20081564 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20090428

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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman
Governor Director Secretary
April 28, 2009
DWQ# 08-1564
Guilford County
Mr. Derrick Boone
City of High Point
PO Box 230
High Point, NC 27261
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Boone,
You have our approval to conduct stream stabilization and maintenance activities, in accordance with the attached
conditions, along a total of approximately 1,424 existing linear feet of Richland Creek located between Vail Ave and
West Russell Ave in High Point, NC in Guilford County, as described in your application received by the Division of
Water Quality on October 10, 2008 and additional information received on March 25, 2009 and April 4, 2009. After
reviewing your application, we have determined that this activity is covered by General Water Quality Certification
Numbers 3687, 3704, 3705, 3689, and 3688 which can be viewed on our web site at
hgp://www.ncwat"rua.li!y.91&/wetlands.html. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Numbers 3, 13,
1418, 27 and 33 when they are issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should secure any other
applicable federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your project, including (but not limited to) those
required by Sediment and Erosion Control, Non-Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also, this
approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permit expires unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is valid only for the purpose and design that you have described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us in writing, and you may be required to send us .a new application for a new certification. If
the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the Certification and approval letter and is thereby
responsible for complying with all conditions. For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in
the attached certification; as well as the additional conditions listed below:
The following impacts are hereby approved as long as all other specific and general conditions of this
Certification are met. No other impacts, including incidental impacts, are approved:
Impacts
Location Identifier Amount Approved
linear feet Type of Impact
Richland Creek 1,424 linear feet Install instream stabilization structures, rip
(see attached table) rap and vegetation bank protection, flood
plain benches, culvert improvements and
channel re-alignments.
Total 1,424 linear feet
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www.ncwaterquality.org
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2. Native vegetation shall be used throughout this project within the areas identified for planting in the application
documentation. All tree and shrub plantings shall be protected from mowing or clearing. Height pruning for
electric utility line is allowed provided it does not compromise the health of the vegetation.
3. Natural fiber matting is recommended for streambank stabilization over plastic matting that can entrap small
animals.
4. Visual monitoring of the stabilized and relocated stream areas shall be conducted at a minimum of quarterly for
the first year or two bankfull events (whichever is longer), and then annually until it is determined that all
structures and stream banks are stable (particularly after storm events) and vegetation is successful. Any failures
of structures, stream banks, or vegetation may require future repairs or replacement to ensure the stability and
water quality of the stream and downstream waters.
5. Upon finishing the project, the Applicant shall fill out and return the enclosed "Certificate of Completion"
to notify NCDWQ when all work included in the §401 Certification has been completed. This certificate
should be returned to the Winston-Salem Regional Office of the NC Division of Water Quality at the
address listed on the form. Along with the Certificate of Completion, please send photographs showing the
restored stream reach.
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 conforms 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.
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 Sue Homewood in the DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office at 336-771-4964 or
Ian McMillan in the Wetlands/401 Central Office in Raleigh at 919-715-4631.
Sinc rely,
/Iv? leeH. Sullins, Director
ision of Water Quality
Attachments
cc: Andy Williams, Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Thomas Blackwell, CWS 550 East Westinghouse Boulevard, Charlotte NC 28273 (via email)
DWQ Winston-Salem Regional Office
DWQ Wetlands/401
RusselUTaylor/Grimes Storm Drainage Improvement Project April 3, 2009
Nationwide Permit Nos. 13, 14, 18, 27, and 33 Project No. 2006-1469
Table 1. Proposed Jurisdictional Stream Channel Improvements and Impacts(Revised from March 19,
2009 submission)
Construction
Plan Stream Type of Improvement Centerline Net

Drawing Centerline (directions are facing Length Impact
Length Type
Permit
Sheet # Station # downstream) (linear feet) (if)
11+10 -11+42 Rip rap apron (upstream) 32 32 NWP 18

25+46 ' In-stream structure
[1l]
[11]
NWP 13
3 `(in reach already counted)
11+42 - 15+25 Rip rap rack (left toe of bank) 383 383 NWP 13
Sub-Total ltnprovements and Impacts 415 41-5

15+50 -18+50 Bio-stabilization (left toe of
300
0
NWP 13
4 bank)
= 1
4M
.. f
f ,1
Sub-Total Improvements and Impacts 475 175

23+67 - 24+09 Rip rap apron (downstream)
42 367 -
42 NWP I-
N \ VP 14
Culvert Replacement and
24+09- 24+66 Extension @ Taylor Ave. 57 12 NWP 14
(net extension 57-45=12ft)
5 24+66 - 24+86 Rip rap apron (upstream) 20 20 NWP 14
- Rip rap rock (left and right toe
24+86 -
25+50 ofbat7ks) 64, 64 NWP 1
25+46 In-stream structure
(in rea_ch'already counted) . [15] [15] NWP i °
Sub-.Total Improt'ei'nents and Impacts 550 505

25+50=27+25 Rip rap rock (left and right toe
of banks)
175-
175
NWP 13t'
26+50 In-stream structure
in
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h
d [15] [ 15] N1P 13
-
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counted)
Rip rap apron (downstream
6 27+25 -27+50 end, old 60-in RCP outlet 25 25 NWP 18
channel)

27+50 - 29+00 t

Sub-Total Improvements and Impacts 325 200
Restored Stream Channel

29+00 to 31+21 Day-lighted 60-inch RCP @
221
0 No
Grimes Ave_ permit .;:

Sub-Total Improvements and Impacts 350 129
Total 2,115 LF 1,424 LF
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