HomeMy WebLinkAbout20141149 Ver 2_Approval Letter_20170628June 28, 2017
Restoration Systems LLC
Attn: Worth Creech
2202 Haynes Street, Suite 211
Raleigh NC 27604
ROY COOPER.
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Direcior
DWR # 20141149 v2
Alamance County
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Motes Creek Mitigation Bank Site
Dear Mr. Creech:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your application dated May
23, 2017, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) May 25, 2017, with subsequent
information on June 22, 2017. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General
Certification Number 4087 and the conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of
Nationwide Permit Number 27 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 are met. No other impacts are approved, including incidental
impacts. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b) and/or (c)]
Type of Impact
Amount Approved (units)
Permanent
Amount Approved (units)
Temporary
Stream
Motes Creek
1905 (linear feet)
0 (linear feet)
Stream UT1
402 (linear feet)
0 (linear feet)
Stream UT2
2075 (linear feet)
0 (linear feet)
Stream UT3
482 (linear feet)
0 (linear feet)
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
450 W. Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
Phone: 336-776-98001 FAX: 336-776-9797
Restoration Systems LLC
DWR# 20141149 v2
401 APPROVAL
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404/401 Wetlands
Wetland LB
0.03 (acres)
0.05 (acres)
Wetland PA
0.02 (acres)
0.10 (acres)
Wetland SH
0.01 (acres)
0.18 (acres)
Wetland SG
0.01 (acres)
0.03 (acres)
Wetland SD
0.0005 (acres)
0.05 (acres)
2. 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) and is responsible for complying with all
conditions. [15A NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2)]
Stream bed habitat material, such as cobble and gravel, should be harvested from abandoned
channels and relocated to new channels to the maximum extent practicable. [15A NCAC 02H
.0506(b)(2)]
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 may be 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 8:00am and 5:00pm, excluding official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at (919) 431-3100, 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
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Restoration Systems LLC
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401 APPROVAL
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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. Please contact
Sue Homewood at 336-776-9693 or sue.homewood@ncdenr.gov 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 4087
cc: Sylvia Dodson, 3331 Mt. Willen Rd, Haw River NC 27158
David Bailey, USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Andrea Hughes, USACE Mitigation Program Manager (via email)
DWR WSRO 401 file
DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit file