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Water Resources
Environmental Quality
May 31, 2018
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
.Secretcav
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interior Director
DWR # 20180451
Forsyth County
Piedmont Natural Gas
Attn: Tom Morris, PE
4720 Piedmont Row Dr.
Charlotte, NC 28210
Subject: APPROVAL OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
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Dear Mr. Morris:
You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your application dated March 26,
2018, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) March 27, 2018, with subsequent information on April
25, 2018 and May 25, 2018. These impacts are covered by the attached Water Quality General Certification
Number 4133 and the conditions listed below. This certification is associated with the use of Nationwide Permit
Number 12 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
Stream S2
0 (linear feet)
164 (linear feet)
Stream S4 — Frazier Creek
0 (linear feet)
67 (linear feet)
Stream S6
0 (linear feet)
104 (linear feet)
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
450 W. Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
Phone: 336-776-98001 FAX: 336-776-9797
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Stream S5 - Lowery Mill Creek
0 (linear feet)
156 (linear feet)
Stream S7
0 (linear feet)
276 (linear feet)
Stream S11- Martin Mill Creek
0 (linear feet)
27 (linear feet)
Stream S15
0 (linear feet)
65 (linear feet)
Stream S17
0 (linear feet)
89 (linear feet)
Stream S18 - Belews Creek
0 (linear feet)
101 (linear feet)
Stream S19
0 (linear feet)
66 (linear feet)
Stream S20
0 (linear feet)
26 (linear feet)
Stream S21
0 (linear feet)
58 (linear feet)
Stream S24
0 (linear feet)
101 (linear feet)
Stream S25
0 (linear feet)
67 (linear feet)
Stream S26
0 (linear feet)
154 (linear feet)
Stream S27
0 (linear feet)
66 (linear feet)
Stream S28 - E. Belews Creek
0 (linear feet)
66 (linear feet)
Stream S29
0 (linear feet)
75 (linear feet)
Stream S30
0 (linear feet)
245 (linear feet)
404/401 Wetlands
WB
0.063 (acres)
0.021 (acres)
WD
0.000 (acres)
0.066 (acres)
WF •
0.013 (acres)
0.044 (acres)
WL
0.046 (acres)
0.007 (acres)
WM
0.091 (acres)
0.048 (acres)
WN
0.004 (acres)
0.000 (acres)
WQ
0.082 (acres)
0.000 (acres)
WQa
0.006 (acres)
0.000 (acres)
WQb
0.006 (acres)
0.000 (acres)
WR
0.069 (acres)
0.000 (acres)
WS
0.073 (acres)
0.035 (acres)
WTa
0.155 (acres)
0.025 (acres)
WTb
0.313 (acres)
0.136 (acres)
WU
0.116 (acres)
0.064 (acres)
WV
0.099 (acres)
0.000 (acres)
WX
0.052 (acres)
0.016 (acres)
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)/Permit/Authorization and is responsible for complying with all conditions. [15A NCAC 02H
.0507(d)(2)]
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Temporary impacts within the Right -of -Way or temporary easements shall occur only within the footprint
of the excavation trench and the minimum necessary for temporary stream and wetland crossings. [15A
NCAC 02H.0507 (g)]
4. The Winston Salem Regional Office shall be notified once construction and stream restoration has been
completed at Stream S30. [15A NCAC 02H .0507 (c) and 15A NCAC 02H .0502 (e)]
5. This authorization exempts the Permittee from meeting Condition 1.3 in the attached general certification
for crossing all streams at a near perpendicular direction. Stream crossings shall be as shown in the permit
application documents. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2) and (c)(2)]
6. This authorization exempts the Permittee from meeting Condition 1.4 in the attached general certification
for the width of construction corridors. The construction corridor shall be limited to the width shown in
the permit application documents. [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(2) and (c)(2)]
This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143-215.51
This Certification can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 1506 by filing a written petition
for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known as OAH) within sixty (60) 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 8:00am
and 5:00pm, 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 DEC,:
William F. Lane, General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
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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@ncdenr.gov 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 4133
cc: Joey Lawler, S&ME, Inc (via email)
Bryan Roden -Reynolds, USACE Charlotte Regulatory Field Office (via email)
Olivia Munzer, NCWRC (via email)
DWR WSRO 401 file
DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit file