20170842 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20170911

September 11, 2017
Fleetwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc.
Attn: Steve Craven
PO Box 280
Fleetwood NC 28626
ROY COOPER.
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secreta,
S. JAY ZIM .MERMAN
Direcior
DWR # 20170842
Watauga County
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Fleetwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue
Dear Mr. Craven:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your application
dated June 28, 2017, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) July 7, 2017, with
subsequent information on July 24, 2017, August 4, 2017 and September 8, 2017. These impacts
are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification Number 4092 and the conditions
listed below. This certification is associated with the use of Nationwide Permit Number 39 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
Site 1 1 145 (linear feet) 10 (linear feet)
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
450 W. Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]

Fleetwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc
DWR# 2017-0842
401 APPROVAL
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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)/Perm it/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions.
[15A NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2)]
3. The stream is a Class ORW, Trout Waters. In order to protect downstream uses for Class
ORW, Trout Waters a requirement of this Certification is that any additional work
conducted within the stream may not occur between the dates of January 1 through April
15. [15A NCAC 02H.0506 (b)(2) and 15A NCAC 04B.0125].
4. The Permittee shall stake the limits of disturbance within the stream and conduct a
preconstruction meeting with the Division prior to disturbance of the impact area. [15A
NCAC 02H.0507 (c) and 15A NCAC 02H.0502 (e)
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 [phone] 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 [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: 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
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

Fleetwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Inc
DWR# 2017-0842
401 APPROVAL
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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(a-),ncdenr.aov 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 4092
cc: Derek Goddard, BREC (via email)
Amanda Feummeler, USACE Asheville Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Andrea Leslie, NCWRC (via email)
DWR WSRO 401 file
DWR 401 &Buffer Permitting Unit file