20150350 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20150511

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
May 11, 2015
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Mr. Howard Phillips, Refuge Manager
205 South Ludington Drive
Columbia, NC 27925
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
DWR 15 -0350
Hyde County
Subject:. APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS
Project: South Clayton Blocks Hydrology Restoration Pilot Project
Tar - Pamlico River Basin, Pungo River [TAR 07, 29- 34- (5); NSW, SC]
Dear Mr. Phillips:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your
application dated April 1, 2015, and received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) April
9, 2015. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification
Number 3885 (GC 3885). This General Certification (s) allows you to use Nationwide Permit(s)
27 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 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 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: [phone] \Fax: [phone]\ Internet: www.nedenr.gov

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South Clayton Blocks Hydrology Restoration Pilot Project
May 11, 2015
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Type of Impact
Amount Approved
(units)
Permanent
Amount Approved
(units)
Temporary
Stream
Site 1
39 (linear feet) fill
(linear feet)
404/401 Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Coastal Wetlands
Site 1
(acres)
(acres)
Open Waters
Site 1
(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 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 S:OOpm,.excluding official
state holidays).

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South Clayton Blocks Hydrology Restoration Pilot Project
May 11, 2015
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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, INC 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:
Sam Hayes, 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,
Robert Tankard
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Division of Water Resources
Enclosures: GC 3885
Certification of Completion
cc: Kyle Barnes, USACE, Washington Regulatory Field Office
Karen Higgins, Central Office
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MCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
DWR Project No:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
401 Water Quality Certification Issued Date:
County:
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 this certificate to the DWR
401 & Buffer Permitting Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650. This form may be
returned to DWR 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: Date:
Agent'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: Date:
If this project was designed by a Certified Professional
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 Permitee 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:
Division of Water Resources —401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1617
Location: 512 N Salisbury St, Ralegh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: 91H07 -6492
Internet: v✓ww.ncwaterquality.org
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