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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20201034 Ver 1_1_JD_Request_DONE_HF_LEE_20200810Jurisdictional Determination Request i US Army Corps of Engineers �11:i lmolon hi;lrmt This form is intended for use by anyone requesting a jurisdictional determination (JD) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District (Corps). Please include all supporting information, as described within each category, with your request. You may submit your request to the appropriate Corps Field Office (or project manager, if known) via mail, electronic mail, or facsimile. A current list of county assignments by Field Office and project manager can be found on-line at: http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/Re u�ryPermitPro rg am.aspx , by telephoning: 910-251-4633, or by contacting any of the field offices listed below: ASHEVILLE REGULATORY FIELD OFFICE US Army Corps of Engineers 151 Patton Avenue, Room 208 Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006 General Number: (828) 271-7980 Fax Number: (828) 281-8120 RALEIGH REGULATORY FIELD OFFICE US Army Corps of Engineers 3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105 Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 General Number: (919) 554-4884 Fax Number: (919) 562-0421 WASHINGTON REGULATORY FIELD OFFICE US Army Corps of Engineers 2407 West Fifth Street Washington, North Carolina 27889 General Number: (910) 251-4610 Fax Number: (252) 975-1399 WILMINGTON REGULATORY FIELD OFFICE US Army Corps of Engineers 69 Darlington Avenue Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 General Number: 910-251-4633 Fax Number: (910) 251-4025 Version: December 2013 Page 1 Jurisdictional Determination Request INSTRUCTIONS: All requestors must complete Parts A, B, C, D, E and F. NOTE TO CONSULTANTS AND AGENCIES: If you are requesting a JD on behalf of a paying client or your agency, please note the specific submittal requirements in Part G. NOTE ON PART D — PROPERTY OWNER AUTHORIZATION: Please be aware that all JD requests must include the current property owner authorization for the Corps to proceed with the determination, which may include inspection of the property when necessary. This form must be signed by the current property owner to be considered a complete request. NOTE ON PART D - NCDOT REQUESTS: Property owner authorization/notification for JD requests associated with North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) projects will be conducted according to the current NCDOT/USACE protocols. NOTE TO USDA PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS: A Corps approved or preliminary JD may not be valid for the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security Act of 1985. If you or your tenant are USDA Program participants, or anticipate participation in USDA programs, you should also request a certified wetland determination from the local office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, prior to starting work. Version: December 2013 Page 2 Jurisdictional Determination Request A. PARCEL INFORMATION Street Address: 1677 Old Smithfield Rd, City, State: Goldsboro, NC County: Wayne Directions: From Wilmington: Take 1-40 West, take exit 355, Take Giddensville Rd, Grantham School Rd, Falling Creek church Rd, and Ferry Bridge Rd to Old Smithfield Rd Parcel Index Number(s) (PIN): 2579853880, 2579754933, 2579654670, 2579623548, 2579551995 2579364163, 2579253696, 2569937640, 2569928352, 2569904242 B. REQUESTOR INFORMATION Name: Richard G. Harmon, PWS Mailing Address: 4021 Stirrup Creek Drive, Suite 100 Telephone Number: Durham, NC Electronic Mall Address richard.harmon@ameo.com Select one: ❑ I am the current property owner. ❑✓ I am an Authorized Agent or Environmental Consultant ❑ Interested Buyer or Under Contract to Purchase ❑ Other, please explain. C. PROPERTY OWNER INFORMATION Name: Mailing Address: Steve Cahoon (Duke Energy) 410 S. Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 27601 Telephone Number: (919) 546-7457 Electronic Mail Address 3: steve.cahoon@duke-energy.com ❑✓ Proof of Ownership Attached (e.g. a copy of Deed, County GIS/Parcel/Tax Record data) 1 If available Z Must attach completed Agent Authorization Form 3 If available Version: December 2013 Page 3 Jurisdictional Determination Request D. PROPERTY OWNER CERTIFICATION I, the undersigned, a duly authorized owner of record of the property/properties identified herein, do authorize representatives of the Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to enter upon the property herein described for the purpose of conducting on -site investigations and issuing a determination associated with Waters of the U.S. subject to Federal jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Property Owner (please print) Date