20200045 Ver 1_Riparian Buffer Authorization Request_20200107

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Submit by Anonymous User 1/7/2020 5:06:24 PM (Start)
Approve by Carpenter, Kristi 1/10/2020 9:37:03 AM (DOT - Initial Review)
• The task was assigned to Carpenter, Kristi 1/7/2020 5:11 PM

Water ResourcesENTAL QUALITY
Original Submittal 1/7/2020
A. Owner/Applicant Information
General Information
.......................................................................................
Primary Contact Email:*
Who is submitting the application?*
1. Property Owner Information:
la. Name on Recorded Deed:*
1b. Responsible Party:
1c. Mailing Address:*
1d. Telephone:* 919-435-9512
3. Agent Information:
3a. Name:
3b. Company Affiliation:
3c. Mailing Address:
[e-mail]
Please list the contact persons erreil for questions or payment on this project if needed.
m Owner
r- Applicant other than Owner
rJ Agent
Town of Wake Forest
Suzette Morales, Transportation Division Mgr.
(for Corporations)
Street Address
301 S. Brooks St.
Address Line 2
City State / Ftovince / Pbegion
Wake Forest NC
Postal / Zip Code Country
27587 United States
le. Email Address:* [e-mail]
Street Address
Address Line 2
aty State / Ftovince / Region
Fbstal / Zip Code Country
3d. Telephone: 3e. Email Address:
3f. Attach a signed and dated copy of the agent aickthe upload button or drag and drop files hereto attach docurrent
authorization form. PDFQnly
B. Project Information and Prior Project History
1. Project Information ^

la. Name of Project:* Smith Creek Greenway, Phase 3
(Subdivision, facility, or establishrrent narre)
1b. Is this a publicly -funded transportation project?*
r Yes
r No
1 c. TIP# NIA - Town of Wake
Forest Project
1d. Subdivision Name:
le. Nearest Wake Forest
Municipality:
1f. Property Size: acres
1g. County (or Counties) where the project is located:*
Wake
1h. Property ID# Date of Purchase
Tax RN or Parcel id
1 i. Deed Information
Deed
Map
1j. Attach a copyof the recorded map that indicates when the lot was last platted.
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1k. How would you like to provide the Latitude and Longitude information?*
r Address Lookup
t= Manually
Latitude * 35.934266 Longitude *-78.522033
11. Is the project located in any of North Carolina's twenty coastal counties?
r Yes
r No
2. Surface Waters
2a. Name of the nearest body of water to proposed project:*
Smith Creek
2b. Water Quality Classification of nearest receiving water:*
C; NSW
2c. List the total estimated linear feet of all existing streams (intermittent and perennial) on the property:*
6,333
(linear feet only)
3. Project Description:

3a. Describe the existing conditions on the site and the general land use in the vicinity of the project at the time of this
application:
The project vicinity consists of a sewer line right of way and forested corridor
adjacent to Smith Creek. Surrounding land use is primarily residential and light
industrial.
3b. Attach an 81/. x 11 excerpt from the most recent version of the USGS topographic map indicating the location of the site.
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Fig 1 _USGS. pdf 6.37MB
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3c. Attach an 8 % x 11 excerpt from the most recent version of the published County NRCS Soil Survey Map depicting the
project site.
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SoilSurvey_LetterSizePortrait_2019.pdf 3.02MB
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4. Proposed Activity
Provide a detailed description of the proposed activity including its purpose and include the type of equipment to be used:*
Phase 3 of the Smith Creek Greenway project proposes to construct a greenway
from the terminus of Phase 2 at Ligon Mill Road north along the west side of Smith
Creek to connect to existing greenway trails in the vicinity of Heritage High School.
Phase 3 of the greenway trail will begin at the Phase 2 terminus at Ligon Mill Rd. as
a paved 10-foot multi -use path, and will proceed north on the west side of Smith
Creek to connect to existing trails in the vicinity of Heritage High School. Boardwalks
and bridges will be used to cross streams and wetlands. The path will be
constructed using the "top -down" method, which minimizes disturbance. Typical
construction equipment will be used. Erosion and sedimentation will be controlled
according to the erosion control plan.
Attach a site plan as applicable to the project:
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A16008.03_Planset_Full-NoRise.pdf 27.98MB
A16008.03_SmithCreek_Phase3_Structure_Plans. p... 2.99MB
A16800_BufferPermitDrawings_20200107.pdf 2.36MB
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5. Jurisdictional Determinations ^
5a. Have jurisdictional wetlands or stream determinations by the Corps or State been requested or obtained for this
property/project (including all prior phases) in the past?*
f• Yes
f No
5b. Who did the determination on the jurisdictional areas?
Who did the determination?
List name if known
Date
Attach
Agent/Consultant
D. Cooper, H. Smith - VHB
11/21/2016
(Formerly Ecological Eng.)
(Nave if known)
Sm. 1
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*** Please include the date of the determination and upload a copy of the determination.
Comments:

