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Soil & Environmental Coxisultants, PA
11010 Raven Ridge Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27b14 Phone: [phone] Fax: (919) 84G-446?
www.SandEC.com
January 10, 2008
S&EC Project # 10963.W2
To: Coleen Sullins, Director
c/o Cyndi Karoly, DWQ Wetlands Group ~r : i C`'~; ~ ~ ';
2321 Crabtree Blvd, Suite 250 ~0 %~~~ ~ -~ t' i' { ~ ~~,
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From: Jason Payne, S&EC, P.A. , ~ ,,
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RE: Buffer Determination Appeal for Stream Feature "A", ~~~~Tl~+,{V!)S ~NJ ~~T;~RM~n.~.q?E~ ,?-, `{ ,:n
Goley Homes Re-development; Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
DWQ EXP# 08-0034
On behalf of the property owner, The Community Builders, we request an appeal of the buffer
determination performed by Ms. Lia Myott for the Goley Homes Re-development Site. Ms. Myott
reviewed the site on January 7, 2008, and determined feature "A" to be subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule
(see attached maps). S&EC was contacted afterward to review the determination and provide
recommendations regarding the buffer determination and provide stream buffer rules consultation. Upon
review of the site, we believe this feature sufficiently lacks the required indicators to merit further review
through the appeal process. Moreover, the client intends to pursue a Major Variance should the buffer
determination be upheld; so, we believe the appeal process should be exhausted before moving forward
with a variance request. If, during the course of the appeal, the stream buffer determination is upheld,
S&EC would like to take time during the site meeting to discuss buffer variance alternatives and possible
off-site mitigation options. In summary, we request a re-evaluation of Ms. Myott's analysis. Please
accept this letter as an official request. Your help in clarifying the status of the application of the Neuse
Buffer Rules to this feature is greatly appreciated.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience to coordinate a site meeting for re-evaluating the feature in
question. I can be reached at our office: [phone] or by mobile: [phone].
Sincerely,
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Jason Payne
NC Registered Forester #1610
Natural Resource Identification Section Leader
Enclosures:
1) USGS site vicinity map
2) Wake County Soil Survey
3) DWQ Express Buffer Letter # 08-0034
CC: Jeff Heisler, The Community Builders
Charlotte Office: Greensboro Office:
236 LePhillip Court, Suite C 3817-E Lawndale Drive
Concord, NC 28025 Greensboro, NC 27455
Phone: [phone] .Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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January 7, 2008
Tho Community Builders
Attll: M,r, Ron Wong
51.9 East Jc~crson Strut
Louisville, KY 40402
Sub,~ect ]'ropes-ty: Goley Homes Re-development
Michael P. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr,, Secretary
North Carolina D~iaritnent oi'EnviranmCnl' and N~itural Resources
Coleen I I. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Qualitu
DWQ EXF# OS-4034
Durharti County
4~-$iite Determination for Applicability to kl~.e Neese ~tipat'ian ~#trea l?rotecticn Rulea (15A NCAC 2Ii
.4233? - EXPRESS REVIEW >QR.QGRAM
,Dear .Ms. Wong:
an Jaltuaty 4, 20Q8, at thG request of Mr. Kevin Slates of The Sohn R. McAdams Company, Lia Myott conducted
kill ott-situ dctcrmi.nation to rcvi.cw Iwo stream features located. ott. the subject property for applicability to the
~Teuae Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233). The features are labeled as "11" arid. "B", on. the attached maps
it~itia.led by Lia Myott on January 7, 2008. The Division of'Water Quality (DWQ) ha.s detcrm.ined that the
following:
Feature "A'° is subject to fire ~Veyuse Buffer Rule on the property at the flag labeled, "A 1" (DWQ
intermittent stream begins) and transitions to a perennial stream. at the flag labeled, "A2".
k'ea.ture "B" is nut su8jeet to the ~Veuse duffer Rule on the subject property.
This on-site determination shall expire five (5) years from the date of this letter. Landowners or aff'cctcd parties
that d.isputc a dctcrrltination made by the l~WQ that a surface water exists and that it is subject to the buffer ru.lc
ma,y request a dc1'et~lizaation by tkae Diurector. A request for a dctcrmi.nation r,y the Director shall be referred to the
T3ircctor in writing c/o Cyndi Karoly, DWQ 401 OversiBhtlExpress Review Pcrtrlitti.ng Unit, 2321 Crabtree Blvd.,
lialci,g~, NC 27~i04-2260. 'You must act within 60 days of the date that you receive this letter. ,A.pplicants are
lticrcby notified that the GO~day stattrtory appeal time does not start until the affected. party (including downstream
ttnd adjacent ]andawners) is notified of this decision, This deterrination is final and binding unless you ask for a
lte;tiring within b0 days.
This letter orrJy Addresses tha applicability to floc bufifor rulca artd. doc;~ not approve my activity tivithin the buffers.
'1'wdor doc4 this letter approve an.y activity within Waters of the United States or Waters of the State. if you have
a.ny qucstiott.s, please contact Lia Myott at 919.733.9502.
Sincerely,
'~ + Coleen H.. Sullins, Director
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2321 Crabtree l~rndcvArd, Saito 7.5{1, Ralc.igli, North Carolina 27604
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,Att;a.cliircnt5: Durham County Soil Survey Map, USGS Topogxa.phic Map, Aerial Map
cc: Mr. Kevin Yates, The John R. McAdaans Company, 2905 Meridian Parkway, T~urham, NC 2'713
Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Ofl•;cc
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