20070332 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20080128

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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
January 28, 2008
DWQ Project # 07-0332, Ver. 2
Wake County
Mr. Todd Wigfield
GS Plantation Point, LP
18 Broad Street, 3ra Floor
Charleston, SC 29401
Subject Property: GS Plantation Point, LP
Perry Creek [030402, 27-25-(2), C, NSW]
Authorization Certificate per the Neuse River Buffer Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233) with
Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Wigfield:
You are authorized to place fill within or otherwise impact 1,149 square feet of Zone 1 Neuse River basin
protected riparian buffer, and 1,567 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse River basin protected riparian buffer, per
15A NCAC 2B .0233, as described in your application dated December 14, 2007, and received by the
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on December 17, 2007, with additional information received from you
on January 23, 2008, to construct a residential development. 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.
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 property is sold,
the new owner must be given a copy of this Authorization and approval letter and is thereby responsible
for complying with all conditions. This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the
attached certification and any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Authorization 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
Buffers Zone 1 1,149 (s uare ft.) PCN a e 11 of 13
Buffers Zone 2 1,567 (s uare ft.) PCN a e 11 of 13
2. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur buffer 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
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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
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. Protective Fencing
The outside buffer, wetland or water boundary and along the construction corridor within these
boundaries approved under this authorization shall be clearly marked with orange warning fencing
(or similar high visibility material) for the areas that have been approved to infringe within the
buffer, wetland or water prior to any land disturbing activities;
6. Diffuse Flow (DWQ Reviewed Plans)
All stormwater shall be directed as diffuse flow at non-erosive velocities through the protected
stream buffers and will not re-concentrate before discharging into the stream as identified within
15A NCAC 2B .0233 (5)
In an effort to comply with the diffuse flow provision of the Buffer Rule (15A NCAC 02B
.0233(5)), you have provided the DWQ with level spreader designs received by the DWQ on
January 23, 2008. The DWQ believes that if implemented, as per these plans, diffuse flow will
be achieved. However, if. diffuse flow as per 15A NCAC 02B .0233(5) is not achieved, then the
DWQ shall be notified and corrective actions to restore diffuse flow shall be taken if necessary to
impede the formation of erosion gullies. At no time shall stormwater from the proposed
development be piped directly through the buffer without prior DWQ written authorization.
The structural stormwater practices as approved by this Office as well as drainage patterns must
be maintained in perpetuity. No changes to the structural stormwater practices shall be made
without written authorization from the Division of Water Quality. Stormwater easements shall be
recorded for a distance of at least 10 feet on each side of all stormwater conveyances on all lots
containing these structures including future access for maintenance. The stormwater easements

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shall allow for the ability to maintain the structures, perform corrective actions as described
above and shall provide protection of the structures from potential alternations by future property
owners.
7. Certificate of Completion
Upon completion of all work approved within the Buffer Authorization, 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 Authorization and may result
in criminal and/or civil penalties.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Authorization, 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 Authorization and
its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a hearing.
Any disputes over determinations regarding this Authorization (associated with the approved buffer
impacts) shall be referred in writing to the Director for a decision. The Director's decision is subject to
review as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of G.S. 150B.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act and the Neuse riparian buffer protection rule as described within 15A NCAC 2B .0~3. If you have
any questions, please telephone Cyndi Karoly or Amy Chapman at 919-733-1786.
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Enclosures: Certificate of Completion
Sincerely
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Coleen H. Sullins
cc: USAGE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
DLR Raleigh Regional Office
File Copy
Central Files
Linda Diebolt, ARCADIS, 801 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 300, Raleigh, NC 27607
Filename: 070332 Ver2GSPlantationPointLP(Wake)NBR

Certification of Completion
DWQ Project No.: County:
Applicant:
Project Name:
Date of Issuance of Certification or Authorization:
Certificate of Completion
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:
Agent's Certification
Date:
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:
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If this project was designed by a Certified Professional
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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 withm
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