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Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
September 23, 2008
DWQ# 08-1253
Davie County
Mr. Dean Barbee
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
24897 Fink Rd
Albemarle, NC 28001
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Barbee:
You have our approval to conduct maintenance activities, in accordance with the attached conditions, along a total of 28
existing linear feet of the Yadkin River in order to repair and upgrade the Cooleemee Boating Access Area, as described
in your application received by the Division of Water Quality on August 18, 2008. After reviewing your application,
we have determined that this activity. is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3687, which can be
viewed on our web site at htip://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands/rd wetlands certifications.htm. This Certification
allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 3 when it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition,
you should secure any other applicable federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project, including
(but not limited to) those required by Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed
regulations. Also, this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permit expires unless otherwise specified in
the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us in writing, and you may be required to send us a new application for a new certification. If
the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the Certification and approval letter and is thereby
responsible for complying with all conditions. For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in
the attached certification, as well as the additional conditions listed below:
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Stream Impacts
Location Identifier Amount Approved
linear feet Type of Impact
Yadkin River 28 Re air/Replace Boating Access
Total 28
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North Carolina Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown Street Phone [phone] Customer Service
Winston-Salem Regional Office Winston-Salem, NC 27107 Fax [phone]
Internet: www.newaterqualit?org
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Mr. Dean Barbee
Cooleemee Boating Access Area
September 23, 2008
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2. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion"
to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate
should be returned to the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NC Division of Water Quality at the
address listed on the form. Along with the Certificate of Completion, please send photographs showing the
restored stream reach.
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 Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or
Ian McMillan in the Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sincerely,
oleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
cc: John Thomas, Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
DWQ Wetlands/401
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Central Files