20140957 Ver 2_Stream Classification_20171019

10-19-17
Ms. Boykin,
• The stream crossing on your property is labeled as 79.1 which is the mile
marker on the plans for the pipeline
• Your stream is named: Unnamed Tributary to Little Buffalo Creek, Class C,
NSW Waters, within the Neuse River Basin
• Class C and NSW are defined below
• Definitions are found in Title 15A North Carolina Administrative Code 02B
.0101
(c) Freshwater shall be assigned to one of the follow=ing classification:
(1) Class C: freshwaters protected for secondary recreation, fishing_ aquatic life including propagation and
survival, and wildlife. All freshwaters shall be classified to protect these uses at a tnirnirnrrm.
(3) Nutrient Sensitive Waters (NSW): waters subject to growths of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation
requiring limitations on nutrient inputs.
(49) Nutrient sensitive waters mean those waters which are so designated in the classification schedrde in order
to limit the discharge of nutrients (usually nitrogen and phosphonis). They are designated by "NSW"
followirng the water classification.
• These Uses and Standards for Class C waters are found in Title 15A North
Carolina Administrative Code 02B .0211 and outlined below
15A NCAC 02B .0211 FRESH Si-RFACE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR CLASS C WATERS
General. The water quality standards for all fresh surface waters shall be the basic standards applicable to Class C waters.
Water quality standards for temperature and rnumefical water quality standards for the protection of human health applicable
to all fresh surface w=aters are in Rule .0208 of this Section. Additional and more strirngent standards applicable to other
specific fieshwater classifications are specified un Rules .0212, .0214, .4215, .0216, .0218, .0219, .4223, .0224 and.0225 of
this Section. Action Levels for purposes of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) pennitting are
specified in Item (22) of this Rule.
(1) Best Usage of Waters: aquatic life propagation and maintenance ofbiological integrity (including fishing
and fish), wildlife, secondary recreation, agxiculture, and any other usage except for primary recreation of
as a source of water supply for drinking, culinary, or food processing ptrposes;
(2) Conditions Related to Best Usage: the waters shall be suitable for aquatic life propagation and
maintenance of biological integrity, wildlife, secondary recreation. and agriculture. Sources of water
pollution that preclude any of these uses on either a short-term or long -terms basis shall be considered to be
violating a water quality standard.

• The stream on your property is shown on the Soils map for the County and
therefore subject to the Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rules.
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• The Neuse Buffer Rules can be found at Title 15A North Carolina
Administrative Code 02B .0233.