19950579 Ver 1_COMPLETE FILE_19950103

State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary, A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
September 19, 1995
Mr. Jim Savory
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pocosin Lakes NWR
Route 1, Box 195-B
Creswell, N.C. 27928
Dear Mr. Savory:
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Subject: Certification Pursuant to Section 401 of the Federal
Clean Water Act,
Proposed ditch plugging and flashboard riser installation
Project # 95579, COE # 199503799
Hyde/Washington County
Attached hereto is a copy of Certification No. 3033 issued to U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service dated 19 September 1995.
If we can be of further assistance, do not hesitate to contact us.
incerely,
Howard, Jr.
Attachments
3033.wgc
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Washington Field Office
Washington DEM Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Mr. John Parker, Division of Coastal Management
Central Files
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
An Equal opportunity Affirmative Action Employer W% recycled/ 10% post-consumer paper
NORTH CAROLINA
Hyde/Washington Counties
CERTIFICATION
THIS CERTIFICATION is issued in conformity with the requirements of Section 401 Public
Laws 92-500 and 95-217 of the United States and subject to the North Carolina Division of
Environmental Management Regulations in 15 NCAC 2H, Section .0500 to U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service resulting in 0.27 acres of wetland impact in Hyde/Washington County pursuant to an
application filed on the 18th day of July of 1995 to install ditch plugs and flashboard risers to restore
hydrology in wetlands at Pocosin Lakes NWR Service to restore hydrology to 17,280 acres of
wetlands.
The Application._provides adequate assurance that the discharge of fill material into the waters
n akea"fin conjunction with the proposed development in Hyde/Washington County will not
re?t`7 v lat?onof'aplicable. Water Quality Standards and discharge guidelines. Therefore, the
State o orth Carolina certifies that this activity will not violate Sections 301, 302, 303, 306, 307 of
PL 92-500 and PL 95-217 if conducted in accordance with the application and conditions hereinafter
set forth.
Condition(s) of Certification:
That the activity be conducted in such a manner as to prevent significant
increase in turbidity outside the area of construction or construction related
discharge (50 NTUs in streams and rivers not designated as trout waters by
DEM; 25 NTUs in all saltwater classes, and all lakes and reservoirs; 10 NTUs
in trout waters).
Violations of any condition herein set forth shall result in revocation of this Certification. This
Certification shall become null and void unless the above conditions are made conditions of the
Federal 404 and/or Coastal Area Management Act Permit. This Certification shall expire upon
expiration of the 404 or CAMA permit.
If this Certification is unacceptable to you, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing upon
written request within sixty (60) days following receipt of this Certification. This request must be in
the form of a written petition conforming to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes and
filed with the Office of Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 27447, Raleigh, N.C. 27611-7447. If
modifications are made to an original Certification, you have the right to an adjudicatory hearing on
the modifications upon written request within sixty (60) days following receipt of the Certification.
Unless such demands are made, this Certification shall be final and binding.
This the 19th day of September, 1995.
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
OP on Howard, Jr. P.E.
WQC# 3033
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PrOJ60t on P0009in Likes 1NWR. This io a much larger project, but
similar tO CAMA #95034 Cob #19950OS5s.
