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Division of Water Quality
May 19, 2008
Rowan County
DWQ Project No. 08-0741
Old Concord Road (SR 1002)
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification
Mr. Pat Ivey, P.E.
Division Engineer, Division 9
North Carolina Department of Transportation
375 Silas Creek Parkway
Winston Salem, 27127
Dear Mr. Ivey:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to incur the
following impacts for pipe extension associated with the intersection widening for Concord Road (SR 1002) at
Peeler Road (SR 2538) in Rowan County.
• 30 linear feet of new piping impacts to an unnamed tributary to the Crane Creek (20 feet of new pipe
and 10 feet of rip rap);
Temporary dewatering impacts.
The project shall be constructed in accordance with your application dated April 23, 2008. After reviewing
your application, we have decided that these impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification No.
3704, corresponding to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit Number 14. In addition, you
should acquire any other federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project including (but not
limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge and Water Supply Watershed regulations.
This approval is valid solely for the purpose and design described in your application (unless modified below).
Should your project change, you must notify the Division of Water Quality (Division) and submit a new
application. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this approval letter and
cert ifications, and is thereby responsible for complying with all the conditions. If total wetland fills for this
project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, or if total impacts to streams (now or in the future) exceed 150
linear feet, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in I5A NCAC 2H .0506 (h) (6) and (7). For
this approval to remain valid, you must adhere to the conditions listed in the attached certification and any
additional conditions listed below.
1. The Permitted shall ensure that the final design drawings adhere to the certification and to the drawings
submitted for approval.
2. The dimension, pattern and profile of the stream above and below the crossing shall not be modified.
Disturbed floodplains and streams shall be restored to natural geomorphic conditions.
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3. Use of rip-rap for bank stabilization is to be minimized; rather, native vegetation is to be planted when
practical. If rip-rap is necessary, it must be limited to the stream bank below the high water mark, and
vegetation must be used for stabilization above high water. Any rip-rap used must not interfere with
aquatic life passage during low flow conditions.
4. Heavy equipment must be operated from the banks rather than in the stream channel in order to
minimize sedimentation and reduce the likelihood of introducing other pollutants into the stream.
5. All mechanized equipment operated near surface waters must be regularly inspected and maintained to
prevent contamination of stream waters from fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or other toxic materials.
6. No rock, sand, or other materials shall be dredged from the stream channel except where authorized by
this certification.
7. Temporary dewatering sites must be restored to preexisting conditions unless more natural geomorphic
conditions can be provided.
S. All work shall be performed during low flow conditions.
9. Discharging hydroseed mixtures and washing out hydroseeders and other equipment in or adjacent to
surface waters is prohibited.
10. The Permittee shall report any violations of this certification to the Division of Water Quality within 24
hours.
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 completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If
you have any questions, please contact Amy Euliss at 336-771-4959 or at [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
.? Division of Water Quality
Attachment
cc: John Thomas, USACE Raleigh Field Office
Kent Boyer, Division 9, Division Environmental Officer
DWQ Wetlands/401 Transportation Unit
DWQ Winston Salem Regional Office