SAW-2024-01212_US Hwy 70 farm ditch_upland PJD

WDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
'1 U.S.ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS,WILMINGTON DISTRICT
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 28403
August 27, 2024
Regulatory Program/Division
Sent Via email: [e-mail]
Ralph Thomas Jr.
3101 Hwy 70
Beaufort, NC 28516
Dear Mr. Thomas Jr.:
This letter is in response to your request to the WILMINGTON District, Regulatory
Field Office for a preliminary jurisdictional determination (PJD). The project/review area
is located at 3101 US Highway 70 E, at Latitude 34.775940 and Longitude -76.630500;
in Beaufort, Carteret County, North Carolina. The review area for this determination is
limited to an approximately 13.3 acre area (comprised of a portion of parcel number:
731803114048000), within an existing farm field which is illustrated on the enclosed site
maps. This project has been assigned the file number SAW-2024-01212. This file
number should be referenced in all correspondence concerning this project.
Based on our review of the information you furnished and other information available
to our office, we have preliminarily determined the above-referenced area does not
contain any waters of the United States under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Corps) regulatory jurisdiction. This is identified in the enclosed site maps, labeled
Taylor-Simpson Mine Addition dated June 7, 2024. This determination was made in
accordance with the Corps regulatory authority pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act, and based upon criteria contained in the 1987 Corps of Engineers Wetland
Delineation Manual and the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain regional supplement.
If you have any questions concerning this correspondence, please contact Emily
Hughes, Project Manager of the Wilmington Field Office at [phone], by mail at
the above address, or by email at [e-mail]. Please take a
moment to complete our customer satisfaction survey located at
https://regulatory.ops.usace.army.mil/customer-service-survey/.
Sincerely,
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Emily Hughes

Regulatory Project Manager
Enclosures
cc: Don Quinn, Probe Resources, LLC (via [e-mail])

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