20150954 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20151130

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
November 30, 2015
DWR # 15-0954
Burke County
Sandy K. Hoilman
Western Piedmont Community College
1001 Burkemont Avenue
Morganton, North Carolina 28655-4504
Travis Smith
Burke County Soil and Water Conservation District
130 Ammons Drive
Morganton, North Carolina 28761
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS
WPCC Hunting Creek Stream Stabilization Project
Dear Ms. Hoilman and Mr. Smith:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your
application dated September 30, 2015, and additional information received by the Division of
Water Resources (Division) on November 12, 2015. These impacts are covered by the attached
Water Quality General Certification Number 3885 and the additional conditions listed below.
This certification is associated with the use of Nationwide Permit Number 27 once it is issued to
you by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Please note that you should get any other federal,
state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by (but not
limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non -Discharge, Water Supply Watershed, and Trout
Buffer regulations.
This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the enclosed certification (s) or
general permit and the following additional conditions:
1. The following impacts are hereby approved provided that all of the other specific and
general conditions of the Certification are met. No other impacts are approved,
including incidental impacts. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b) and/or (c)]
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1611 Mail service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
919 707 9000

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Type of Impact
Amount Approved
Amount Approved
(units)
(units)
Permanent
Temporary
Streams
Impact 51
125 (linear feet)
2. 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 Certifications) and is responsible for complying with all conditions. [15A
NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2)]
3. The designer or his designee shall supervise the installation of in -stream structures.
[15A NCAC 02H .0505(b)(2)]
4. Stream bed habitat material, such as cobble and gravel, should be harvested from
abandoned channels and relocated to new channels to the maximum extent
practicable. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(2)]
5. Visual monitoring of the project shall be conducted at a minimum of quarterly for the
first year or two bankfull events (whichever is longer), and then annually until the site is
stable (particularly after storm events) and vegetation is successful. Any failures of
structures, stream banks, or vegetation may require future repairs or replacement,
which requires coordination with the Asheville Regional Office to ensure the stability
and water quality of the stream and downstream waters. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(2)
and (b)(3)]
6. Water shall not be released into any new channels until the stream and banks are
stabilized. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(3)]
7. Fueling, lubrication and general equipment maintenance should not take place within
50 feet of a waterbody or wetlands to prevent contamination by fuel and oils. [15A
NCAC 02H.0506 (b)(3)]
8. The permittee shall require its contractors and/or agents to comply with the terms and
conditions of this permit in the construction and maintenance of this project, and shall

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provide each of its contractors and/or agents associated with the construction or
maintenance of this project with a copy of this Certification. A copy of this Certification,
including all conditions shall be available at the project site during the construction and
maintenance of this project. [15A NCAC 02H .0507 © and 15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2)
and (c)(2)]
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143-215.5]
This Certification can be contested as provided id Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 15013 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.ncoah.com/ or by calling the
OAH Clerk's Office at [phone] 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 [phone], 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:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
If sending via delivery service (UPS,
FedEx, etc):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609-6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Sam M. Hayes, General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601

WPCC Hunting Creek Bank Stabilization Project
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This letter completes the review by the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act as
described in 15A NCAC 02H .0500. Please contact Andrew Moore at 828-296-4686 or
[e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
G. Landon Davidson, P.G., Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations
Asheville Regional Office
Enclosures: GC 3885
cc:
Certificate of Completion
Tasha Alexander — USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Andrea Leslie — NCWRC (via email)
Stan Aiken — Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources (via email)
DWR ARO 401 files
DWR 401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
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