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March 15, 2007
Algie Stephens
319 Chepanoke Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
Subject Property:
Tract A -Raleigh Corporate Center
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
DWQ EXP# 07-0392
Wake County
On-Site Determination for Applicability to the Neuse Riparian Area Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B
.0233)-EXPRESS REVIEW PROGRAM
Dear Mr. Stephens:
On March 14, 2007, at the request of Mr. Neal Floyd, Lia Myott conducted an on-site determination to review
five stream features located on the subject property for applicability to the Neuse Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B
.0233). The features are labeled as "A" through "F" (some of the streams were uncontested) on the attached
maps initialed by Lia Myott on March 15, 2007. The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) has determined that the
following:
• Feature "A" is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule on the property. The ponds located on this feature are
also subject.
• Feature "B" is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule on the property. The feature in a perennial stream
(scoring 33.5 points on the NCDWQ Stream Identification Form).
• Feature "C" is not subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule since it is an ephemeral stream.
• Feature "D" is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule. This stream was uncontested.
• Feature "E" is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule and is an intermittent stream on the property.
• Feature "F" is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule. This stream was uncontested.
• Feature "G" is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule at the flag labeled "G 1 ". This stream is an intermittent
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 Director. A request for a determination by the
Director 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 Myott at 919.733.9502.
401 Oversight /Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] /FAX [phone] /Internet: htto://h2o.enr.state nc.us/ncwetlands
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Attachments: Wake County Soil Survey Map, USGS Topographic Map
cc: Neal Floyd, True Line Soils, 205 W. Main St., Clayton, NC 27520
File Copy
Central Files
Raleigh Regional Office

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North Carolina Division of Water Quality -Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
Date: `~~/~`1 Project: ~tl~~~ ~~ Latitude:
Evaluator: ` Site: Longitude:
Total Points: Other
Stream is at least intermittent ~~ ~ ~ County: ~ ~~
if X19 or erennial if >_30 e.g. Quad Name:
A. Geomor holo (Subtotal = Absent Weak Moderate Strong
1a. Continuous. bed and bank 0 1 2
2. Sinuosity 0 1
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0 1 3
4. Soil texture. or stream substrate sorting 0 1
5. Active/relic floodplain 0 ® 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 1 2 3
7. Braided channel 1 2 3
8. Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 3
9 a Natural. levees 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 0 2 3
91. Grade controls 0 0.5 Q 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1.5
13. Second. or greater order channel on exi'stino.
USGS or NRCS map. or other documented
evidence..
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Yes = 3
° Man-made ditches are not rated;. see. discussions in manual
R Hvrirnlnnv !Si ~htntal = ~ ,~l
14. Groundwater flow/discharge. 0 1 2 ~' 3
15. Water in channel. and. > 48 hrs since. rain, or
Water in channel -- d or rowin .season. 0 1 -~ ~ ~ 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants. or debris 0 1 1.5
18. Organic debris lines. or piles (Wrack lines) 0 0.5 1
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 Yes. 1.5
C_ F3inlnnv (Suhtntal = O 1
20 . Fibrous. roots. in channel 3 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 2 1 0.
22. Crayfish 0.5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 0 1 2 3
24. Fish 0 0.5 1 1.5
25. Amphibians 0.5 1 1.5
26. Macrobenthos (note diversity and abundance). 0 0.5 1 1.5
27. Filamentous algae; periphyton 0 1 2
28. Iron oxidizing bacteria/fungus. 0.5 1 1.5
29 .Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; Other = 0
"Items 20 and 21 focus on the presence of upland.plants, Item 29 focuses on the presence of aquatic or wetland. plants.
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