20200943 Ver 1_ChathamST_Buffer DeterminationRequest_20200722

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
Date Received DWR Use Only: Project #
Buffer Determination Request Form
Property Owner Information
1. Owner Information
Ia. Name(s) on Recorded Deed
Town of Apex
lb. Responsible Party (for LLC)
Public Works Director — Jose Martinez, P.E.
Ic. Mailing Address
105-A Upchurch Street
Id. Telephone Number
[e-mail]
le, Email Address
[phone]
Address of Property: West Chatham St. Apex, NC 27502 (Easements to be Acquired)
Project Description (attach plan if available): Proposed sidewalk and utility line
Consultant/Agent Information
4. Agent/Consultant Information
4a. Name, Company
Preston Butler, Carolina Ecosystems, Inc.
4b. Mailing address
3040 NC Hwy 42 West
4c. Telephone no.
919-523-5821
4d. Email address
[e-mail]
5. Project and Site Information
5a. Name of project
West Chatham Street Waterline
5b. County
Wake
5c. Nearest Named Stream
Big Branch
5d. River Basin
Jordan Lake Watershed (Cape
Fear River Basin)
6. Has anyone from DWR visited the site?
I Y / N
Staff Name
Date of Visit?
Attach a map of the site indicating project boundaries on the USGS 1:24,000 Topo and/or NRCS Soil Survey.
Please return form Josh Brigham
to: 1628 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1628
Email: [e-mail]
Please contact the Raleigh Regional Office at [phone] if you have any questions.
NORTHCAROl1 REQIZ��
Department o/ Environmental Quality
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
Raleigh Regional Office 13800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
919.791.4200

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NC DWO Stream Identification Form Version 4.11
Date: 0 S/ 11 a p (f
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Longitude: Sb�
Total Points:
Stream is at least intermittent 10
Stream Determination (cione�
Ephemeral Intermittent Perennial
Other
e.g. Quad Name:
if a 19 or rennial if 2 30'
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Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1 ` Continuity of channel bed and bank
0
1
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3
2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg
0
1
2
3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool,
ripple -pool sequence
0
1
©
3
4. Particle size of stream substrate
0
1
2
5. Active/relict floodpiain
0
1
2
3
6. Depositional bars or benches
0
1
2
3
7. Recent alluvial deposits
Z
1
2
3
8. Headcuts
1
2
3
9. Grade control
0
0.5
1
1.5
10. Natural valley
0
1
1.5
11. Second or greater order channel
No = 0
Yes = 3
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B. Hydrology (Subtotal = _g
12. Presence of Baseflow
0
1
2
13. Iron oxidizing bacteria
1
2
3
14. Leaf litter
1.5
1
0.5
0
15. Sediment on plants or debris
0
0.5
1
1.5
16. Organic debris lines or piles
0
1 0.5
1 1
1.5
17. Soil -based evidence of high water table?
No = 0
s = 3
C. Bioloav (Subtotal = R. S' )
18. Fibrous roots in streambed
2
1
0
19. Rooted upland plants in streambed
2
1
0
20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance)
0
1
2
3
21. Aquatic Mollusks
1
2
3
22. Fish
0.5
1
1.5
23. Crayfish
0
0.5
1
1.5
24. Amphibians
0
0.5
1
1.5
25. Algae
0
0.5
1
26. Wetland plants in streambed
FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 Othe =
0
*n amnniai ctranmc rnnv aisn ha identified usina other methods. See
D. 35 of manual.

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Date: 5 / I I O I8
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Total Points:
Stream is at least �
termination (circle one)
Other
lff k 3itlent%
if 2 19 or perennial if 2 0•
phemera intermittent Perennial
e. 9• Quad Name:
A. Geomorphology Subtotal =�
Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1`Continuity of channel bed and bank
0
2
3
2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg
0
1
2
3
3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool,
ripple -pool sequence
0
Q
2
3
4. Particle size of stream substrate
0
2
3
5. Activetrelict floodplain
1
2
3
6. Depositional bars or benches
U
1
2
7. Recent alluvial deposits
1
2
3
8. Headcuts
1
2
3
3
9. Grade control
0
1
10. Natural valley
0
0.5
1.5
1.5
11. Second or greater order channel
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Yes = 3
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B. Hvdmionv tSrthtntni = 11 C _ I Y V�
12. Presence of Baseflow
1
2
3
13. Iron oxidizing bacteria
14. Leaf litter
0
1.5
1
1
2
0.5
3
15. Sediment on plants or debris
0
1
1.5
16.Organic debris lines or piles
17. Soil -based evidence of high water table?
C. Binlonv Mt ihtntal =
0.5
No = 0
1 1 5
Yes = 3
18. Fibrous roots in streambed
19. Rooted upland plants in streambed 3
20. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance)
21. Aquatic Mollusks 0
22. Fish
23. Crayfish
24. Amphibians 0
25. Algae
26. Wetland plants in streambed
.perennial streams may also be identified using other methods. See p. 35 of manual.
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1
3
1
3
0.5
0.5
1.5
1.5
0.5 1
0.5 1
FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 Other �0
1.5
1.5