20150503 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20150701

Pat McCrory
Governor
July 1, 2015
City of Wilmington
Ms. Amy Beatty
P.O. Box 1810
Wilmington NC 28402
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
DWQ Project # 15 -0503
New Hanover County
Subject Property: TIP# U -5534B — Walkway Under Heide Trask )[Drawbridge
NO WRITTEN CONCURRENCE NEEDED
Dear Ms. Beatty,
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions to construct an elevated public
walkway as described in your application received by the N.C. Division of Water Resources (DWR) on
May 14, 2015. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are below the
threshold for written authorization as long as all conditions of General Water Quality Certification
Number 3883 (GC3883) is met. This certification may also be viewed on our website at
htti): // portal .ncdeiir.or <4 /`veb /wo /s «i)/ws /401 /certsandpennits. This Certification allows you to use the
Regional General #197800056 Permit when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
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 150 linear 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.
Conditions of Certification:
1. 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 /Wetlands Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Resources,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699 -1650.
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- Administrative Hearing's,
6714 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699 -6714. This certification _"aiid,iii,conditions'are -.final
and binding unless you ask for a hearing. _
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 2764-1'601 ` .: .• w - _
Phone. 919 - 707 -86001 Internet: www.ncdenr gov
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Trask Bridge Walkway
New Hanover County
2015 -0503
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.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Resources under Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act. If you have any questions, please telephone Karen Higgins in the Central Office in
Raleigh at 919 - 807 -6301 or Chad Coburn in the DWR Wilmington Regional Office at 910 -796-
7215.
Sincerely,
Chad Coburn
Senior Environmental Specialist
Wilmington Regional Office
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDENR
Enclosures: GC3883
Certificate of Completion
cc: Jason Hartshorn — Kimley -Horn, 3001 Weston Parkway, Cary, NC 275153
Doug Huggett — DCM Morehead City
Robb Mairs — DCM WiRO
Tyler Crumbley — USACE Wilmington Field Office
401 & Buffer Permitting Unit — FILE COPY
WiRO

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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory
Governor
Donald R. van der Vaart
Secretary
DWR Project No: County:
Applicant:
Project Name:
401 Water Quality Certification Issued Date:
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:
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
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. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 -
Phone: 919 - 807 -63001 FAX, 919 - 807 -6492
Internet www.ncwaterquality.org
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