North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter H - PROCEDURES FOR PERMITS: APPROVALS › Section .1400 - DISCHARGES TO FEDERALLY NON-JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS AND FEDERALLY NON-JURISDICTIONAL CLASSIFIED SURFACE WATERS › Section 02H .1402 - FILING APPLICATIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Any person
				  seeking issuance of an individual permit or Certificate of Coverage under a
				  general permit for discharges resulting from activities that affect federally
				  non-jurisdictional wetlands or federally non-jurisdictional classified surface
				  waters shall file with the Director, at 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh,
				  North Carolina, 27699-1617, or 512 N Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27604, an
				  original and one copy of an application for a permit or submit one complete
				  copy of an application electronically via the following website:
				  https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/DWR_Wetlands_Online_Submittal_Page. The
				  application shall be made on a form provided or approved by the Division,
				  available electronically via the following website:
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-quality-permitting/401-buffer-permitting-branch/application
.
				  The application shall include at a minimum the following:
(1) the date of application;
(2) the name, address, and phone number of
				  the property applicant. If the applicant is not the property owner(s), name,
				  address, and phone number of the property owners(s);
(3) if the applicant is a corporation, the
				  name and address of the North Carolina process agency, and the name, address,
				  and phone number of the individual who is the authorized agent of the
				  corporation and responsible for the activity for which certification is sought.
				  The corporation must be registered with the NC Secretary of State's Office to
				  conduct business in NC;
(4) the
				  nature of the discharge, including cumulative impacts to all wetlands and
				  waters (isolated wetlands, isolated classified surface waters, federally
				  non-jurisdictional wetlands, federally non-jurisdictional classified surface
				  waters, jurisdictional wetlands, and jurisdictional waters) that cause or will
				  cause a violation of downstream water quality standards resulting from an
				  activity to be conducted by the applicant;
(5) whether the discharge has occurred or is
				  proposed;
(6) the location and
				  extent of the discharge, stating the municipality, if applicable, and the
				  county; the drainage basin; the name of the nearest named surface waters; and
				  the location of the point of discharge with regard to the nearest named surface
				  waters;
(7) an application fee as
				  required by
				  G.S.
				  143-215.3D. If payment of a fee is required
				  for a 401 Water Quality Certification, then that fee shall suffice for this
				  Rule;
(8) a map(s) with scales and
				  north arrows that is legible to the reviewer and of sufficient detail to
				  delineate the boundaries of the lands owned or proposed to be utilized by the
				  applicant in carrying out the discharge; the location, dimensions, and type of
				  any structures that affect federally non-jurisdictional wetlands or federally
				  non-jurisdictional classified surface waters for use in connection with the
				  discharge; and the location and extent of the federally non-jurisdictional
				  wetlands or federally non-jurisdictional classified surface waters within the
				  boundaries of the lands; and
(9) a
				  signature by the applicant or an agent authorized by the applicant. If an agent
				  is signing for the applicant, an agent authorization letter shall be provided.
				  In signing the application, the applicant certifies that all information
				  contained therein or in support thereof is true and correct to the best of
				  their knowledge.