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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20170799 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20171213y�4V Water Resources Environmental Quality December 13, 2017 City of Durham — Department of Water Management Attn: Mr. Donald Greeley 1600 Mist Lake Drive Durham, NC 27704 ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secreiarr LINDA CULPEPPER Interim Direcior DWR # 17-0799 v1 & 2 Durham County Subject: Approval of 401 Water Quality Certification and Neuse Riparian Buffer Impacts with Additional Conditions Mist Lake Facility Expansion Dear Mr. Greeley: You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your major variance application dated August 28, 2017, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) on August 31, 2017, with subsequent information received on October 10, 2017 and October 12, 2017, and 401 Water Quality Certification application dated September 28, 2017, received by the Division on October 6, 2017. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification Number 4139 / Buffer Rules 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 and Buffer Rules are met. No other impacts are approved, including incidental impacts. [15A NCAC 02H .0506(b) and (c)] and 15A NCAC 02B .0233(8)] --"-'"Nothing Compares:--,-, State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611 919-707-9000 City of Durham — Department of Water Management DWR# 17-0799 v1&2 Page 2 of 4 Type of Impact Amount Approved (units) Permanent Amount Approved (units) Temporary Stream Mitigation Required Site 1 96 linear feet 0 linear feet Buffers — Zone 1 Neuse Falls Site 1 13,083 (square feet 0 (square feet Site 2 3,017 (square feet 0 (square feet Buffers — Zone 2 Site 1 1 11,852 (square feet 0 (square feet Site 2 1 4,257 (square feet 0 (square feet 2. Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. The Division has received an acceptance letter from the North Fork Little River Nutrient Offset & Buffer Bank sponsored by Wildlands Holdings II, LLC to meet this mitigation requirement. Until the North Fork Little River Nutrient Offset & Buffer Bank receives and clears your payment, and proof of payment has been provided to this Office, no impacts specified in this Authorization Certificate shall occur. For accounting purposes, this Authorization Certificate authorizes payment to North Fork Little River Nutrient Offset & Buffer Bank to meet the following compensatory mitigation requirement [15A NCAC 02B .0233 (9)(ii)]: 3. Stormwater Runoff Treatment The applicant shall provide one copy of the approved SMP, including plan details on full-sized plan sheets, with proof of the City of Durham's approval. The approved SMP shall be submitted to the DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch digitally at https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/Supplemental-Information-Form before any impacts authorized in this approval occur. After it is approved and submitted to the Division, the SMP may not be modified without prior written authorization from the City of Durham. If the SMP is modified in the future, then one modified SMP with proof of approval shall be provided to the DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch prior to the commencement of the modifications. 4. This Major Variance/Certification shall only apply if the USACE approves impacts to the stream associated with the subject buffer of the Major Variance. 5. 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 Compensatory River and Sub - Mitigation Required basin Number Watershed Buffers 57,027 (square Neuse Falls feet) 03020201 3. Stormwater Runoff Treatment The applicant shall provide one copy of the approved SMP, including plan details on full-sized plan sheets, with proof of the City of Durham's approval. The approved SMP shall be submitted to the DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch digitally at https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/Supplemental-Information-Form before any impacts authorized in this approval occur. After it is approved and submitted to the Division, the SMP may not be modified without prior written authorization from the City of Durham. If the SMP is modified in the future, then one modified SMP with proof of approval shall be provided to the DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch prior to the commencement of the modifications. 4. This Major Variance/Certification shall only apply if the USACE approves impacts to the stream associated with the subject buffer of the Major Variance. 5. 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 City of Durham — Department of Water Management DWR# 17-0799 v1 &2 Page 3 of 4 the Certification/Authorization. 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)/Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions. [15A NCAC 02H .0507(d)(2)] This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143-215.5] This Certification/Buffer Authorization 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 (919) 431-3000 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:OOam and 5: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 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 One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to Department of Environmental Quality: 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 / and the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rules as described in 15A NCAC 02B .0233. City of Durham — Department of Water Management DW R# 17-0799 v1 &2 Page 4 of 4 Please contact me at 919-807-6360 or karen.higgins@ncdenr.gov or Jennifer Burdette at 919-807-6364 or jennifer.burdette@ncdenr.gov if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Karen Higgins, Supervisor 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch Enclosures: GC 4139 cc: Todd Preuninger, Timmons Group (via email todd.preuninger@timmons.com) George Buchholz, Timmons Group (via email george.buchholz@timmons.com) USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch file Filename: 170799v1&2MistLakeFacilityExpansion(Durham)_401_GC_NEU_MJV.docx