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Michael Perry
Forestry Services, Inc.
108 Tulliallan Street
Cary, North Carolina
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NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
RALEIGH REGIONAL OFFICE
July 20, 1998
Subject: Narron\Whitley Timber Tracts
Neuse Basin Rules
Johnston County
Dear Mr. Perry:
This letter is written in regard to the James W. Narron and Charles O. Whitley Timber
Tracts in Johnston County. On May 27, 1998, I met with you and Mr. Hans Rohr to conduct an
evaluation of the water bodies present on these two tracts. As a result of the site visit, it was
determined that the water bodies present on these tracts are subject to the Neuse River Riparian
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Buffer Rules (15 A NCAC 2B .0233).
As you know the Neuse Buffer Rules: Neuse River Basin: Nutri
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Management Strategy; Protection and Maintenance of Existing Riparian Areas, Administrative
Code T15A:02B.0233 state the following:
".0233-Existing riparian areas shall be protected and maintained in accordance with Sub-
Items (3)(a)-(e) of this Rule on all sides of surface waters in the Neuse River Basin.
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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
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.
The maps that you have provided indicate the location of the water bodies that are to be
protected under this rule and the flagging of the thirty foot protection boundary for Zone 1 meets
the requirements of that section of the rule. The selective cutting in this zone will be
accomplished by first determining the basal area of the zone and then protecting the tree density
by ensuring that the basal area remains at 75 square feet per acre. Mr Rohr's calculations based
on 1/150th acre plots indicate that this requirement will be met.
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.
Since ly,
Steve Mitchell
Environmental Scientist
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Vernon Nelson (NCFS)
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