James Lastinger/USAGE and Rick Trone/NCDWR met on -site with David
CooperNHB/Ecological Engineering on Feb. 21, 2017 to verify the delineation.
SAW-2017-00380
6. Project History
6a. Have permits or certifications been requested or obtained for this project (including all prior phases) in the past?*
r Yes
r No
6b. List any permits/approvals that have been requested or obtained for this project in the past.
Application Date Date Issued Permit Type
6c. Please explain and detail according to "help file" instructions.*
Unknown dates of application/issuance for Phase 1 of this greenway.
7. Future Project Plans ^
............................................ -.....
7a. Is this project a phased project?* r Yes
r No
7b. If yes, explain*
The greenway is set up due to funding sources as a phased project. Phase 1 has
been constructed. Phase 2 (recently submitted) connects Phase 1 south of
Burlington Mills Rd. to Ligon Mill Rd. Phase 3 (this submittal) will connect from the
end of Phase 2 at Ligon Mill Rd. to e)asting trails in the vicinity of Heritage High
School.
C. Proposed Impacts Inventory
Buffer Impacts
Project is in which protected Basin?*
r Neuse River Basin (15A NCAC 02B.0233)
f Catawba River Basin (15A NCAC 02B.0243)
r Randleman Lake Watershed (15A NCAC 02B.0250)
r Tar -Pamlico River Basin (15A NCAC 02B.0259)
f Jordan Lake Watershed (15A NCAC 02B.0267)
r Goose Creek Watershed (15A NCAC 02B.0606 & 15A NCAC 02B.0607)
Individually list all buffer impacts below. If any impacts require mitigation, then you MUST fill out Section D of this form.
Site# - Reason
Stream Name
Buffer Impact*
Impact Type *
Zone 1
Zone 2
Site 1 - Trail
Smith Creek
Permanent
Allowable
300.00
2,640.
Footprint
(P)
Square
00
Nbp label (e.g. Road
Perm or Terrp
Feet
Square
Crossing 1)
Feet
Site 1 - Clearing
Smith Creek
Permanent
Allowable
9,260.
8,147.
rVbp label (e.g. Road
(P)
00
00
Crossing 1)
Perm orTerrp
Square
Square
Feet
Feet
^

