20161246 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20170309

Environmental
Quality
March 9, 2017
ROY COOPER
Governor
WILLIAM G. ROSS, JR.
Acting Secretrary
DW R # 2016-1246
Guilford County
City of Greensboro
Attn: Gary Stephenson
300 W. Washington St
Greensboro NC 27401
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
APPROVAL of Jordan Lake RIPARIAN BUFFER IMPACTS WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Pleasant Ridge Rd Sewer Extension.
Dear Mr. Stephenson:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your application dated December 5,
2016, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) December 15, 2016, with subsequent information on
February 6, 2017 and March 7, 2017. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General
Certification Number 3884 and Jordan Lake Buffer Rules and the conditions listed below. This certification is
associated with the use of Nationwide Permit Number 12 once it is issued to you by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. 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(s) or general permit 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 and Jordan Lake Buffer Rules are met. No other impacts are approved, including incidental
impacts. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b) and/or (c)] and 15A NCAC 02B ..0267(8)]
Type of Impact
Amount_ Approved (units)
Permanent
Amount Approved (units)
Temporary
404/401 Wetlands
Site W1
0 (acres)
0.005 (acres)
Site W2
0 (acres)
0.001 (acres)
Site W3
0 (acres)
0.004 (acres)
Nothjng Compares
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336-776-9800

City of Greensboro
DWR# 2016-1246
401/Buffer APPROVAL
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Type of Impact
Amount Approved (units)
Permanent
Amount Approved (units)
Temporary
Buffers — Zone 1
Requiring
Site 131
1045 (square feet)
0 (square feet)
Site B2
423 (square feet)
0 (square feet)
Site B5
332 (square feet)
0 (square feet)
Buffers — Zone 2
Buffers — Zone 2
851 square feet
Site B3
851 (square feet)
0 (square feet)
Site B4
213 (square feet)
0 (square feet)
Site B6
781 (square feet)
0 (square feet)
This approval is for the purpose and design described in your application. The plans and specifications for
this project are incorporated by reference as part of the Certification. If you change your project, you must
notify the Division and you may be required to submit a new application package with the appropriate fee.
If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this approval letter and General
Certification(s)/Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions. [15A NCAC 02H
.0507(d)(2)]
3. Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. The Division has
received an acceptance letter from the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) to meet this mitigation
requirement. Until the DMS receives and clears your payment, and proof of payment has been provided to
this Office, no impacts specified in this Authorization Certificate shall occur. For accounting purposes, this
Authorization Certificate authorizes payment to the DMS to meet the following compensatory mitigation
requirement [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(6)1:
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 150B by filing a written petition
for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH) within sixty (60) calendar
days.
A petition form maybe obtained from the OAH at http://`www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH Clerk's Office at (919)
431-3000 for information. 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:OOam and
S:OOpm, excluding official state holidays).
Impact Amount
Compensatory Mitigation
Requiring
Required
Mitigation
(after multiplier)
River & Sub -basin Number
Buffers—Zone 1
1377 square feet
4131 square feet
Cape Fear (03030003)
Buffers — Zone 2
851 square feet
1277 square feet
Cape Fear (03030003)
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 150B by filing a written petition
for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH) within sixty (60) calendar
days.
A petition form maybe obtained from the OAH at http://`www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH Clerk's Office at (919)
431-3000 for information. 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:OOam and
S:OOpm, excluding official state holidays).

City of Greensboro
DWR# 2016-1246
401/Buffer APPROVAL
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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 via US Postal Service: If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc):
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 DEQ:
William F. Lane, General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
This letter completes the review of the Division under section 401 of the Clean Water Act and the Jordan Lake
Riparian Buffer Rules as described in 15A NCAC 02B .0267. Please contact Sue Homewood at 336-776-9693 or
[e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Sherri V. Knight, P. E.
Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ— WSRO
Enclosures: GC 3884
cc: Tori Small, Westcott, Small & Assoc. (via email)
David Bailey, USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
DWR WSRO 401 file
DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit file