20170810 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20170803

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Water Resources
Environmental Quality
August 3, 2017
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
DWR Project # 2017-0810
Dare County
UNC Coastal Studies Institute (East Carolina University)
ATTN: Nathan T. Richards
850 NC 345
Wanchese, North Carolina 27981
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL
CONDITIONS
Pappy's Lane Shipwreck - Excavation
Dear Mr. Richards:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your application
dated May 30, 2017 and received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) on June 29, 2017.
These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification Number 4097
and the conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of Regional General
Permit Number 291 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 certifications) or
general permit and the following additional conditions:
The following impacts are hereby approved, provided that all the other specific and
general conditions of the Certification are met. No other impacts are approved, including
incidental impacts. [15A NCAC 02B .0506(b)(c)]]
Type of Impact
Amount
Amount
Plan
Approved
Approved
location/
(units)
(units)
Reference
Permanent
Temporary
Attached
Open Waters — Shallow Bottom Excavation
0.02 (acres)
0 (acres)
Sheet 1 of 1
Open Waters — Shallow Bottom Fill
0.04 (acres)
0 (acres)
Sheet 1 of 1
Nothing Coe��pare_s` ._�.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality � Water Resources -Water Quality Regional Operations Section -Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, North Carolina 27889
252-946-6481

UNC Coastal Studies Institute
DWR# 2017-0810
401 APPROVAL
Page 2 of 3
2. Water Quality Certification
The proposed project must comply with all the conditions of the General Water Quality
Certifications) 4097. [15A NCAC 02B .0507(c)]
Continuing Compliance
3. During construction of the proposed project, fueling, lubrication and general equipment
maintenance should not take place within 50 feet of a waterbody or wetlands to
prevent contamination by fuel and oils. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(3) and (c)(3) and 15A
NCAC 0213 .0200 (3)(f)]
4. This approval and their conditions are final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143-215.5]
These Certifications 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). A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at
http://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH Clerk's Office at [phone] for information.
Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of this notice, a petition must be filed with the OAH. 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 [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:
Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
If sending via delivery service (UPS,
FedEx, etc.):
Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609-6285

UNC Coastal Studies Institute
DWR# 2017-0810
401 APPROVAL
Page 3 of 3
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
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 Rules.
Please contact Chris Pullinger at 252-948-3922 or [e-mail] if you have any
questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
zl't V,
Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
Enclosures: GC 4097
Certification of Completion
cc: Josh Pelletier, USAGE Washington Regulatory Field Office (via e-mail)
Cynthia Rountree, DCM WaRO (via e-mail)
Gregg Bodnar, DCM Morehead City (via e-mail)
Nathan T. Richards (via e-mail: [e-mail])
DWR WaRO 401 files
Laserfiche

LEGEND OF TRENCHES (1001 cu feet max total)
= Excavation external to hull (up to 4'deep) = 858 cu feet max
=Excavation of internal hull (less than 2'deep) = 143 cu feet max
=Areas of temporary storage of excavated material (note: all
excavated material will be placed back into the excavated hole)
rr++ =Area of existing shipwreck (vertical features) '..
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= Area of existing shipwreck (iron plating)
= Potential SAV (traced from November 16, 2016 drone photograph)
**Note: No SAV noted inside or adjacent to most areas of hull "*
3 feet = Spot water depth
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Pamlico Sound, Rodanthe Harbor
Estimation of Trench Locations and Max. Sediment Excavated
Nathan Richards (23 May 2017)
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