Property Owner Signature E. JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION TYPE Select One: I am requesting that the Corps provide a preliminarX JD for the property identified herein. This request does include a delineation. ❑ I am requesting that the Corps provide a preliminarX JD for the property identified herein. This request does NOT include a delineation. ❑ I am requesting that the Corps investigate the property/project area for the presence or absence of WOUS5 and provide an approved JD for the property identified herein. This request does NOT include a request for a verified delineation. ❑ I am requesting that the Corps delineate the boundaries of all WoUS on a property/project area and provide an approved JD (this may or may not include a survey plat). ❑� I am requesting that the Corps evaluate and approve a delineation of WoUS (conducted by others) on a property/project area and provide an approved JD (may or may not include a survey plat). 4 For NCDOT requests following the current NCDOT/USACE protocols, skip to Part E 5 Waters of the United States Version: December 2013 Page 4 F. ❑✓ a W Jurisdictional Determination Request ALL REQUESTS Map of Property or Project Area (attached). This Map must clearly depict the boundaries of the area of evaluation. Size of Property or Project Area 1065.59 acres I verify that the property (or project) boundaries have recently been surveyed and marked by a licensed land surveyor OR are otherwise clearly marked or distinguishable. JD REQUESTS FROM CONSULTANTS OR AGENCIES (1) Preliminary JD Requests: ❑ Completed and signed Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination Form6. ❑ Project Coordinates: Latitude Maps (no larger than I Ix17) with Project Boundary Overlay: Longitude ❑ Large and small scale maps that depict, at minimum: streets, intersections, towns ❑ Aerial Photography of the project area ❑ USGS Topographic Map ❑ Soil Survey Map ❑ Other Maps, as appropriate (e.g. National Wetland Inventory Map, Proposed Site Plan, previous delineation maps, LIDAR maps, FEMA floodplain maps) 6 See Appendix A of this Form. From Regulatory Guidance Letter No. 08-02, dated June 26, 2008 Version: December 2013 Page 5 Jurisdictional Determination Request Delineation Information (when applicable): Wetlands: ❑ Wetland Data Sheets Tributaries: ❑ USACE Assessment Forms ❑ Upland Data Sheets Other Assessment Forms (when appropriate) ❑ Landscape Photos, if taken ❑ Field Sketch overlain on legible Map that includes: ■ All aquatic resources (for sites with multiple resources, label and identify) ■ Locations of wetland data points and/or tributary assessment reaches ■ Locations of photo stations ■ Approximate acreage/linear footage of aquatic resources (2) Approved JDs including Verification of a Delineation: �✓ Project Coordinates: 35.3762 Latitude -78.0836 Longitude Maps (no larger than I Ix17) with Project Boundary Overlay: ❑✓ Large and small scale maps that depict, at minimum: streets, intersections, towns ❑✓ Aerial Photography of the project area �✓ USGS Topographic Map �✓ Soil Survey Map ❑✓ Other Maps, as appropriate (e.g. National Wetland Inventory Map, Proposed Site Plan, previous delineation maps) 1987 Manual Regional Supplements and Data forms can be found at: http://www.usace.army.miI/Missions/CivilWorks/RegulatoryProgramandPermits/reg supp.aspx Wetland and Stream Assessment Methodologies can be found at: http://portal.ncdenr.org/c/document library/set file?uuid=76f3c58b-dab8-4960-ba43-45b7faf06f4c&groupld=38364 and, http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Portals/59/docs/regulatory/publicnotices/2013/NCSAM Draft User Manual 130318.pdf 8 Delineation information must include, at minimum, one wetland data sheet for each wetland/community type. Version: December 2013 Page 6 Jurisdictional Determination Request Delineation Information (when applicable): Wetlands: Wetland Data Sheets Tributaries: ❑� USACE Assessment Forms ❑✓ Upland Data Sheets Other Assessment Forms (when appropriate) ❑ Landscape Photos, if taken ❑ Field Sketch overlain on legible Map that includes: • All aquatic resources (for sites with multiple resources, label and identify) • Locations of wetland data points and/or tributary assessment reaches • Locations of photo stations • Approximate acreage/linear footage of aquatic resources Supporting Jurisdictional Information (for Approved JDs only) ❑ Approved Jurisdictional Determination Form(s) (also known as "Rapanos Form(s)") ❑ Map(s) depicting the potential (or lack of potential) hydrologic connection(s), adjacency, etc. to navigable waters. 