20071670 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20080527

©�O� W A T�9QG Michael F.Easley,Governor
William G.Ross Jr.,Secretary
1 North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
.r Coleen H.Sullins,Director
Division of Water Quality
May 27, 2008
DWQ Project#07 1670
Carteret County
US Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit
Attn: Ray Pipak
1240 E Ninth Street
Cleveland, OH 44199-2060
Subject Property: USCG at Station Emerald Isle
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Pipak:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below,to perform
maintenance dredging of the basin and access channel at the subject property, as described within your
application dated September 19, 2007 and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality(DWQ)
Wilmington Regional Office (WiRO) on April 10, 2008. After reviewing your application,we have
decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Numbers 3700 (GC 3700),
3703 (GC3703) and 3691 (GC 3691). These Certifications can also be found on line at:
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/certs.html.. These Certifications allows you to use Nationwide
Permit 16 and GP 198000048 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). 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,Non-
discharge, and stormwater regulations. Also,this approval to proceed with your proposed impacts or
to conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application shall expire upon expiration of the 404
or CAMA Permit.
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 will be required to send us a new application. If the property is sold,
the new owner must be given a copy of this Certification and approval letter and is thereby responsible for
complying with all conditions. If total fills for this project(now or in the future)exceed one acre of
wetland or 150 linear feet of stream, compensatory mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC
2H .0506(h). This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached certification and
any additional conditions listed below.
The Additional Conditions of the Certification 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:
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US Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit
Attn: Ray Pipak
DWQ Project#07 1670
May 27, 2008
Amount Approved nits Plan Location or Reference
404 Wetlands N/A acres
Open Water(Bogue Project area includes 100 USCG Station Emerald Isle
Sound)Dredging acres for both dredging basin and project area shown as
and disposal sites (the dashed line on aerial
areas of impacts is limited
to as-needed areas and the
entire 100 acres would not
be impacted at any one
time
Near shore (Atlantic Project area includes 100 Existing Corps' beach disposal
Ocean shore of Emerald acres for both dredging area as shown on aerial or
Isle or upland diked and disposal sites (the otherwise authorized area
disposal site)Disposal areas of impacts is limited
to as-needed areas and the
entire 100 acres would not
be impacted at any one
time)
2. Erosion& Sediment Control Practices
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. For borrow pit sites,the erosion and sediment control measures must be designed, installed,
operated, and maintained in accordance with the most recent version of the North Carolina
Surface Mining Manual.
d. The reclamation measures and implementation must comply with the reclamation in
accordance with the requirements of the Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
3. No Waste, Spoil, Solids, or Fill of Any Kind
No waste, spoil, solids, or fill of any kind shall occur in wetlands, waters, or riparian areas beyond
the footprint of the impacts depicted in the application. All construction activities, including the
design, installation, operation, and maintenance of sediment and erosion control Best Management
Practices, shall be performed so that no violations of state water quality standards, statutes, or rules
occur.

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US Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit
Attn: Ray Pipak
DWQ Project#07 1670
May 27, 2008
4. 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 the attached
certificate of completion to the 401/Wetlands 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 Certification and may
result in criminal and/or civil penalties. The authorization to proceed with your proposed impacts or to
conduct impacts to waters as depicted in your application and as authorized by this Certification shall
expire upon expiration of the 404 or CAMA Permit.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this Certification (associated with the approved wetland or
stream impacts),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 telephone Ian McMillan in the Central Office in Raleigh at
919.733.1786 or Joanne Steenhuis in the DWQ Wilmington Regional Office at 910.796.7215.
Si erely,
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
Attachment
Enclosures: GC 3700, 3703 & 3691
Certificate of Completion
cc: Jeff Richter—USACE Wilmington Environmental Resources Section
Mickey Sugg-USACE Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Ian McMillan -DWQ 401 Unit
Stephen Rynas-DCM Morehead City
Central Files
WiRO

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