SR 1759

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Beverly Eaves Perdue
Governor
Division of Water Quality
Coleen H. Sullins
Director
Dee Freeman
Secretary
Kate Montieth
The Catena Group, Inc
410-B Millstone Drive
Hillsborough, NC 27278
October 20, 2010
Subject: NCDOT Bridge No. 99, Gravel Hill Road (SR 1759), Rockingham County
White Oak Creek and Unnamed Tributaries to White Oak Creek [Roanoke, 22-46,
Class C]
On-Site Determination for Applicability to the Mitigation Rules (15A NCAC 2H.0506(h)
Dear Mrs. Montieth;
On October 6, 2010, at your request and in your attendance, Amy Euliss, NC Division of Water Quality
(NCDWQ) staff along with Jerry Parker, NCDOT and Andy Williams, USACE, conducted an on-site
determination to review drainage features located at Bridge No. 99 on SR 1759 in Rockingham County
for applicability to the mitigation rules (15A NCAC 2H .0506(h)). The drainage features are
approximated on the attached map initialed and dated October 20, 2010.
Feature ID Stream Site Visited Stream type
S1 UT1 to White Oak Creek Yes Perennial
S2 White Oak Creek Yes Perennial
Feature ID Wetland Site Visited Wetland type
W1 Wetland 1 Yes Riparian
W2 Wetland 2 Yes Riparian
Please note that no other features at the site were evaluated-
This letter only addresses the applicability to the mitigation rules and the buffer rules and does not
approve any activity within the buffer, Waters of the United States, or Waters of the State. Any impacts
to wetlands, streams and buffers must comply with the 404/401 regulations, water supply regulations
(15A NCAC 2B .0216), and any other required federal, state and local regulations.
The owner (or future owners) or permittee should notify NCDWQ (and other relevant agencies) of this
decision in any future correspondences concerning this property and/or project. 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 NCDWQ or Delegated Local
Authority that a surface water exists and that it is subject to the mitigation rules may request a
determination by the Director. A request for a determination by the Director shall be referred to the
North Carolina Division of Water Quality, Winston-Salem Regional Office
Location: 585 Waughtown St. Winston Salem, North Carolina 27107
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone] Customer Service: 1-877-623-6748
Internet:w .ncvraterquality.org
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Director in writing c/o Brian Wrenn, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh,
NC 27699-1650. Individuals that dispute a determination by NCDWQ or Delegated Local Authority that
"exempts" a surface water from the mitigation rules 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. NCDWQ 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.
If you have any additional questions or require additional information please call me at 336-771-4959 or
at [e-mail].
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Amy Euliss
Environmental Specialist
Attachments: Signed location map
cc: Jerry Parker, NCDOT-Division 7, DEO
Andy Williams, US Army Corps of Engineers -Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
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