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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH REGIONAL OFFICE
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Joseph Ellen
Consulting Forestry
219 East Chatham Street
Cary, North Carolina
27511
Dear Mr. Ellen:
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Februaq t
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FB 1 01990709
Subject: Doris Nichols Tract
Neuse Basin Rules
NBRRO 99-017
Durham County
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This letter is written in regards to the Doris Nichols Timber Tract in Durham County. On February
". ! 8, 1999, I met with you on site to conduct an evaluation of the water bodies present on this tract.
As a result of the site visit, it was determined that the water body present is subject to the Neuse
River Riparian Buffer Rules (15 A NCAC 2B .0233) and that the required thirty foot buffer has been
-1,N4 delineated.
r, t As you know the Neuse Buffer Rules: Neuse River Basin: Nutrient Sensitive Waters Management
`Strategy; Protection and Maintenance of Existing Riparian Areas, Administrative Code
- iT15A:02B.0233 state the following:
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.0233-Existing riparian areas shall be protected and maintained in accordance with Sub-
:' A. f Items (3)(a)-(e) of this Rule on all sides of surface waters in the Neuse River Basin.
As we discussed, the riparian buffer must be protected in two zones.
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} (a) "Zone 1 is intended to be undisturbed forest....Zone 1 begins at the upper edge of
h-? the active channel of the water body or the mean high water line and extends landward a
distance of 30 feet, measured horizontally on a line perpendicular to the waterbody..
?. Forest vegetation of any width that exists in Zone 1 on the effective date of this Rule
must be preserved and maintained. ...Selective cutting of individual trees of high value in
the outer twenty feet of Zone 1 is allowed provided that the basal area remains at or
above 0.75 square feet per running 100 feet."

(b) "Zone 2 begins at the outer edge of Zone 1 and extends landward a minimum of
20 feet as measured horizontally on a line perpendicular to the waterbody. The combined
minimum width of Zones 1 and 2 shall be 50 feet on all sides of the waterbody.
Vegetation in Zone 2 shall consist a dense ground cover composed of herbaceous or
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woody species which provides for diffusion and infiltration of runoff and filtering of
pollutants.
Thank you for your attention to this matter and if you have any questions or need additional
information please contact me at 919-571-4700.
Sin e ly,
Steve Mitchell
Environmental Scientist
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John Dorney
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