HomeMy WebLinkAbout20161028 Ver 1_On-Site Determination_20160718Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL �UALITY
July 18, 2016
Nicole Thomson
Division 7 Assistant Division Environmental Supervisor
PO Box 14996
Greensboro, NC 27415-4996
PAT' MCCRORY
DONAI,D R. VAN DER VAART
s� _ ,-,.,,,,
�. JAY "I.IMM��RMAN
Subject: NCDOT Proposed Bridge Replacement Projects, Orange, Guilford, and Rockingham
Counties
Cape Fear, Neuse, and Roanoke River Basins
On-5ite i�etermination for Appiicability to the Jordan Water Supply Nutrient Strategy: Protection of Existing Riparian
Buffers [15A NCAC 2B A267], Neuse River Basin: Nutrient Sensitive Waters Management Strategy: Protection and
Maintenance of Existing Riparian Buffers [15A NCAC 2B A233], On-Site Determination for Applicability to the
Mitigation Rules [15A NCAC 2H .0506(h)]
Dear Mrs. Thomson:
On June 1 and 2, 2016, at your request and in your attendance, Brian Wrenn, NC Division of Water Resource
(NCDWR) staff, conducted an on-site determination to review drainage features located on several bridge replacement
projects for applicability to the Jordan Water Supply Nutrient Strategy: Protection of Existing Riparian Buffers and
rhe Neuse River Rasin: N�arriP_n.t Sensi±ive W/aters Management Strategy: Protect�on and M�intenance of �'x.ist�ng
p1U'=ll'!3:7 Ql:fi,ers [! �A �!CP.0 �'B .!!2331 ar:c' fo; anp!icabil:h� t� the m�t:Quti^n �u��s !:5 � NC.4C 2H .�50:5[h�). The
drainage features are approximated on the attached maps.
Bridge No./ Subject to Buffer Sub�ect to
County/River Basen Stream Name PerenniaUintermittent Rules 1VCDWR
Miti ation
SA - UT to Back perennial Yes Yes
Bridge No. 18/ Creek
Orange/Cape Fear SB - UT to Back perennial 1'es Yes
Geek
Bridge No. 84./ SA - Collins Yerennial Yes Yes
Oran e/Ca e Fear Creek
Bridge No. 137/ SA - Forrest perennial 1'es Yes
Oran eMeuse Geek
i Bridge No. 209/
Oran e/Ca e Fear SA - F'ranks Creek Perennial Yes Yes
SA - UT to North
Frong of Stinking Perennial Yes Yes
Bridge No. 270� Quarter Creek _ __
Guilford/Cape Fear SB - UT to North
Prong of Stinking Perennial Yes Yes
Qu�rter Creek �
Bridge No. 382/ SA - Tro�lhlesome .
Guilto,ai Creek �'�rer,r.ia't l es Yes
Cape Fear
Bridge No. 7/
Rockir�gham,' i S.A - Benaja Creek P�:renr�ial i Yes I Yes �
Ca e Fear �
StatcofNorth Caroliva'iEmironmenia! Qualiry i WaterResnurcas
1rc17 Ma.i.!. Sexsti,c.z. i�fer, Ra:�ei.ok, IV��i'V IN�O'�.U'lG� z/�O �i 4_1�01-7
Pkovw: 929 -807-6300
SA — UT to Jacobs perennial No Yes
Creek
Bridge No. 39/ SB — UT to Jacobs perennial No Yes
Rockingham/ Creek
Roanoke SC — Jacobs Creek Perennial No Yes
SD — UT to Jacobs perennial No Yes
Creek
Bridge No. 248/ SA - Can•oll Creek Perennial No Yes
Rockingham/Roanoke SB — UT to Carroll perennial No Yes
Creek
SA — Littie
Bridge No. 283/ Troublesome Perennia? Yes Yes
Rockingham/ Creek
Cape Fear SB — UT to Little
Troublesome Intzrmittent No No
Creek
Please note that all sites identified in the jurisdiction verification request package but not reviewed on site by NCDWR
will be considered accurate as presented. Also, this letter only addresses applicability to the Neuse and Jordan Buffer
Rules within the project areas shown on the attached maps and does not apply to reaches of the channel [or drainage
featuresl further downstream from the NCDOT project area, or to any other drainage features in the vicinity.
This letter only addresses the applicability to the mitigation rules and the buffer rules and does not approve any activity
within the buffzr, Waters of the United States, or Waters of the State. Any unpacts to wetlands, streams and buffers
must comply with the Jordan Buffer Rules, Neuse Buffer Rules, 404/401 regulations, water supply regulations (15A
NCAC 2B .0216), and any other required federal, state and local regulations. Please be aware that even if no direct
impacts are proposed to the protected buffers, sheet flow of all new stormwater runoff as per 15A NCAC 2B .0267
and .0233 is required.
The owner (or future owners) or permittee should notify NCDWR (and other relevant agencies) of this determination
in any future correspondences concerning this property and/or project. This on-site determination shall expire five (5)
years from the date of this letter.
L��downers oj a$�eteci par�ies trat dispute a dete;�i�i��ation i��de �y NCI)�?V� c�r ��.�egateci �ocai �utborit;• tnat a
SUi idCd Watei eX1SiS BIlu ii1Si li 1S SUbjBCi i0 iliG fillLl�atic�, r ulas may rzquest a d�terriination by the D'u�ector. A rzquest
for a determination by the Director shall be referred to the Director in writing c/o Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Wetlands/401 Unit, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617.
Indivicivals that dispute a determination by NCDWR or Delegated Local Authority that "exempts" a surface water
from the mitigation rules may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. You may obtain the petition form from the office of
Administrative hearings. You must file the petition with the office of Administrative Hearings within sixty (60) days
of receipt of this notice and thE date the affected party (including downstream and adjacent landowners) is notified of
this decision. A petition is considered filed ��hen it is received in the office of Adm:nistrative Hearings during normal
office hours. The Office of Administrative Hearings accepts filings Monday through �'riday between the hours of
8:OOam and S:OOpm, except for official state holidays. The original and one (1) copy of the petition must be filed with
the Office of Administrative Hearings.
The petition may be faxed-provided the original and one copy of the document is received by the Office of
Administrative Hearings within five (5) business days following the faxed transmissicn.
The mailing address for the Oftice of Administrative Hearings is:
O�fice of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Seivice Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
Telephone: (919) 431-3000, Facsimile: (919) 431-3100
A copy of the petition must also be served on DEQ as follows:
Nfr. Sarri M. Hayes, Gene;a; C;ounsel
Deparhnent of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
'This determination is Finai and binding unless you ask for a 1?earing within 60 days.
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If you have any additional questions or require additional information, please contact Brian Wrenn at 919-707-8792
or brian.wrenn@ncdenr.gov.
' cerely,
��
S. Jay Zunmerman, Director
Division of Water Resom•ces
Electronic copy only distribution:
David Bailey, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
File Copy
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