimensions, pattern, and longitudinal profile) must be maintained above and below
locations of each culvert. Culverts shall be designed and installed to allow for aquatic
life movement as well as to prevent head cutting of the streams. If any of the existing
pipes are or become perched, the appropriate stream grade shall be re-established or, if
the pipes installed in a perched manner, the pipes shall be removed and re-installed
correctly.
Culvert(s) shall not be installed in such a manner that will cause aggradation or erosion of
the stream up or down stream of the culvert(s). Existing stream dimensions (including the
cross section dimensions, pattern and longitudinal profile) shall be maintained above and
below locations of each culvert. Therefore, you must provide plans with adequate details
that indicate that the current stability of the stream will be maintained or enhanced. You
must receive written approval from this Office for the above plans before the culvert(s) is
installed. Culvert(s) must be installed according to approved plans.
Placement of culverts and other structures in waters, streams, and wetlands must be
placed below the elevation of the streambed by one foot for all culverts with a diameter
greater than 48 inches, and 20 percent of the culvert diameter for culverts having a
diameter less than 48 inches, to allow low flow passage of water and aquatic life. Design
and placement of culverts and other structures including temporary erosion control
measures shall not be conducted in a manner that may result in dis-equilibrium of
wetlands or streambeds or banks, adjacent to or upstream and down stream of the above
structures. The applicant is required to provide evidence that the equilibrium shall be
maintained if requested in writing by DWQ.
The establishment of native, woody vegetation and other soft stream bank stabilization
techniques must be used where practicable`'instead of rip rap or other bank hardening
methods. If rip-rap is necessary, it shall not be placed in the stream bed, unless
specifically approved by the Division of Water Quality.
Installation of culverts in wetlands must ensure continuity of water movement and be
designed to adequately accommodate high water or flood conditions.
Upon completion of the project, the Applicant shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certificate of Completion" form to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401
Certification has been completed. The responsible party shall complete the attached form
and return it to the 401/Wetlands Unit of the NC Division of Water Quality upon
completion of the project. Please send photographs upstream and downstream of each
culvert site to document correct installation along with the Certificate of Completion
form.
9. 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

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Permitting Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650. '
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may
result in criminal and/or civil penalties. The 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 404 or CAMA Permit.
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.
Any disputes over determinations regarding this Authorization Certificate (associated with the
approved buffer impacts) shall be referred in writing to the Director for a decision. The
Director's decision is subject to review as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of G.S. 150B.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act and the Tar-Pamlico riparian buffer protection rule as described within 1 SA NCAC
2B .0259. If you have any questions, please telephone Cyndi Karoly or Ian McMillan at 919-
733-1786.
Sin rely,
oleen H. Sullins, Director
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Enclosures: GC3631
Certificate of Completion
NCDWQ 401 WQC Summary of Permanent Impacts and Mitigation Requirements
cc: USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Lauren Cobb, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
DLR Raleigh Regional Office
File Copy
Central Files
David Nishida, WNR, 3674 Pine Swamp Road, Sparta, NC 28675
Filename: 060774RidgeHavenSD(Frankl in~01 _TPBR

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
401 Water Quality Certification
Summary of Permitted Impacts and Mitigation Requirements
In accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0500, Ms. Mary Martha Dean Elis and Ridge Co., LLC, have permission as
outlined below to fill or otherwise impact 0.005 acres of 404/wetland, 428 linear feet of perennial stream, 13,199
square feet of Zone 1Tar-Pamlico River basin protected riparian buffers and 8,843 square feet of Zone 2 Tar-
Pamlico River basin protected riparian buffers, to construct the proposed residential development, which is located
just past Jeffrey Way, 2.5 miles outside of Bunn, in Franklin County, North Carolina. All activities associated with
these authorized impacts must be conducted with the conditions listed in the attached Permit transmittal letter.
THIS CERTIFICATION IS NOT VALID WITHOUT THE ATTACHMENTS.
COMPENSATORY MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS, ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
DWQ PROJECT #: 20060774
LOCATION: Near Bunn
COUNTY Franklin
BASIN/ SUB BASIN Tar-Pamlico/03020101
As required by 15A NCAC 2H.0500, and the conditions of this Certification, you are required to compensate for
the above mitigable impacts through the restoration, creation, enhancement or preservation of wetlands, surface
waters and riparian buffers as outlined below prior to conducting any activities that impact or degrade the waters of
the state.
Note: Acreage requirements proposed to be mitigated through the Ecosystem Enhancement Program must be
rounded to one-quarter acre increments and linear foot requirements must be rounded up to the nearest
foot according to 15 2R.0503(b).
Im acts Miti anon
428 Linear Feet Perennial Stream 428 Linear Feet Perennial Stream
13,199 S uare Feet Zone 1 Buffers 39,597 S uare Feet Zone 1 Buffers
8,843 S uare Feet Zone 2 Buffers 13,265 S uare Feet Zone 2 Buffers
One of the options you have available to satisfy the compensatory mitigation requirement is through the payment of
a fee to the Wetlands Restoration Fund per NCAC 2R.0503. If you choose this option, please sign this form and
mail the form along with a copy of your 401 Certification or Buffer Approval to the Ecosystem Enhancement
Program at the address below. An invoice for the appropriate amount of payment will be sent to you upon receipt
of this form. PLEASE NOTE, THE ABOVE IMPACTS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE
NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR PAYMENT HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY THE ECOSYTEM ENHANCMENT
PROGRAM.
Signature
Date
ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM
1652 Mail Service Center
RALEIGH, N.C. 27699-1652
[phone]
Filename: 060774RidgeHavenSD(Frankl in~01_TPBR_EEP
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1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone [phone] / Fax [phone]
Internet: http://www.ncwaterquality.org
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Certification of Completion
DWQ Project No.:
County:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Date of Issuance of Certification or Authorization:
Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, and any
subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return this certificate to the 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit,
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650. This form may be
returned to DWQ by the applicant, the applicant's authorized agent, or the project engineer. It is not necessary to send
certificates from all of these.
Applicant's Certification
I, ,hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was
used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial
compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications,
and other supporting materials.
Signature:
Agent's Certification
Date:
I, ,hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care and diligence was
used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within substantial
compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and specifications,
and other supporting materials.
Signature:
Date:
If this project was designed by a Certified Professional ~'j'
I, as a duly registered Professional (i.e., Engineer,
Landscape Architect, Surveyor, etc.) in the State of North Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically,
weekly, full time) the construction of the project, for the Permiee hereby state that, to the best of my abilities, due care
and diligence was used in the observation of the construction such that the construction was observed to be built within
substantial compliance and intent of the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, the approved plans and
specifications, and other supporting materials.
Signature: Registration No. Date