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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20071975 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20071203~o~ w A rF9Q ~~ y, ~ r ~ _ ~ ~ =1 o `!~ -r Michael F. Easley, Governor William G. Ross Jr., Secretary North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources December 3, 2007 Ms. Harriet Henderson 1195 Partridge Road Spartanburg, SC 29302 Subject Property: Coleen H. Sullins, Director Division of Water Quality DWQ Project # 07-1975 Henderson County Harriet Henderson Lake Summit (Henderson Reservoir) [040303,6-54-2-(1), WSI, HQW] Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions Dear Ms. Henderson: You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill within or otherwise impact 0.0034 acres of open waters below the normal pool lake level and 1,300 square feet above the normal pool lake level and 50 feet land-ward, for the purpose of replacing a failing block wall with stacked stone wall and grip-rap apron (new wall be built in front of old wall) along 50 feet of shoreline as described within your application dated October 23, 2007, and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on November 21, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3693 (GC3693). The Certification(s) allows you to use General Permit Number 30 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE). 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, and Non-discharge 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 application. If you change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new application. If the properly 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 1 SO 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. The Additional Conditions of the Certification are: 1. Impacts Approved The following 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: T e of Im act Amount A roved Units Plan Location or Reference Shoreline-bulkhead below the normal ool lake level 0.0034 (acres A lication Above the normal ool lake level and 50 feet land-ward 1,300 s uare feet A lication 401 Wetlands Certification Unit 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604 Phone: 919-733-17861 FAX 919-733-68931 Internet: htto://h2o.enr. state. nc. us/ncwetlands None Carolina ~tura!!y Ms. Harriet Henderson Page 2 of 3 December 3, 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 Pre-Construction Notification. 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. Erosion and sediment control practices must be in full compliance with all specifications governing the proper design, installation and operation and maintenance of such Best Management Practices in order to protect surface waters standards: a. The erosion and sediment control measures for the project must be designed, installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Planning and Design Manual. b. The design, installation, operation, and maintenance of the sediment and erosion control measures must be such that they equal, or exceed, the requirements specified in the most recent version of the North Carolina Sediment and Erosion Control Manual. The devices shall be maintained on all construction sites, borrow sites, and waste pile (spoil) projects, including contractor-owned or leased borrow pits associated with the project. c. Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control measures and stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times. 4. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum extent practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within six months of the date that the Division of Land Resources has released the project; 5. 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 Oversight/Express Review Permitting 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. Ms. Harriet Henderson Page 3 of 3 December 3, 2007 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 Cyndi Karoly or Ian McMillan in the Central Office in Raleigh at 919-733-1786 or Kevin Barnett in the DWQ Asheville Regional Office at 8296-4500. CHSlijm Enclosures: GC 3693 Certificate of Completion Sincerely, i Coleen H. Sullins cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office DLR Asheville Regional Office File Copy Central Files Mark Stierwalt, Marion & Moultrie Dock Builders, P.O. Box 346, E. Flatrock, NC 28726 Filename: 071975HarrietHenderson(Henderson)401 _GP30 Certification of Completion DWQ Project No.: Applicant: Project Name: county: Date of Issuance of Certification or Authorization: Certificate of Comuletion Upon completion of all work approved within the 401 Water Quality Certification and Buffer Rules, and any subsequent modifications, the applicant is required to return this certificate to the 401 Oversight/Express Permitting Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650. This form may be returned to DWQ 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: Date: Agent'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: 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 Permiee 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: Registration No. Date