20150300 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20150325

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
March 25, 2015
Chowan County
Mrs. Shannon Ray
Post Office Box 1030
Edenton, NC 27932
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
DWR It 15 -0300
Chowan County
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS
Project: Pembroke Creek Park Public Access Improvements
Chowan River Basin, Pembroke Creek [CHO 04, 2 -1 -1; B, NSW]
Dear Mrs. Ray:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your
application dated February 24, 2015, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) on
March 19, 2015. The impacts described in your application are covered by General Water
Quality Certification Number(s) 3900 (GC3900). This Certification(s) is issued in conjunction
with the CAMA Major Permit and General Permit(s) 198000291 issued by the US Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE). This Certification allows you to use the CAMA Major Permit when the
Division of Coastal Management issues it. 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, 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 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 mall, Washington, NC 27889
Phone: 252 - 946-64811 FAX: [phone]
Internet htp :l /portal.ncdenr.orgtwelulvglws
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Chowan County
Mrs. Shannon Ray
Pembroke Creek Park Public Access Improvements
March 25, 2015
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Type of Impact
Amount Approved
(units)
Permanent
Amount Approved
(units)
Temporary
Stream
Site 1
(linear feet)
404/401 Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Coastal Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Open Waters
Site 1
0.020 (acres)
(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 1508 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 htto: / /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 S:OOpm, excluding official

Chowan County
Mrs. Shannon Ray
Pembroke Creek Park Public Access Improvements
March 25, 2015
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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 if you have any questions or
concerns.
Sincerely,
a�1
Robert Tankard
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
Enclosures: GC 3900
Certification of Completion

Chowan County '
Mrs. Shannon Ray
Pembroke Creek Park Public Access Improvements
March 25, 2015
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