20080058 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20080122

Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen 11. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
February 22, 2008
DWQ# 08-0058
Alleghany County
Mr. Salam Murtada
NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1619
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. M:urtada:
NC EEP has our approval to conduct stream restoration, enhancement, and stabilization activities, in
accordance with the attached conditions, along a total of 6,571 existing linear feet of two unnamed tributaries
to Crab Creek, and restoration and creation of 16.6 acres of wetlands, located northeast of Sparta, NC in
Alleghany County, as described in your application received by the Division of Water Quality on January 8,
2008 and intended revisions per your memorandum dated Febniary 7, 2008. After reviewing your
application, we have determined that this activity is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number
3689, which can be viewed on our web site at http://www.ncwaterquality.orb/wetlands.html. This
Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 27 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 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 may be 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. For this approval to be valid,
you must follow the conditions listed in the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions
listed below:
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown Street Yhone [phone] Customer Service
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Mr. Salam Murtada
Crab Creek Stream Restoration
February 22, 2008
Page 2
1. The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Stream Impacts
Location Identifier Amount Approved
(linear feet Type of Impact
UT 1 2313 Enhancement and Restoration
UTCC 2086 Restoration
UTCC 2172 Preservation
Total 6571
Wetland Impacts
Location Identifier Amount Approved
(acres) Type of Impact
Wetland 1 0.5 Preservation
Wetland 2 1.0 Restoration
Wetland 3 3.0 Restoration
Wetland 4 2.7 Restoration
Wetland 4 0.1 Enhancement
Wetland 5 0.1 Restoration
Wetland 5 0.6 Enhancement
Wetland 6 2.0 Preservation
Wetland 7 0.9 Restoration
Wetland 7 3.0 Enhancement
Wetland 8 0.3 Restoration
Wetland 8 0.2 Creation
Wetland 9 2.2 Preservation
Total 16.6
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. Along with the Certificate of
Completion, please send photographs showing the restored stream reach.
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.

Mr. Salem Murtada
Crab Creek Stream Restoration
February 22, 2008
Page 3
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 Sue Hoemwood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at
336-771-4964 or Ian McMillan in the Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sincerely,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
`Division of Water Quality
Attachments
cc: Monte Matthews, Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Tammy Hill, DWQ Wetlands/401
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Central Files

Mr. Salam Murtada
Crab Creek Stream Restoration
February 22, 2008
Page 4
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 401lWetlands 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 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:
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