20071600 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20071120

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Dig ision of Water Quality
November 20, 2007
DWQ# 07-1600
Davidson County
Mr. Randy Thomason
322 Rothrock Rd
Lexington, NC 27292
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additionat Conditions
Dear Mr. Thomason:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to place fill within, or otherwise impact
by excavation, 720 square feef (180 linear feet) of lake shoreline below the normal pool lake level for the
purpose of stabilizing an eroding shoreline on High Rock Lake on your property consisting of Lot 36 on
Shepps Boat Dock Dr near Southmont in Davidson County, as described in your application received by the
Division of Water Quality on September 20, 2007. After reviewing your application, we have determined that
this activity is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3693, which can be viewed on our
web site at ham://www.ncwater uality.or~/wetlands.html. This Certification allows you to use Regional
General Permit Number 198200030 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you
should secure any other applicable federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project,
including (but not limited to) those required by Sediment and Erosion Control., Non-Discharge, and Water
Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permit (Regional
General Permit) expires unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have described in your application: If you
change your project, you must notify us in writing, and you maybe required to send us a new application for a
new certification. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the Certification and
approval letter and is thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. If total fill for this project (now
or in the future) exceeds one acre of wetland or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be
required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the
conditions listed in the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions listed below:
L The following impacts are hereby approved. as long as all other specific and general conditions of the
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
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720 ft Repair of eroded shoreline, placement of rip rap, bank shaping
and vegetation enhancement.
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North Caro]ina Division of Water Quality S85 Waughtown Street Phone [phone] Customer Service
Winston-Salem Regional Office Winston-Salem, NC 27107 Fax (336) "171-4630 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterqualitv.org
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Mr. Randy Thomason
November 20, 2007
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2. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of
Completion" to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed.
This certificate should be returned to the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NC Division of Water
Quality at the address listed on the form.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, 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 completesthe review of the Division of Water Quality lender Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
If you have any questions, please contact Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at
336-771-4964 or at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Coleen H. Sullins, Director
cc: John Thomas, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Central Files
DWQ Wetlands/401 File Copy

Mr. Randy Thomason
' November 20, 2007
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DWQ Project No.:
County:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Date of Issuance of 401 Water Quality Certification:
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 this certificate to the 401/Wetlands Unit, North Carolina
Division of Water Quality, 1621 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1621. 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 Certifcation
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:
Engineer's Certification
Partial Final
I, _ , as a duly registered Professional Engineer in the State of North
Carolina, having been authorized to observe (periodically, weekly, full time) the construction of the project,for the
Permittee 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