Site 2 - Trail
Stream M
Permanent
Allowable
601.00
414.00
Footprint
(P)
Square
Square
Nbp label (e.g. Fbad
Fbrmor Tenp
Feet
Feet
Crossing 1)
Site 2 - Clearing
Stream M
Permanent
Allowable
1,175.
805.00
Ift label (e.g. Fbad
(P)
00
Square
Grossing 1)
FL-rmorTenp
Square
Feet
Feet
Site 3 - Trail
Stream K
Permanent
Allowable
602.00
398.00
Footprint
(P)
Square
Square
Nbp label (e.g. Fbad
Fbrmor Tenp
Feet
Feet
Crossing 1)
Site 3 - Clearing
Stream K
Permanent
Allowable
952.00
620.00
Nbp label (e.g. Fbad
(P)
Square
Square
Grossing 1)
FbrmorTenp
Feet
Feet
Site 4 - Trail
Stream J
Permanent
Allowable
27.00
0.00
Footprint
(P)
Square
Square
Ivbp label (e.g. Fbad
Fbrmor Terrp
Feet
Feet
Crossing 1)
Site 4 - Clearing
Stream J
Permanent
Allowable
1.00
283.00
Ivbp label (e.g. RDad
(P)
Square
Square
Crossing 1)
FbrmorTenp
Feet
Feet
Total Zone 1 Impacts: 12,918.00
Total Zone 2 Impacts: 13,307.00
Total Buffer Impacts: 26,225.00
Comments:
The majority of the project is located within an existing cleared and maintained
sanitary sewer easement.
Impacts were assessed as follows:
The area within the proposed limits of disturbance within the buffer and outside the
existing maintained easement is included as impact in the table above.
The area within the proposed limits of disturbance within the buffer and also within
the existing maintained easement was excluded from impacts.
D. Impact Justification and Mitigation
1. Avoidance and Minimization
la. Specifically describe measures taken to avoid or minimize the proposed impacts in designing the project.*
The route of the proposed greenway was chosen to avoid wetland and stream
impacts. Boardwalks and bridges will be used to cross wetlands and streams,
avoiding impacts in those areas. The existing piped stream crossing at Stream J was
evaluated and the project was designed to avoid an extension of this pipe, thereby
avoiding a stream impact in this area. The existing pipe will remain in place. The
limits of disturbance for erosion control measures were adjusted to avoid all wetland
impacts.
1b. Specifically describe measures taken to avoid or minimize the proposed impacts through construction techniques. *
The "top -down" method will be used to construct the path, which minimizes soil
disturbance.
E. Diffuse Flow Plan

1a. What type of SCM are you providing?*
F Level Spreader
W Vegetated Conveyance (lower SHWT)
r— Wetland Swale (higher SHWT)
W Proposed project will not create concentrated stormwater flow through the
buffer
r— Other SCM that removed minimum of 30% nitrogen
1c. Diffuse Flow Documentation* click the upload button or drag and drop files here to attachdocurrent
Diffuse Flow Statement.pdf 31.8KB
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F. Supplementary Information
Environmental Documentation
1a. Does the project involve an expenditure of public (federal/state/local) funds or the use of public (federal/state) land?
C,
1b. If you answered "yes" to the above, does the project require preparation of an environmental document pursuant to the
requirements of the National or State (North Carolina) Environmental Policy Act (NEPA/SEPA)?
C Yes
r No
Violations
2a. Is the site in violation of DWR Wetland Rules (15A NCAC 02H .0500), Isolated Wetland Rules (15A NCAC 02H .1300), DWR
Surface Water or Wetland Standards, or Riparian Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B .0200)?
C
�' Nu
2b. Is this an after -the -fact buffer authorization application?
C Yes
r No
G. Additional Information
Please upload any additional information you would like the Division to consider during application review.
Additional Attachments: Click the upload button or drag and drop files here to attach docurrent
USFWS_ConcurrenceRequest _SmithCreekPh2-
15.82MB
3_20191213.pdf
EmailConfirmation_GaryJordan_20191217.pdf 187.94KB
ER 18-1632.pdf 100.25KB
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Additional Comments:
H. Sign and Submit
By digitally signing below, I certify that:
o I have given true, accurate, and complete information on this form;
o I agree that submission of this form is a "transaction" subject to Chapter 66, Article 40 of the NC General Statutes (the "Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act)
• I agree to conduct this transaction by electronic means pursuant to Chapter 66, Article 40 of the NC General Statutes (the "Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act');

o I understand that an electronic signature has the same legal effect and can be enforced in the same way as a written signature; AND
• I intend to electronically sign and submit the application form."
Print Name:* David G. Cooper
Signature
Submission Date: (Auto populated field)

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