20041238 Ver 3_Approval Letter_20071120

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~'O qQ Michael F. Easley, Governor
Q ~ William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
r' North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
p .~ Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
November 20, 2007
DWQ Project # 04 1238 Ver 3
Carteret County
North Carolina State Ports Authority
Attn: Tom Eagar, Chief Executive Officer
PO Box 9002
Wilmington, NC 28402
Sub~ect Pro ert N Stat P
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Barge berth and berth 6 Scour hole fill
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Cond>tions
Dear Mr. Eagar:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to use #57 stone
and NCDOT Class II stone to fill in the scours holes located at the barge berth and berth 6, as described
within your CAMA modification request dated September 6, 2007. After reviewing your proposal, we
have decided that. the additional impacts are covered by the General Water Quality Certification Number
3642 (GC .3642) that was previously issued on August 20, 2004. This Certification can also be found on
line at: http://h2o.em•.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/certs.html. The Certification allows you to use the CAMA
Major Permit when issued by the Division of Coastal Management. In addition, you should obtain or
otherwise comply with any other required federal, state or local permits before you go ahead with your
project including (but not limited to) Erosion and Sediment Control, Non-discharge, and stormwater
regulations. Also, this approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or to conduct impacts to
waters as depicted in your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
This approval is for the purpose and design that you described in your modification request. If you change
your project, you must notify us and you maybe 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 maybe 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.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification are:
1. Impacts Approved
The following additional impacts are hereby approved as long as all of the other specific and
general conditions of this Certification (or Isolated Wetland Permit) are met. No other impacts are
approved including incidental impacts:
Amount A roved Units Plan Location or Reference
404 Wetlands N/A acre)
Coastal Wetlands N/A acres)
Open water shallow
bottom habitat 1.318 acres Attached drawings
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North Carolina Division of Wa[er Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
Internet: www.ncwaterqualitgore Location: 512 N. Salisbury St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Fax [phone]
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North Carolina State Ports Authority
Attn: Tom Eagar, Chief Executive Officer
DWQ Project # 04 1238 Ver 3
November 20, 2007
2. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas beyond
the footprint of the impacts depicted in the CAMA Modification request. All construction
activities, including the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion
control Best Management Practices, shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality
standards, statutes, or rules occur.
3. 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/Wetlands Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality,
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650.
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.
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 of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-6714. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a
hearing.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act. If you have any questions, please telephone Ian McMillan in the Central Office in Raleigh at 919-
733-1786 or Joanne Steenhuis in the DWQ Wilmington Regional Office at 10-796-7215.
'ncerely,
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/ Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Enclosures: GC 3642
Certificate of Completion
cc: Todd Walton - NC State Ports Wilmington
Ian McMillan -DWQ 401 Oversight Unit, Raleigh
Doug Huggett -DCM Morehead City
David Timpy - USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Rich Weaver -DCM Morehead City
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