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Home My WebLink About20220981 Ver 1_Buffer Approval Letter_20220908DocuSign Envelope ID: A74A2FF0-BCE6-4799-9516-E499CE1F06A4 ROY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER Secretary RICHARD E. ROGERS, JR. Director September 8, 2022 Keith Darman 712 Tucker St., Unit 339 Raleigh, NC 27603 (via email: keithdarman99@gmail.com) NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality DWR # 20220981 Wake County Subject: APPROVAL OF NEUSE RIVER BASIN RIPARIAN BUFFER IMPACTS WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS 1604 Malta Ave., Raleigh Dear Mr. Darman: You have our approval for the impacts listed below for the purpose described in your application dated July 18, 2022, received by the Division of Water Resources (Division) July 18, 2022 with additional information received on August 30, 2022 and September 1, 2022. These impacts are covered by the Neuse River Buffer Rules and the conditions listed below. Please note that you should get any other federal, state or local permits before proceeding with your project, including those required by (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Non -Discharge, and Water Supply Watershed regulations. The following impacts are hereby approved, provided that all of the conditions listed below and all of the conditions of the Neuse River Buffer Rules are met. No other impacts are approved, including incidental impacts. [15A NCAC 02B Neuse .0611(b)(2)] This Authorization shall expire five (5) years from the date of this letter. Type of Impact Amount Approved (units) Permanent Amount Approved (units) Temporary Buffers — Zone 1— 179 (square feet) 0 (square feet) house and carport Buffers — Zone 2 — 902 (square feet) 0 (square feet) house and carport Compensatory Mitigation Using a Private Mitigation Bank Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. The Division has received an acceptance letter from the approved Bank Sponsors Wildlands Holding III, LLC and Wildlands Holdings V, LLC for buffer credits. For accounting purposes, this Authorization Certificate authorizes payment to the Bank Sponsor to meet the following compensatory mitigation requirement [15A NCAC 02H .0506 (b)(6)]: NORTH CARCLINA � � North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 919.791.4200 DocuSign Envelope ID: A74A2FF0-BCE6-4799-9516-E499CE1F06A4 1604 Malta Ave. DWR# 20220981 Buffer Authorization Certificate Page 2 of 3 Compensatory Mitigation Bank Sponsor River & Sub -basin Number Required Buffer -Zone 1 537 (square feet) Wildlands Holding III, LLC Neuse: 03020201-Outside and Wildlands Holding 111, Falls Lake Watershed LLC Buffer -Zone 2 1,353 (square feet) Wildlands Holding 111, LLC Neuse: 03020201-Outside and Wildlands Holding 111, Falls Lake Watershed LLC Total: 1,890 (square feet) Justification: A project that affects waters shall not be permitted unless the existing uses, and the water quality to protect such uses, are protected. In determining that the proposed activity will comply with state water quality standards (including designated uses, numeric criteria, narrative criteria and the state's antidegradation policy), the project must provide for replacement of existing uses through compensatory mitigation. This approval is for the purpose and design described in your application. The plans and specifications for this project are incorporated by reference as part of this Authorization Certificate. If you change your project, you must notify the Division and you may be required to submit a new application package. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this Authorization Certificate and is responsible for complying with all conditions. [15A NCAC 02B .0611(b)(2)] If you are unable to comply with any of the conditions below, you must notify the Raleigh Regional Office within 24 hours (or the next business day if a weekend or holiday) from the time the permittee becomes aware of the circumstances. The permittee shall report to the Raleigh Regional Office any noncompliance with the conditions of this Authorization Certificate and/or any violation of state regulated riparian buffer rules [15A NCAC 02B .0714]. Information shall be provided orally within 24 hours (or the next business day if a weekend or holiday) from the time the applicant became aware of the circumstances. This approval and its conditions are final and binding unless contested. [G.S. 143-215.5] This Authorization Certificate can be contested as provided in Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes by filing a Petition for a Contested Case Hearing (Petition) with the North Carolina Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) within sixty (60) calendar days. Requirements for filing a Petition are set forth in Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statutes and Title 26 of the North Carolina Administrative Code. Additional information regarding requirements for filing a Petition and Petition forms may be accessed at hiip://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH Clerk's Office at (919) 431-3000. One (1) copy of the Petition must also be served to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality: William F. Lane, General Counsel Department of Environmental Quality 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 D � � North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 NORTH CARCLINA 919.791.4200 gaparMeM of EmironmanW quay DocuSign Envelope ID: A74A2FF0-BCE6-4799-9516-E499CE1F06A4 1604 Malta Ave. DWR# 20220981 Buffer Authorization Certificate Page 3 of 3 If the party filing the Petition is not the permittee, then the party must also serve the recipient of the Authorization Certificate in accordance with N.C.G.S 150B-23(a). This Authorization Certificate neither grants nor affirms any property right, license, or privilege in any lands or waters, or any right of use in any waters. This Authorization Certificate does not authorize any person to interfere with the riparian rights, littoral rights, or water use rights of any other person, nor does it create any prescriptive right or any right of priority regarding any usage of water. This Authorization Certificate shall not be interposed as a defense in any action respecting the determination of riparian or littoral rights or other rights to water use. No consumptive user is deemed by virtue of this Authorization Certificate to possess any prescriptive or other right of priority with respect to any other consumptive user. This letter completes the review of the Division under the Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rules as described in 15A NCAC 02B .0714. Please contact Cherri Smith or Colleen Cohn at 919-791-4200 or cherri.smithkncdenngov or colleen.cohnnncdenr.gov if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, DocuSigned by: uwsm BCDA9D825D4A46D... Scott Vinson, Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Raleigh Regional Office Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ cc: DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch electronic file D � � North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources Raleigh Regional Office 1 3800 Barrett Drive I Raleigh, North Carolina 27609 NORTH CARCLINA 919.791.4200 gaparMeM of EmironmanW quay