20240516 Ver 1_Shoreline Stabilization_20240330 (4)

I. Applicant Information
I. Applicant Information [15A NCAC 02H .0502(a)]
Please note: fields marked with a red asterisk below are required. You will not be able to submit the form until all
mandatory questions are answered.
Primary Contact Email* [e-mail]
Please provide an email address for payment and requests for more information here.
Owner Information:
Name: *
Big A Ranch, LLC
Email: *
[e-mail]
Phone Number:*
[phone]
(xxx)xxx-xxxx
Mailing Address: *
Street Address
5131 Gorham Drive
Address Line 2
City
State / Province / Region
Charlotte
NC
Postal / Zip Code
Country
28226
USA
Is there an agent working on the project?* Yes
No

II. Project Information
Project Information [15A NCAC 02H .0502(a) & (b)]
Project Name:* Crossgate Trail Right of Way Road Improvements and reparis
If your project has a formal name please use this. If your project does not have a formal name, please identify your project
by the owner name and proposed activity (Jones Property Access Road, Smith Guest House, etc.) List in parentheses
any other names that have been used to identify the project in the past.
1. Provide a vicinity map (i.e. street map) clearly showing the location of the property with respect to
local landmarks such as towns, rivers, and roads. *
Upload File
Look up address
Property Address Lookup:* Street Address
Crossgate Trail
Address Line 2
Latitude: * 35.622818
City State / Province / Region
Sherrills Ford NC
Postal / Zip Code Country
28673 usa
Longitude: * 80.934693
2. Provide a detailed site plan showing property boundaries and proposed locations of vegetation clearing,
structures (buildings, retaining walls, docks, impervious surfaces, etc.), rip rap, excavation or dredging below
Full Pond/ Normal Water Level elevations, and construction access corridors. You may use the diagram under
section 12.normal pool lake level/normal water level *
of
pdf only
Please use the diagram at the link below:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/DocView.aspx?dbid=0&id=2223962

3. Attach a photograph of the shoreline/ buffer proposed to be stabilized. (Include a scale of some sort- a yard
stick, shovel handle, etc.) *
in
the
pdf only
4. Location of the property (where work is to be conducted)
Nearest Town: * Sherrills Ford
County: * Catawba
Lake/ river/ ocean adjacent to Lake Norman
property: *
Subdivisions name or site address: * Crossgate Trail
Include phase/lot number
Directions to site:*
Sherrills Ford Road, to Island Point Road, Left on Bayleaf Lane, Crossgate Trail at the end of Bayleaf Lane to the left.
Please include road names and numbers, landmarks etc.
5. Describe the existing land use or condition of the site at the time of this application:
Existing Road and existing Rip Rap and 3 trees.
Residential, undeveloped, etc.
6. Property Size .1
Acres
7. Describe proposed work (include discussion as to how hardening of shoreline has been avoided, or
why it is necessary):
This is an existing Road Right of Way which is partially constructed. A portion of the road already is in the buffer area,
but the entire road is now being constructed which is unavoidable and the Right of Way has been in place since 1975.
8. How will the work be done?* From Land
From Water
9. Total amount of disturbance below the normal pool lake level/ normal water level:
(including all clearing, back fill, excavation, rip rap, retaining walls, etc.)
0
square feet
10. Total amount of disturbance above the normal pool lake level/ normal water level and 50 feet land-
ward: *
(including all clearing, back fill, excavation, rip rap, retaining walls, etc.)
2000
square feet

11. Please describe the vegetation above the normal pool lake level/ normal water level and 50 feet landward to
be impacted: *
(number of trees, for instance)
There are 2 trees that are in the Right of Way that need to be removed to make way for the driveway. In the picture
uploaded, you can see the white survey stake showing the two trees that are in the Right of Way area to be improved.
The 3rd tree can remain, but we have been told it is not healthy and could be dangerous and could fall in a storm.
Sketch: Crossgate Trail Two Trees in the ROW
5.18M6
.pdf
pdf only

Sign and Submit
Application Fee:
Once the application has been accepted. You will need to send a corresponding fee in with the appropriate DWR#. The
application fee is as follows (pursuant to G.S. 143-215.3D):
0 $323 for impacts to lake (below normal water level) of less than 1 acre
0 $767.00 for impacts to lake (below normal water level) of greater or equal to 1 acre
By digitally signing below, I certify that:
o I, the project proponent, hereby certifies that all information contained herein is true, accurate, and complete to the best
of my knowledge and belief
o I, the project proponent, hereby requests that the certifying authority review and take action on this CWA 401
certification request within the applicable reasonable period of time.
o I agree that submission of this Shoreline Stabilization online form is a "transaction" subject to Chapter 66, Article 40 of
the NC General Statutes (the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act");
o I agree to conduct this transaction by electronic means pursuant to Chapter 66, Article 40 of the NC General Statutes
(the "Uniform Electronic Transactions Act');
0 1 understand that an electronic signature has the same legal effect and can be enforced in the same way as a written
signature; AND
o I intend to electronically sign and submit the Shoreline Stabilization online form.
Full Name:* Afshin Ghazi
Signature.