SW4191001_Winding Creek SD Stream Determination Letter_2/6/2020

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
Michael Brame
Pilot Environmental Inc.
P.O. Box 128
Kernersville, NC 27285
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 20, 2019
Subject: On -Site Determination for Applicability to the Mitigation Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0500)
On -Site Determination for Applicability to the Jordan Lake Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 213.0250)
Subject Property: Winding Creek Subdivision, Alamance County
Dear Mr. Brame:
On September 11, 2019, at your request, I conducted an on -site determination with Seren Homer from
Pilot Environmental to review features located on the subject project for stream determinations with
regards to the above noted state regulations.
The attached maps and sketch depict the channels that were evaluated. Channels as circled on the
attached maps were determined not to be present on the property and therefore not subject to the
rules stated above. Please note that these regulations maybe subject to change in the future.
The owner (or future owners) should notify the Division (and other relevant agencies) of this decision in
any future correspondences concerning this property. This on -site determination shall expire five (5)
years from the date of this letter.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
_ Winston-Salem Regional Office 1450 W. Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 I Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
a.n'f 336-776-9800

Landowners or affected parties that dispute a determination made by the Division or Delegated Local
Authority that a surface water exists and that it is subject to the buffer rule may request a determination
by the Director. A request for a determination by the Director shall be referred to the Director in writing
c/o 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. Individuals that
dispute a determination by the Division or Delegated Local Authority that "exempts" surface water from
the buffer rule may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. 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. The
Division recommends that the applicant conduct this notification in order to be certain that third party
appeals are made in a timely manner. To ask for a hearing, send a written petition, which conforms to
Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, 6714 Mail
Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-6714. 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
Waters of the United States or Waters of the State or their associated buffers. If you have any additional
questions or require additional information, please contact me at 336-776-9693 or
sue.homewoodL),ncdenr.gov.
Sincerely,
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Winston-Salem Regional Office
Enclosures: USGS Topo Map
Alamance County Published Soil Survey
Pilot Environmental sketch
Cc: Bob Brame ([e-mail])
Shawn Sidener, EarthCentric Engineering Inc, (via email)
Scott Sink, DEMLR (via email)
DWR, Winston-Salem Regional Office
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