20230796 Ver 1_DCM Permit_20230925

Permit Class
NEW
Permit Number
l 09-23
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Department of Environmental Quality
and
Coastal Resources Commission
r r t nit
for
X Major Development in an Area of Environmental Concern
pursuant to NCGS 113A-118
X Excavation and/or filling pursuant to NCGS 113-229
Issued to Trent Talbert, 2213 Washington Acres Road, Hampstead, NC 28443
Authorizing development in
Pender
County at adj. to AIWW at 2213 Washington Acres
Road, in Hampstead , as requested in the permittee's application dated 5/23/23 (MP-1, MP-4), and 6/6/23 (MP-
2), including work plan drawings (5) Sheets 1-5 of 5 dated 5/25/23, and "Spoil Disposal Area", dated 4/26/23.
This permit, issued on September 25, 2023 , is subject to compliance with the application (where
consistent with the permit), all applicable regulations, special conditions and notes set forth below. Any violation
of these terms may be subject to civil or criminal penalties; or may cause the permit to be null and void.
Docking Facility Expansion
1) This permit authorizes only the docks, piers, boatlifts, and other structures and uses located in or over
the water that are expressly and specifically set forth in the permit application. No other structure,
whether floating or stationary, shall become a permanent part of this docking facility without permit
modification. No non -water dependent uses of structures shall be conducted on, in or over Public
Trust waters without permit modification.
2) This permit authorizes 4 additional formalized boat slips for a maximum of 5 formalized boat slips at
this docking facility.
(See attached sheets for Additional Conditions)
This permit action may be appealed by the permittee or other
qualified persons within twenty (20) days of the issuing date.
This permit must be accessible on -site to Department
personnel when the project is inspected for compliance.
Any maintenance work or project modification not covered
hereunder requires further Division approval.
All work must cease when the permit expires on
September 25, 2028
In issuing this permit, the State of North Carolina agrees that
your project is consistent with the North Carolina Coastal
Management Program.
Signed by the authority of the Secretary of DEQ and the Chair
of the Coastal Resources Commission.
For Braxton C. Davis, Director
Division of Coastal Management
This permit and its conditions are hereby accepted.
Signature of Pennittee

Trent Talbert
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Permit No. 109-23
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3) No sewage, whether treated or untreated, shall be discharged at any time from any boats using the
mooring. Any sewage discharged at the mooring shall be considered a violation of this permit for which
the permittee is responsible. This prohibition shall be applied and enforced throughout the entire
existence of the permitted structure.
4) No portion of the authorized docking facility, including tie piles, shall extend more than one quarter of
the width of the water body. Measurements to determine width of the water body shall be made from the
normal high-water line or the waterward edge of any coastal wetland vegetation which borders the water
body, whichever is more restrictive.
5) The permittee shall install and maintain at his expense any signal lights or signals prescribed by the U.S.
Coast Guard, through regulation or otherwise, on the authorized facilities. At minimum, permanent
reflectors shall be attached to the structure in order to make it more visible during hours of darkness or
inclement weather.
6) No attempt shall be made by the permittee to prevent the full and free use by the public of all navigable
waters at or adjacent to the authorized work.
7) The authorized structure and associated activity shall not cause an unacceptable interference with
navigation and shall not exceed the dimensions shown on the attached permit drawings.
Boat Basin/Channel Excavation
8) No excavation shall take place outside of the area indicated on the workplan drawings.
9) Excavation shall not exceed -4 feet below the normal low water level. In no case shall the depth of
excavation exceed the depth of connecting waters.
10) The temporary placement or double handling of excavated or fill materials within waters or vegetated
wetlands is not authorized.
11) No excavated or fill material shall be placed at any time in any vegetated wetlands/marsh or surrounding
waters outside of the alignment of the fill area indicated on the workplan drawing(s).
12) No excavation shall take place within 10 feet of any Coastal Wetlands.
13) All mechanized equipment will be regularly inspected and maintained to prevent contamination of
waters and wetlands from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials. In the recent of a
spill of petroleum products or any other hazardous waste, the permittee shall immediately report it to the
N.C. Division of Water Resources at [phone], Ext. 526 or [phone] and provisions of the
North Carolina Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances Control Act will be followed.
Dredge Material Disposal
14) No dredge material shall be placed within 30 feet of the normal high-water line, except that which will
be used to backfill the area behind the permitted retaining wall, once properly dried.