9 Delineation information must include, at minimum, one wetland data sheet for each wetland/community type. Version: December 2013 Page 7 Jurisdictional Determination Request REQUESTS FOR CORPS APPROVAL OF SURVEY PLAT Prior to final production of a Plat, the Wilmington District recommends that the Land Surveyor electronically submit a draft of a Survey Plat to the Corps project manager for review. Due to storage limitations of our administrative records, the Corps requires that all hard - copy submittals include at least one original Plat (to scale) that is no larger than 11"x17" (the use of match lines for larger tracts acceptable). Additional copies of a plat, including those larger than 11 "x 17", may also be submitted for Corps signature as needed. The Corps also accepts electronic submittals of plats, such as those transmitted as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Upon verification, the Corps can electronically sign these plats and return them via e-mail to the requestor. (1) PLATS SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL ❑ Must be sealed and signed by a licensed professional land surveyor ❑ Must be to scale (all maps must include both a graphic scale and a verbal scale) ❑ Must be legible ❑ Must include a North Arrow, Scale(s), Title, Property Information ❑ Must include a legible WoUS Delineation Table of distances and bearings/metes and bounds/GPS coordinates of all surveyed delineation points ❑ Must clearly depict surveyed property or project boundaries ❑ Must clearly identify the known surveyed point(s) used as reference (e.g. property corner, USGS monument) ❑ When wetlands are depicted: • Must include acreage (or square footage) of wetland polygons • Must identify each wetland polygon using an alphanumeric system Version: December 2013 Page 8 Jurisdictional Determination Request ❑ When tributaries are depicted: • Must include either a surveyed, approximate centerline of tributary with approximate width of tributary OR surveyed Ordinary High Water Marks (OHWM) of tributary • Must identify each tributary using an alphanumeric system • Must include linear footage of tributaries and calculated area (using approximate widths or surveyed OHWM) • Must include name of tributary (based on the most recent USGS topographic map) or, when no USGS name exists, identify as "unnamed tributary" ❑ all depicted WoUS (wetland polygons and tributary lines) must intersect or tie -to surveyed project/property boundaries ❑ Must include the location of wetland data points and/or tributary assessment reaches ❑ Must include, label accordingly, and depict acreage of all waters not currently subject to the requirements of the CWA (e.g. "isolated wetlands", "non - jurisdictional waters"). NOTE: An approved JD must be conducted in order to make an official Corps determination that a particular waterbody or wetland is not jurisdictional. ❑ Must include and survey all existing conveyances (pipes, culverts, etc.) that transport WoUS Version: December 2013 Page 9 Jurisdictional Determination Request (2) CERTIFICATION LANGUAGE ❑� When the entire actual Jurisdictional Boundary is depicted: include the following Corps Certification language: "This certifies that this copy of this plat accurately depicts the boundary of the jurisdiction of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act as determined by the undersigned on this date. Unless there is a change in the law or our published regulations, the determination of Section 404 jurisdiction may be relied upon for a period not to exceed five (5) years from this date. The undersigned completed this determination utilizing the appropriate Regional Supplement to the 1987 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual." Regulatory Official: Title: Date: USACE Action ID No.: When uplands may be present within a depicted Jurisdictional BoundgyL include the following Corps Certification language: "This certifies that this copy of this plat identifies all areas of waters of the United States regulated pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act as determined by the undersigned on this date. Unless there is change in the law or our published regulations, this determination of Section 404 jurisdiction may be relied upon for a period not to exceed five years from this date. The undersigned completed this determination utilizing the appropriate Regional Supplement to the 1987 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual." Regulatory Official: Title: Date: USACE Action ID No.: Version: December 2013 Page 10 Jurisdictional Determination Request (3) GPS SURVEYS For Surveys prepared using a Global Positioning System (GPS), the Survey must include all of the above, as well as: ❑ be at sub -meter accuracy at each survey point. ❑ include an accuracy verification: One or more known points (property corner, monument) shall be located with the GPS and cross-referenced with the existing traditional property survey (metes and bounds). ❑ include a brief description of the GPS equipment utilized. Version: December 2013 Page 11