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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
August 6, 2008
Mr. Ben Higgins
JSM Ventures, LLC
2198 Willow Creek Drive
Newton, NC 28658
Subject Property: Ben Higgins - Lot 26
Lake James [030830, l l-(23), WSV, B]
Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Higgins:
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
DWQ Project # 08-1080
McDowell County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions and those listed below, to place fill
within or otherwise impact 0.00275 acres of open waters below the normal pool lake level, 0.00275 acres
of open waters above the normal pool lake level, and 0.00 square feet of Zone 1 Catawba River basin
protected riparian buffer and 0.00 square feet of Zone 2 River basin protected riparian buffer for the
purpose of constructing a rip-rap bulkhead along 120 feet of shoreline as described within your
application dated June 12, 2008, and received by the N.C. Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on July 9,
2008, with additional information received on July 24, 2008. After reviewing your application, we have
decided that the impacts are covered by General Water Quality Certification Number(s) 3693 (GC3693).
The Certification(s) allows you to use General Permit Number 30 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, and Non-discharge 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 may 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
401 Wetlands Certification Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: 919-733-1786 / FAX 919-733-6893 / Internet: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncvvetlands
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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
Mr. Ben Higgins
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August 6, 2008
Shoreline-bulkhead above the normal pool lake level 0.00275(acres) Application
Zone 1 Catawba River Basin Protected Riparian Buffer 0.00 (square feet Application
Zone 2 Catawba River Basin Protected Ri arian Buffer 0.00 (square feet Application
2. 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 Pre-Construction Notification. 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.
3. 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. Sufficient materials required for stabilization and/or repair of erosion control measures and
stormwater routing and treatment shall be on site at all times.
4. Sediment and erosion control measures shall not be placed in wetlands or waters to the maximum extent
practicable. If placement of sediment and erosion control devices in wetlands and waters is
unavoidable, they shall be removed and the natural grade restored within six months of the date that the
Division of Land Resources has released the project;
5. Deed Notifications
Deed notifications or similar mechanisms shall be placed on all retained jurisdictional wetlands,
waters and protective buffers in order to assure compliance for future wetland, water and buffer
impact. These mechanisms shall be put in place at the time of recording of the property, or of
individual lots, whichever is appropriate. A sample deed notification can be downloaded from
the 401/Wetlands Unit web site at http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. The text of the sample
deed notification may be modified as appropriate to suit to this project.
6. 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 Oversight/Express Review Permitting 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.
Mr. Ben Higgins
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August 6, 2008
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 Cyndi Karoly or Ian McMillan in the Central Office in
Raleigh at 919-733-1786 or Kevin Barnett in the DWQ Asheville Regional Office at 828-296-4500.
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Enclosures: GC 3693
Certificate of Completion
cc: USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Kevin Barnett, DWQ Asheville Regional Office
DLR Asheville Regional Office
File Copy
Central Files
Tammy Ritter, Bernick Enterprises, 7836 Highway 70 East, Nebo, NC 28761
Filename: 081080BenHigginsLot26(McDowell)401 _GP30