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Home My WebLink About20150433 Ver 2_Email to Consultant_20171016Strickland, Bev From: Scarbraugh, Anthony Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 4:17 PM To: Brad Luckey (bluckey@pilotenviro.com) Cc: Dumpor, Samir; Beecher, Gary H SAW (Gary.H.Beecher@usace.army.mil) Subject: Buckleberry Solar Farm 401 Letter (DWR #15-0433 V2) Attachments: 15-0433_Buckleberry Solar Farm_401.pdf Mr. Luckey, Please find attached the deemed permitted 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed project. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Regards, Anthony Scarbraugh Environmental Senior Specialist Division of Water Resources — Water Quality Regional Operations Department of Environmental Quality 252 948 3924 office anthony.scarbraugh@ncdenr.gov 943 Washington Square Mall Washington, NC 27889 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. Water Resources Environmental Quality October 16, 2017 BuckleberrySolar, LLC Attn: Mr. Geoff Fallon 3250 Ocean Park Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90405 Subject: BUCKLEBERRY SOLAR FARM NO WRITTEN CONCURRENCE NEEDED Dear Mr. Fallon: ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Director DWR # 2015-0433 V2 PITT County You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions to impact 0.04 acres of wetlands (0.03 acres permanent impacts and 0.01 acres temporary impacts), 37 linear feet of stream (22 linear feet of permanent impacts and 15 linear feet of temporary impacts), 0.02 acres of waters (0.01 acres of permanent impacts and 0.006 acres of temporary impacts), 2,575 square feet of Zone 1 and 1,630 square feet of Zone 2 of the protected riparian buffer in order to install four crossings for accessibility to the proposed solar farm as described in your application dated September 20, 2017 and received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) on September 21, 2017. After reviewing your application, we have decided that the impacts are below the threshold for written authorization as long as the conditions of General Water Quality Certification Number 4092 (GC 4085) are met. This certification allows you to use the Nationwide 3 when issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, the impacts as proposed within the Neuse River Riparian Buffer are considered an "Exempt' activity under 15A NCAC 02B.0233(6). 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 is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your application except as modified below. 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 this Certification 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. The applicant and/or authorized agent shall provide a completed Certificate of Completion form to the Division within thirty (30) days of project completion (available at --I'Nothing Compares - State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources -Water Quality Regional Operations Section -Washington Regional Office 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, North Carolina 27889 252-946-6481 BUCKLEBERRY SOLAR FARM DWR# 2015-0433 V2 401APPROVAL Page 2 of 3 http://PortaI.ncdenr.ore/web/wa/swp/ws/401/certsandPermits/apply/forms). [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b)(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). 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. 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:OOam and S:OOpm, 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 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 Anthony Scarbraugh at 252-948-3924 or anthonv.scarbrauehtmncdenr.gov if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, oil, Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ BUCKLEBERRY SOLAR FARM D W R# 2015-0433 V2 401APPROVAL Page 3 of 3 Enclosures: GC 4092 Certification of Completion Site Plan cc: Gary Beecher, USACE Washington Regulatory Field Office (via email) Samir Dumpor, DEMLR WaRO Laserfiche File Bradley Luckey, Pilot Environmental, Inc. 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