20151042 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20151023

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North Carolina Department of Environmental* Quali Y
Pat McCrory Donald R. van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
October 23, 2015
DWR # 15 -1042
Caldwell County
James A. Mong
5109 Lenoraway Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina 27613 -
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION
Shoreline Stabilization 174 Greens Road
Dear Mr. Mong:
In accordance with your application dated September 30, 2015 and received by this office October
5, 2015, approval has been granted for the impacts listed in the table below. This approval
requires you to follow the conditions listed in the enclosed certification(s) or general permit
and any additional conditions listed below.
Project impacts are covered by attached Water Quality General Certification Number 3898 and
the conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of General Permit Number
30 issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please note that you should obtain or otherwise
comply with any other federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including
those required by (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Water Supply Watershed and
Trouf'Buffer regulations.
IMPACTS APPROVED
The following impacts are hereby approved provided that all of the other specific and general
conditions of the Certification, General Permit and/or Buffer Rules are met. No other impacts are
approved, including .incidental impacts.
Amount Approved
Type of Impact Permanent
Open Waters Above Pool Below Pool
0.0100 (acres) I 0.0066 (acres)
North Carolina Division of Water Resources - Asheville Regional Office
2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, N.C. 28778 -
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Internet: hfto:lloortal.ncdenr.omlweb/wo/
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Mong
October 23, 2015
Page 2 of 4
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
1 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
Certification (s) /Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions..
2. Stabilization techniques must meet the General Conditions listed in the Shoreline
Stabilization Technique Selection Process found in Duke Energy's Shoreline Management
Guidelines for the Catawba- Wateree river system 2006 Shoreline Management Plan.
3. Replant or allow the re- establishment of native vegetation in areas within the, project.
boundary where it has. been removed,. per Exhibit 1 of the Duke Shoreline Management
Guidelines.
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.neoah.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 8:00am and 5 :00pm, excluding official state
holidays).
The petition may be faxed to .the OAH at (919) 43 L -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: If sending via delivery service (UPS,
FedEx, etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center 1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27699 -6714 Raleigh, NC 27609 -6285

Mong
October 23, 2015
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One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Sam M. 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 and the
Catawba Riparian Buffer Rules as described in 15A NCAC 02H 0.500. Please contact Ed Williams
at 828 - 296 -4686 or ed.williamsancdenr:Pov if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional. Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
Enclosures: GC 3898
Catawba Buffer Fact Sheet
Certificate of Completion
ec: Wade Harmon — Duke Energy
Caldwell County Planning
Tasha Alexander - USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
cc: DWR ARO 401 files
DWR 401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
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