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Home My WebLink About20100814 Ver 2_Buffer and/or Stream Determination Request_20170812zffll Soil Horizons 3 PO Box 1063 y Youngsville, North Carolina 27596 August 12, 2017 DWR- 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit c/o Karen Higgins 1617 Mail Service Center 512 N. Salisbury Street Raleigh, NC 27604 RE: APPEAL TO FIELD DETERMINATION Buffer Determination Letter RRO#17-167 Nash County (Tar -Pamlico) Dear Ms. Higgins: The purpose of this letter is to the appeal the June 16, 2017, riparian buffer determination for 143 -acre industrial tract that Nash County and the Carolinas Gateway Partnership have been marketing for almost eight years. The following describes the basis of this appeal: 1. When the 2010 determination expired, the owner requested a renewal. The 2017 determination should not have extended feature A start point well to the south through the agricultural ditch/hedge row, even "off of property". This call is much farther past stream feature markings shown on regulatory maps such as the USGS Quad map. 2. The ephemeral/perennial point (Al - feature A start) is as shown in 2010, right near the eastern property boundary, upstream of the confluence with the farm ditch/hedge row. This feature was reviewed back in 2010 and determined to be the same order historical stream with some natural stream features such as sinuosity, bed and bank and abutting wetlands etc. Point A appears to be the origin of this stream feature in a natural riparian headwater wetland at the eastern property boundary. 3. The stop of feature call in 2017 in the open historic agricultural field near NC Highway 97 is consistent with the 2010 call because of the existing agricultural ongoing use allowance in the buffer rules. Since the agricultural fields on this site were in existence prior to the Tar - Pamlico riparian buffer rules, we feel that the same allowance should apply to the farm ditch/hedge row in the southern part of the property mentioned above. We think this ongoing usage allowance should be considered, especially in the southern reaches of this feature where no features are even shown on the re_gulatory maps. This ditch/hedge row feature is very straight and deeply incised and has other manmade Soil Evaluations For On -Site Wastewater Systems Wastewater System Design And Permitting Stream and Wetland Delineations and Permitting Subsurface Wastewater System Operation APPEAL TO FIELD DETERMINATION Buffer Determination Letter RRO#17-167 '' characteristics and appears to be partly dug through high ground to drain adjacent agricultural fields. 4. No development or changes in the field have occurred at the site since the original determination dated October 8, 2010. The conflicting buffer determinations greatly affect potential development at the site... and adjacent properties to the south. On behalf of the owner, we are requesting that a revised determination letter be provided detailing the riparian buffers as shown on the attached maps. Please let me know if you would like to discuss in person. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Respectfully, John R. Davis, Jr. LSS cc: Danny Smith, NCDWR Norris Tolson, Carolinas Gateway Partnership David C. Revoir, PE, Appian Consulting Engineers, PA Attachments: • Buffer Determination Letters, 6/16/17 and 10/8/10 • Buffer Call/ Proposed Buffer Maps • Agent Authorization Form Page 2 May 15, 2017 RE: AGENT AUTHORIZATION FORM Owner: Carolinas Gateway Partnership for Nash County 120 W. Washington Street - Suite 3072 Nashville, NC 252.442.0114, v 252.442.7315, fax As owner representative of the above referenced property, I do hereby authorize and give permission for Soil Horizons, Inc., and Appian Consulting Engineers, PA, to represent or act as an agent on my behalf and apply for permitting necessary and allow them and the US Army Corps of Engineers and NCDEQ to go on the property for such purposes as necessary to perform the job tasks. Krista Ikirt, Vice President Carolinas Gatewav Partnership Signature Name/Title Date K A lllr�# Water Resources ENYIROMMENTAL DUALITY June 16, 2017 Cecil T and Bertine H. Williams Carolinas Gateway Partnership 154 Roundabout Court Rocky Mount, NC 27804 ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary S. JAY ZIMMERMAN Director Subject: Buffer Determination Letter RRO #17-167 Nash County Determination Type: Buffer Intermittent/Perennial ❑ Neuse (15A NCAC 2B .0233) ESGS Start S Stop @ [Iintermittent/Perennial Determination (where local buffer ® Tar -Pamlico (15A NCAC 2B .0259) ordinances apply) ❑ Jordan (15A NCAC 2B .0267) (governmental and/or inter)"urisdictional Off prope projects) Project Name: WilliamsHWY Address/Location: 3206 NC 97 Wilson NC Stream(s): Tar River fir:* . Determination Date: 06/18/2017 Staff. Rick Tr0 fire E/ItP* Not Subject Subject ESGS Start S Stop @ Soil SurveyUTS 0 A I/P X Off prope 35.834820 -77.964995 X Pond A NA X Throi X B E X Throughout X Pond B NA X Throughout X *E111P = EphemeraUlntermittent/Perennial Explanation: The features(s) listed above has been located on the most recent published NRCS Soil Survey of Nash County, North Carolina and/or the most recent copy of the USGS Topographic map at a 1:24,000 scale. Each feature that is checked "Not Subject' has been determined to not beat least intermittent or is not present. Streams that are checked "Subject' have been located on the property and possess characteristics that qualify it to be at least an intermittent stream. There may be other features located on the property that do not show up on the maps referenced above but may be considered jurisdictional according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. Division of Water Resources, Raleigh Regional Office, Water Quality Operations Section http://portal.nedenr.org/wcbhvq/aps 1628 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1628 Phone: (919) 791-4200 Location: 3800 Barrett Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609 Pax: (919) 788-7159 )bv-Pptc cults eft rp Ac:. , bow s�,�5 of -F I'ti� Pn""-y . Williams NC HWY 97 Site Nash County, NC-DWR Project # 17-167 V "SO j.. Feature B �— Not Subject f/ - 0 r A�- USGS Topographical Map Winstead Crossroads Quadrangle 2016 Legend: -Project boundary Feature A Not Subject in this reach C CA -e L f boOtr Pond A Not Subject �PSO� RD .C1 I Feature A approximate stop point 5 �/✓`ES a rf � r toe bat' no oh o►ivi�_ :: Locations are approximate and are provided for refer- enceonly:: R ?' " e ; 5�6�e� � bog,-rules SCALE: 1" = 600' I .t 'I 0 600 900 1200 1500 'r � .NORTH NC H W Y 9 7 y� CU 1 j t w '0 TRUCK SHIPPING P, O/ T '�•�/'1 �` 0 -900'- k_ �! PARKI r 13ARK•C ,DOCK SPACE PARK'G f • {-•'••`-• s { � I 3 1453.75'- A;' L`S E 1n • i .• - Ln z �•' � �,= DOCK SPACEpi { NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of eater Quality .sevvc:riy Eaves Perriue Coleen H. Sullins Dee Freeman r.r int lkector Secretary October 8, 2010 DWQ EXP# 10-081.4 Nash County Mr. John R. Davis, Jr. Soil Horirons, Inc. 285 Dreameatcher Trail Youngsville, NC 27596 Subject Property: Cecil T. Williams (PIN: 370500693293) On -Site Determination for Applicability to the Tar -Pamlico Riparian Area Protection Rules (15A NCAC 213 .0259) - EXPRE"SS Rl?V1EW PROGRAM Dear Mr. Davis: On October 5, 2010, at your request, Lia Myatt Gilleski and Joseph Gyainfi conducted an on-site determination to review two stream features located oil the subject property for applicability to the Tar - Pamlico Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 213 .0259). The features are labeled as "A" and "13" oil the attached maps initialed by Lia M. Gilleski on October 8, 2010. T11c Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has determined that (11C following,: • Feature `'A" is subject to rice Neuse Buffer Rule oil the property at the flag labeled "A I — Perennial stream begins". The feature transitions from an ephemeral stream to a perennial stream at that point. The two agricultural ponds adjacent to feature A (shown on tile USES topographic map) are not subject to the buffer rule. • FcatttN "13" is not subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule. The feature is an ephemeral stream. This on-site determination shall expire Five (5) years from the date of this letter. Landowners or affected parties that dispute a determination made by the DWQ that a surface water exists and that it is subject to the buffer rule may request a determination by the Direetor. A request for a determination by the Dircctor shall be referred to the Director in writing c/o Cyndi Karoly, DWQ 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting; Unit, 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260. You must act within 60 days of the date that you receive this letter. Applicants are hereby notified that the 60 -day statutory appeal time does not start until the affected party (including downstream and adjacent landowners) is notified of this decision. This determination is final and binding; unless you ask for a hearing within 60 days. This letter only addresses the applicability to the buffer rules and does not approve any activity within the buffers. Nor does this letter approve any activity within Waters of the United States or Waters of the State. If you have any questions, please contact Lia Myatt Gilleski at 919.733.9502. Sincerely, L(;alccn H. Sullins Grli Oversr3lrl'Exp(om Review Peri iing Unit One 'IS;' i.ial Ecgv�.e Center, Ralergh-North Carctina 27699-1657��0 �-! I V firth CRrOI I flit . )colon 2321 Cmbirce Blvd.. Raiekh, North Carolina 27604 Phone" 919-733-1786 1FAX: 919.733-fA93 / oR %%f Internet: h"511h2o.enr.slate.ne s1s.Jrcm landsl An Equal Oppxlun ty t Alrurnalm k1m EmpWytf Cecil T. Williams Property Page 2 of 2 October- 8, 2010 CEISIip 111n1 = Attachments: Nash County Soil Survey Map USGS Topographic Map cc: Lamcn Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regiona10 ffice File Copy Mr. Cecil'I'. Williams, 3025 F. 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