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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
15) All excavated materials shall be confined above normal high water and landward of regularly or
irregularly flooded marsh behind adequate dikes or other retaining structures to prevent spillover of
solids into any marsh or surrounding waters. The barriers shall be maintained and functional until the
site is graded and stabilized.
16) Dredge material from the authorized dredge footprint shall be dewatered before use as backfill. All
remaining backfill material shall be obtained from a high ground source and confined behind the
permitted retaining wall.
17) The dredge material disposal area shall be inspected and approved by a representative of the Division of
Coastal Management prior to the commencement of any dredging activities.
18) The permittee and/or their contractor shall take all necessary precautions to ensure that the dredge
material is properly contained during transport to the disposal site, and that all the proper coordination
has taken place with the local or state governments to ensure that any damage to public streets caused by
transport of the dredge material has been addressed.
Maintenance Clause
19) The Division of Coastal Management shall be notified in writing at least two (2) weeks in advance of
any maintenance excavation work authorized by this permit, and such notification shall include:
A. The number of the original permit.
B. A statement that no dimensional changes are proposed.
C. A copy of the original permit plans with cross -hatching indicating the area to be maintained, the
area to be used for dredge material disposal, and the estimated amount of material to be removed.
The location, design and holding capacity of the dredge material disposal site shall be approved
by a representative of the Division prior to the initiation of any maintenance dredging activities.
D. The date of map revision and the permittee's signature shown anew on the original plan.
Shoreline Stabilization - Retaining Wall
20) The retaining wall shall be constructed in accordance with the alignment depicted on the attached
workplan drawings.
21) No vegetated wetlands or open water shall be excavated or filled, even temporarily, outside of the
approved retaining wall alignment.
22) The alignment of the authorized retaining wall shall be staked by the permittee and verified by a
representative of the Division of Coastal Management within a maximum of 30 days prior to the start of
construction.
23) The retaining wall shall be solid and constructed of treated wood, concrete slabs, metal or vinyl sheet
piles, or other suitable materials approved by Division personnel.
24) The retaining wall shall be constructed prior to any backfilling activities.

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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
25) The retaining wall shall be structurally tight so as to prevent seepage of backfill materials through the
structure.
26) This permit does not authorize any excavation waterward of the approved alignment.
27) The fill material shall be clean and free of any pollutants except in trace quantities.
28) Unless altered herein, all backfill material shall be obtained from a high ground source and confined
behind the permitted retaining wall.
29) No backfill material is to be placed within 30 feet of the normal high-water level, except that which will
be used to backfill the area behind the permitted retaining wall.
30) All fill material to be placed below normal high-water level shall be confined behind the permitted
retaining wall.
Offshore Sill
31) The sill shall be positioned no more than two (2) feet waterward of the waterward edge of existing
emergent wetlands at any point along its alignment.
32) The height of the permitted sill shall not exceed six inches above the normal high-water level.
33) The sill shall be constructed with an equal gap between each sheathing board totaling at least one inch of
open area for every linear foot of sill. The sill shall have at least one, five-foot opening at every 100 feet.
34) The permitted sill shall be constructed of treated wood, plastic lumber, metal or vinyl sheet piles or other
suitable materials approved by Department personnel.
35) Sills shall be marked at 50-foot intervals with yellow reflectors extending at least three feet above
normal high-water.
36) No backfill of the sill or any other filling of wetlands, estuarine waters, public trust areas or high ground
is authorized by this permit.
37) Sill sections shall be setback 15 feet from the adjoining property lines and the riparian access dividing
line.
USACE Conditions
38) In order to further protect the endangered West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus, the applicant must
implement the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Guidelines, and strictly adhere to all requirements therein.
The guidelines can be found at hgps://www.fws.gov/raleigb/pdfs/ManateeGuidelines20l7.pdf.

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ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Sedimentation and Erosion Control
39) In order to protect water quality, runoff from construction shall not visibly increase the amount of
suspended sediments in adjacent waters.
40) Appropriate sedimentation and erosion control devices, measures or structures shall be implemented to
ensure that eroded materials do not enter adjacent wetlands, watercourses or properties.
41) A ground cover sufficient to restrain erosion shall be provided within 30 calendar days of any phase of
grading on cut or filled slopes. At a minimum, a silt fence shall be properly installed immediately
landward of the retaining wall cap immediately following completion of backfilling activities.
General
42) This permit shall not be assigned, transferred, sold, or otherwise disposed of to a third party without the
written approval of the Division of Coastal Management.
43) All construction debris associated with the removal or construction of the permitted development shall
be contained within the authorized project area and disposed of in an approved upland location.
44) The permittee and/or their contractor shall meet with a representative of the Division prior to project
initiation.
NOTE: This permit does not eliminate the need to obtain any additional state, federal or local permits,
approvals or authorizations that may be required.
NOTE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorized the project by way of Programmatic General
Permit 198000291 (Action ID SAW-2023-01175).
NOTE: The N.C. Division of Water Resources authorized the proposed project by way of Individual
Water Quality Certification 006182 and assigned the project DWR Project No. 20230796.
NOTE: Future development of the permittee's property may require a modification of this permit.
Contact a representative of the Division at [phone] prior to the commencement of any
such activity for this determination. The permittee is further advised that many non -water
dependent activities are not authorized within 30 feet of the normal high-water level.
NOTE: An application processing fee of $400 was received by DCM for this project. This fee also
satisfied the Section 401 application processing fee requirements of the Division of Water
Resources.