20160967 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20161019

liC PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
October 19, 2016
DWR#16-0967
Person County
Mark and Eleanor Stevenson
5117 Taproot Ln.
Durham, NC 27705
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
454 Rainey Ridge Rd.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your
application dated October 3, 2016 and received by the Division of Water Resources (Division)
on October 6, 2016. The impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number
3898 (GC3898), allowing you to use Regional Permit 198200030 (GP30) issued by the US Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE). 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, and Water Supply Watershed regulations.
This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the enclosed certification 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.
Type of Impact Amount Approved Amount Approved
(units) (units)
Permanent Temporary
Below normal pool—rip 160 (square feet) 0 (square feet)
rip
Above normal pool —rip 240 (square feet) 0 (square feet)
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Division of Water Resources,Raleigh Regional Office,Water Quality Operations Section http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/aps
1628 Mail Service Center,Raleigh,NC 27699-1628 Phone:[phone]
Location: 3800 Barrett Drive,Raleigh,NC 27609 Fax:[phone]

454 Rainey Ridge Rd.
DWR#16-0967
401 APPROVAL
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, 2. 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. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2) and (c)(2) and 15A NCAC 02H .0507 (c)]
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143-215.5]
This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 1506 by
filing a written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings
(hereby known as OAH). 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.
Within thirty(30) calendar days of receipt of this notice, a petition must be filed with the
OAH. 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 by First Class Mail If sending via delivery service
via the US Postal Service: (e.g. UPS, FedEx):
Office of Administrative Hearings Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center 1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714 Raleigh, NC 27609-6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Sam Hayes, General Counsel
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
Please send one (1) copy of the petition to DWR:
If sending by First Class Mail If sending via delivery service

454 Rainey Ridge Rd.
DWR#16-0967
401 APPROVAL
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via the US Postal Service: (e.g. UPS, FedEx):
Karen Higgins Karen Higgins
NC DENR-DWR-401 & Buffer NC DENR-DWR-401 & Buffer
Permitting Unit Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center 512 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Raleigh, NC 27604
This letter completes the review of the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Please contact Cherri Smith at 919-791-4251 or [e-mail] if you have any
questions or concerns.
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Danny Smith
Supervisor, Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Enclosure: GC3898
cc: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Raleigh Regulatory Field Office; 3331 Heritage Trade Drive,
Ste. 105; Wake Forest, NC 27597
Barney Compton; Barney Compton Construction; P.O. Box 95; Leasburg, NC 27291
DWR RRO 401/Buffer Authorization file
DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit file