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Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
Dee Freeman
Secretary
August 19,2009
DWQ# 09-0879
Catawba County
Mr. Vui Thi Nguyen
804 46th Ave. Dr. NE
Hickory, NC 28602
Subject Property: Lots 1 - 3, North Center St., Lake Hickory
Approval Of 401 (After-The-Fact) Water Quality Certification And Authorization Certificate per the Catawba
Riparian Buffer Rule (15A NCAC 2B .0243) with Additional Conditions
Dear Mr. Nguyen:
You have our approval, in accordance with the general certification and those conditions listed below,
to place fill in or to otherwise impacUstabilize the following as described in your application dated August 12,
2009:
Amount Approved (Units) Plan Location or Reference
Shoreline 262 feet)
404/CAMA Wetlands acres)
Waters 0.02 acres)
Buffers - Zone 1 262 square ft.)
Buffers- Zone 2 (square ft.)
After reviewing your application, we have determined that N.C. Division of Water Quality (DWQ) General Water
Quality Certification Number 3693 covers the impacts (a copy can be found at:
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands.This Certification allows you to use Regional General Permit No.
198200030 when issued to you by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE). This letter shall also serve as
your approved Authorization Certificate for impacts to the protected riparian buffers per 15A NCAC 2B .0243.
In addition, you should obtain or otherwise comply with any other required federal, state or local permits before
you proceed with your project, including (but not limited to) those required by Erosion and Sediment Control,
Non-Discharge, Duke Power, and Water Supply Watershed regulations.
The above noted Certification will expire when the associated USACOE's 404 permit expires unless
otherwise specified in the General Certification. This approval is for the purpose and design that you described
in your application. If you change your project, you must notify this office and you may be required to submit 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.
This approval requires you to follow the conditions listed in the attached Certification and any additional
conditions listed below.
Mooresville Regional Office
Location: 610 East Center Avenue. Suite 301. Mooresville. NC 28115
Phone: (704) 663-1699\Fax: (704) 663-6040\ Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet: www,ncwaterauality,ora
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1. The Mooresville Regional Office shall be notified in writing once construction at the approved impact
areas has commenced.
2. A 30 ft. buffer exist along the shoreline of the lake. The removal of trees and other impacts within the
buffer are limited and approval may be required.
3. All storm water shall be directed as diffuse flow at non-erosive velocities through the protected
lake/stream buffer and will not re-concentrate before discharging into the lake/stream as identified within
15A NCAC 2B .0243(5).
4. Upon completion of all work approved by this 401 Water Quality Certification, and any subsequent
approved modifications, the applicant is required to return the attached Certificate of Completion form to
the 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit, North Carolina Division of Water Quality, 1650 Mail
Service Center, Raleigh, NC, 27699-1650.
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 (associated with
the approved wetland or stream impacts), 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.
Any disputes over determinations regarding this Authorization Certificate (associated with the approved
buffer impacts) shall be referred in writing to the Director for a decision. The Director's decision is subject to
review as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of G.S. 150B.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water
Act and the Catawba Riparian Buffer Rule as described within 15A NCAC 2B .0243. If you have any
questions, please telephone Cyndi Karoly at 919-733-1786 or Alan Johnson at 704-663-1699.
Sincerely,
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for Coleen H. Sullins
cc: Ian McMillan, Wetlands Unit
Duke Energy Lake Services, PO Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 28201-1006
Angelique Morris, Permits Unlimited, 8165 Church Rd., Hickory, 28602