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DEPARTMEN'T' OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Posh. Office Box 1830
Wilmington, Worth Carolina 28402-1690
Action ID. 199503799
June 22, 1995
PUBLIC NOTICE
The United States Department of the interior Fish and Wildlife Service,
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, c/a: Mr. Jim Savory, Route 1, Box
195-B, Creswell, North Carolina 279.2$, telephone [phone], has applied
for a Department of the Army permit TO INSTALL THIRTEEN (13) PAIRED
PLASHBOARD RISERS AND THREE (3) DITC9 PLUGS ON REFUGE PROPERTY FOR T14E
PURPOSR OF RESTORING WETLAND HYDROLOGY TO APPROXIMATELY 17,280 ACRES located
south of Phelps Lake and north of Fred Gall Road, west of Pungo Lake and east
of Evans Road, on Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge property, near
Creswell, Hyde and Washington County, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant, and observations made during an onsite inspection by an Army Corps
of Engineers representative. Plans submitted with the application show the
installation of two 6-foot wide by 40-foot long flashboard risers placed•side
by side within existing canals to a depth of nine feet at thirteen separate
locations on refuge property. Earthen fill material from an upland borrow
source will be placed along the sides and on top of the structures for
stabilization at each of the locations. The dimensions of the flashboard
risers and earthen fill are approximately 4o feet long by 35 feet wide by 9
feet deep. in addition to the flashboard risers, the applicant proposes to
inotali three aarthen plugs within existing canals. Each plug equals 86 feet
wide by 35 feet long by 11 feet deep. Approximately 1,226 cubic yards of
fill material from an upland borrow site will be used at each location. The
total amount of fill material used for the construction project will be
approximately 8,313 cubic yards. The purpose of the work is to restore
hydrology to approximately 17,280 acres of refuge land which contains
existing lateral and perimeter ditches. The property is currently maintained
for wildlife purposes and is primarily vegetated by pocosin species, such as
Virgini.cii glomeratus, Persea borbonia, Pinus serotina, and Myrica cerifera,
and underlain by Pungo Muck. Plans showing the work are included with this
public notice.
The applicant has determined that the proposed work is consistent with the
North Carolina Coastal Zone Management Plan and has submitted this
determination to the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management for their
review and concurrence. This proposal shall be reviewed for the
applicability of other actions by North Carolina agencies such as:
a. The issuance of a Water Quality Certification under section 401 of the
Clean Water Act by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management.
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b. The issuance of a permit to dredge and/or fill under North Carolina
General Statute 113-229 by the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management.
C. The issuance of a permit under the North Carolina coastal Area
Management Act (LAMA) by the North carolina Division of Coastal Management
or their delegates.
d. The issuance of an easement to fill or otherwise occupy state-owned
submerged land under North caroling General Statute 143-341(4), 146-6, 146-
11, and 149-12 by the North Carolina Department of Administration and the
North Carolina Council of State,
e. The approval of an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan by the Land
Quality Section, North Carolina Division of Land Resources, pursuant to the
State Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 (NC G.S. 113 A-50-66).
The requested Department of the Army permit will be denied if any required
state or local authorization and/or certification is denied. No Department
of the Army permit will be issued until a State coordinated viewpoint is
received and reviewed by this agency. Recipients of this notice are
encouraged to furnish commonts on factors of concern represented by the above
agencies directly to the respective agency, with a copy furnished to the
corps of Engineers.
This application is being considered pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). Any person may request, in writing within the
comment period specified in the notice, that a public hearing be held to
consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state, with
particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
The District Engineer has consulted the latest published version of the
National Register of Historic Places for the presence or absence of
registered properties, or properties listed as being eligible for inclusion
therein, and this worksite is *not registered property or property listed as
being eligible for inclusion in the Register- Consultation of the National
Register constitutes the extent of cultural resource investigations by the
District Engineer, and he is otherwise unaware of the presence of such
resources. Presently, unknown archeological, scientific, prehiatorical, or
historical data may be lost or destroyed by work under the requested permit.
The District Engineer, based on available information, is not aware that
the proposed activity will affect species, or their critical habitat,
designated as endarigered or threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act
of 1973.
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of
the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed activity
and its intended use on the public interest. Evaluation of the probable
impacts which the proposed activity may have on the public interest requires
a careful weighing of all those factors which become relevant in each
particular case. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue
from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable
detriments. The decision whether to authorize a proposal, and if so the
conditions under which it will be allowed to occur, are therefore determined
cy the outcome of the general balancing process. That decision should
FROM WASHINGTON 09.18.1995 11:07 P.04
reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important
resources. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal must be
considered including the cumulative effects thereof. Among those are
conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns,
wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards and flood
plain values (in accordance with Executive order 11988), land use,
navigation, shore erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and
conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fibor production,
mineral needs, considerations of property ownership, and, in general, the
needs and welfare of the people. For activities involving the placement of
dredged or fill materials in waters of the United States, a permit will be
denied if the discharge that would be authorized by such permit would not
comply with the Environmental Protection Agencies' 404(b) (1) guidelines.
