20081286 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20080916

O?OF W AT?19 Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
1 - North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
U .? Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
September 16, 2008
Onslow County
DWQ Project #: 08 1286
Town of Surf City
Attn: Michael Moore
PO Box 2475
Surf City, NC 28445-9821
Subject Property: City of Surf City Wastewater Treatment
Facilities Improvements
NO WRITTEN CONCURRENCE NEEDED
Dear Mr. Moore:
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to construct the
improvements to the wastewater treatment facilities, as described in your 401 Preconstruction
application (PCN) dated August 21, 2008 with additional information received on September 15,
2008. After reviewing your application, we have decided these impacts are below the threshold
for written authorization as long as all conditions of General Water Quality Certification Number
3699 (GC 3699) are met. These certifications may also be viewed on our website at
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands. This Certification allows you to use the Nationwide Permit
# 12 (NW 12) when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that is 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 these Certifications
and approval letter and is thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. If total wetland
fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, compensatory mitigation may be
required as described in 15A NCAC 2H.0506 (h) (6) and (7). This approval shall expire when
the corresponding Nationwide Permit expires or as otherwise provided in the General
Certification. For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in the attached
certification and any additional conditions listed below.
Conditions of Certification:
1) Condition # 21 states that "An anti-seep collar shall be placed at the down stream (utility
line gradient) wetland boundary and every 150 feet (45.7 meters) up the gradient until the
utility exits the wetland for buried utility lines. Anti-seep collars may be constructed with
class B concrete, compacted clay, PVC pipe or metal collars. Wetland crossings that are
directionally drilled, and perpendicular wetland crossings that are open cut and less than
150 feet (45.7 meters) long do not require anti-seep collars...."
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1617 Phone [phone] Customer Service
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Town of Surf City
Attn: Michael Moore
DWQ project # 08 1248
September 16, 2008
2) Since the anti-seep collars are not shown on the engineered plans, this Office is requiring
a copy (or to see a copy from the Town) of the as-builts for this project when completed.
3) Upon completion of the project, the applicant shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certification of Completion Form" to notify DWQ that all the work included in the 401
Certification has been completed. The responsible party shall complete the attached form
and return it to the 401/Wetlands Unit of the Division of Water Quality.
Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may
result in criminal and/or civil penalties.
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 telephone Ian McMillan at 919.733.1786 or Joanne
Steenhuis at our Wilmington Regional Office at 910.796.7215.
Sincerely,
Joanne Steenhuis
Senior Environmental Specialist
Enclosures
GC 3699
Certification of Completion
cc: Robert Turnbull - Environmental Services, Inc.
Ted Burke, PE - Cavanaugh & Associates, PA
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight Unit
Brad Shaver - Corps of Engineers Wilmington
Stephen Rynas - DCM Morehead
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