20081868 Ver 1_No Written Concurrence_20090109

Michael F. Easley, Governor

William G, Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

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Coleen H. Sullins Director
Division of Water Quality

Donald Caison
PO Box 11040
Wilmington, NC 28404

Subject Property:

Lot 1 Mallard Bay, Hampstead
NO WRITTEN CONCURRENCE NEEDED

Dear Mr, Caison:

You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to excavate an upland basin, install two boat
lifts and a floating dock within the proposed basin, as described in your CAMA Major application dated
December 19,2008. After reviewing your application, we have decided these impacts are below the threshold for
written authorization as long as all conditions of General Water Quality Certification Number 3698 are met. This
certification may also be viewed on our website at http://h20.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands.This Certification allows
you to use the Regional General # 198200277 Pennit when issued by the US Anny Corps of Engineers and the
CAMA Major Permit when issued by the Division of Coastal Management.

This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that is described in your application. 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 Penn it 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:

I) Upon completion of the project, the applicant shall complete and return the enclosed
"Certification of Completion Form" to notify DWQ that all the work included in the 401
Certification has been completed. The responsible party shall complete the attached form and
return it to the 401/Wetlands Unit of the Division of Water Quality.

Violations of any condition herein set forth may result in revocation of this Certification and may result in
criminal and/or civil penalties.

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
confonns 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.

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Donald Caison
DWQ Project #: 08 1868
January 9,2009

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 Ian McMillan at 919.733.1786 or Joanne Steenhuis at our Wilmington
Regional Office at 910.796,7215,

Since?z/b

oanne Steenhuis
Senior Environmental Specialist

Enclosure

GC3698
Certification of Completion

cc: Steve Morris ion - Land Management Group, Inc.
Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight Unit
David Timpy - Corps of Engineers Wilmington
Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead City
Heather Coats - DCM Wilmington
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