Subject to the preceding sentence and any other applicable guidelines or
criteria, a permit will be granted unless the District Engineer determines
that it would be contrary to the public interest.
The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public; Federal,
State and local agencies and officials; Indian Tribes and other interested
parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed
activity. Any comments received, will be considered by the Corps of Engineers
to determine whether to issue, modify, condition or deny a permit for this
proposal. To make this decision, comments are used to assess impacts can
endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental
effects and the other public interest factors listed above. Comments are
used in the preparation of an Environmental Assessment and/or an
Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy
Act. Comments are also used to determine the need for a public hearing and
to determine the overall public interest of the proposed activity.
Generally, the decision whether to issue this Department of the Army
permit will not be made until the North Carolina Division of Environmental
Management (DEM) issues, denias, or waives State certification required by
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The DEM considers whether or not the
proposed activity will comply with Sections 301, 302, 306, and 307 of the
Clean Water Act,. The application and this public notice for the Department
of the Army permit serves as application to the DEM for certification.
Additional information regarding the Clean Water Act certification may be
reviewed at the offices of the Environmental Operations Section, North
Carolina Division of Environmental Management, Salisbury Street, Archdale
Building, Raleigh, North Carolina. Copies of such materials will be
furnished to any person requesting copies upon payment of reproduction costs,
The North Carolina Division of Environmental. Management plans to take
final action in the issuance of the Clean Water Act certification on or after
July 14, 1995.
All persons desiring to make comments regarding the application for Clean
Water Act certification should do so in writing delivered to the North
Carolina Division of Environmental Management, 4401 Reedy Creek Road,
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607, on or before July 10, 1995, Attention;
Mr. John Dorney.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will
I F.ROM WASHINGTON
09.18.1995 11:08 P.05
be received in this offica, Attention: Mr. Mickey sugg, washlagton
Regulatory Field office, until 4:15 p.m., July 21, 1595, or telephone (919)
975-3609.
SEP-18-195 MON 10:35 ID:
mnpertlse, and institutional resources necessary to
I msure that approved uses continue to comply with
t :performance standards and to take action against
y Ivioladotts.
RW=P "'
)Vtdbrd Totonchfp, New Jersey, has adopted
.development ordinance with perrformanee m n-
dards to protect the township's wetlands and other
natural feattIm Section 160-57 of the ordinance
' 1proh%its all forms of development in or on arty'
wetlands as wa as development within 300 feet
{ofwetlands if one or more of the following negative
1eonsequences is likely to occur.
• an increase in surface water runoff dis-
ehuging into a wetland;
t • a change in the normal seasonal now pat-
terra iii the wetland;
? • an alteration of the wetland's water table;
} • an increase in erosion resulfmgin inereascd
sedimentation in the wetlands;
' • a change in the natural chemistry of the
ground or surface worst in the wetlands;
i • a boss of wetlands habitat or a reduction
t in habitat tliversity;
? & change in wetlands apeo?ea oompoaitson;
or
• a eigttiiicwtt disturbance of areas used by
indigenous and migratory wfldlife for
brooding, nesting. or feeding.
_ rlay Zone;
An overlay zone, applies a common set of taan-
ds to s designated cites that may cross aeveral
misting zoning districts. The,, "overlaying ,
"ds apply in addition to those of the under
sdistrict. Unlike conventionalzonitledistrict,
?vtedff zone may not be mapped preoicely on
6101 soniug map; rather, the district is
dbed in the text of the zoning ordinance. The
00n of the overlay district depend. on the
60 physical characteristics of a parcel and is
nonmed on a case-"e basis when develop-It applications am filed.
Two well-]mown typce of overlay zones are
sic districts and the flood zones created under
National Flood Insurance Program. Flood
are olitM deamibed in local zoning or-
414ft but not mapped initially on the zoning
?T??he ordinances provide that flood district
'?eotm apply to auras within the 100 year
lAleitt, as designated in Flood Insurance Rat.
alto overlaying flood zone may not affect
ors and 4eaWtie8 permitted in the underlying
TEL NO:
zone but may impose additional construction
requ6tmente- (gcc Part III.2, "National Flood
#369 PO1 I
Post-I' Fek Note 7671 Dar.
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Example
Chapel Hig Nosh ComUrta, has enacted a
Resource Conservation Minot to protect wedartds
and water courses as an overlay cone. The objcc-
tive approach and clear lansuage of the ordinance
are noteworthy;
A Resource Conservation Disut Elcva-
Lion is hereby established, and dofined to be
that elevation two (2) feet above the 100.year
iloodplain elevation, as o4d loo-yeareleve,
tion is delineated in the olfidel Town flood-
plain maps.
The Resource Conservation District is
hereby established as a district which
overlays other zoning districts.... The
Resource Conservation District shall consist
of the area bounded by the Renourea Con-
servation District Elevation and the arese
within buffer zones cotabliahed as follows.
(a) Fifty (50) feet from the bank of a
perennial stream draining less than one
square mile. plus land with it slopa greater
than fifteen pereent (15%) up to soycnty-five
(75) feet Frain such a bank, and
(b) Frf?• (50) foot from the bank of a
perennial stream draining one square mile
or more, plus land with a slope greater than
fifteen pervent (1596), up to one hundred
(100) ftct from such a bank-
LeFge•Lot Zoning
Large-lot zoning-which t+aV6. that lot. in
a residential subdivision include, -for example, at
least 3 acres and sornetiynes more than 40 aer+es-
is often used to reduce the density ofmidcntial
de-dopmeta. As a result, it may also protect wet
lands and other emimnmentally sensitive tecourem
by reducing both the density and number of
residential structures. Used judiciously, large.lot
zoning can help avoid physical alterations of wet-
lands, provide buffers around wetland areas, and
reduce incidental inctusions into wetlands resulting
from residential development. This type of zoning
can he simple to adopt and easy to administer.
I-F-lot zoning can, however, encourage kM6
density sprawl that unduly degrades rwedands
19.4 toog lint * Wsttte
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REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF
July 18, 1995
Regulatory Branch
Action ID. 199503799
Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
4401 Reedy Creek Rood
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
5661 i e lnr
(13A130 MI
Dear Mr. Dorney:
Enclosed is the application of United States Department of the
Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge,
c/o Mr. Jim Savory, for Department of the Army authorization and a State
Water Quality Certification to install thirteen (13) paired flashboard risers
and three (3) ditch plugs on refuge property for the purpose of restoring
wetland hydrology to approximately 17,280 acres located south of Phelps
Lake and north of Fred Gall Road, west of Pungo Lake and east of Evans Road,
on Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge property, near Creswell, Hyde and
Washington County, North Carolina. Your receipt of this letter verifies your
acceptance of a valid request for certification in accordance with Section
325.2(b)(ii) of our administrative regulations.
We are considering authorizing the proposed activity pursuant to
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and we have determined that a water
quality certification may be required under the provisions of Section 401 of
the same law. A Department of the Army permit will not be granted until the
certification has been obtained or waived.
In accordance with our administrative regulations, 60 days after
receipt of a request for certification is a reasonable time for State action.
Therefore, if you have not acted on the request by September 18, 1995, the
District Engineer will deem that waiver has occurred.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. Questions or comments may be
addressed to Mr. Mickey Sugg, Washington Regulatory Field Office, telephone
[phone], extension 1.
Sincerely,
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Enclosure
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
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MOMS IVINYMOIdIAN3
Printed on ® Recycled Paper
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Copies Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. John Parker
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. Terry Moore, District Manager
Washington Regional Office
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
Post Office Box 2188
Washington, North Carolina 27889

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