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Dr. Burton Anderson
10016 Strickland Road
Raleigh, NC 27615
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Coleen H. Sullins, Director
Division of Water Quality
September 21, 2007
Subject Property: Lead Mine/Strickland Road, Raleigh, NC
Wake County
DWQ Project # 2007-1536
Wake County
APPEAL of On-Site Determination for Applicability to the Neuse River Riparian Area
Protection Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233)
Dear Dr. Anderson:
On September 20, 2007, Amy Chapman conducted an appeal of an on-site determination
previously conducted to review one feature located on the subject property for applicability to
the Neuse Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 2B .0233).
The feature that is labeled as "A" on the attached map initialed by Amy Chapman on
September 21, 2007 and flagged in the field by Lauren Witherspoon on August 16, 2007
is subject to the Neuse Buffer Rule from the point "A" to the culvert at Lead Mine Road
at the end of your property. This feature was previously determined as "subject" to the
Neuse Buffer Rule by Lauren Witherspoon in the Raleigh Regional Office.
This on-site determination shall expire five (5) years from the date of this letter.
Individuals that dispute an appeal determination by the DWQ or Delegated Local Authority that
"exempts" a surface water from the buffer rule 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. DWQ 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.
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 additional questions or require additional information
please call Amy Chapman at [phone]. N°ne Carolina
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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: http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetlands
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Dr. Anderson
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September 21, 2007
Sincerely,
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Cyndi B. Karoly,
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
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Enclosures: Wake County USGS Map
DWQ Stream Form
cc: Lauren Witherspoon, DWQ Raleigh Regional Office
Balazs Szabo, 8901 Autumn Winds Dr # 202, Raleigh, NC 27615
File Copy
Central Files
Filename: 071536LeadMineandstricklandRoad(Wake)DET_APPEAL

North Carolina Division of Water Quality ~ Stream Identification Form; Version 3.1
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Total Points: 1 ~r_ Other
Stream is at leastintermittent .CCO - 5 County: W ~` e.g. Quad Name:
if z 19 or erennial if Z 30
A. Geomor holo Subtotal = ~ Absent Weak Moderate Strong
18. Continuous bed and bank 0 1 2 3
2. Sinuosity 0 1
1 2
2
3
3. In-channel structure: riffle-pool sequence 0
4. Soil texture or stream substrate sorting 0 1 2 3
5. Activehelic floodplain 0 1 2 3
6. Depositional bars or benches 0 1 2 3
7. Braided channel 0 1 2 3
8, Recent alluvial deposits 0 1 2 3
9 a Natural levees 1 2 3
10. Headcuts 1 2 3
1 t.. Grede controls 0.5 1 1.5
12. Natural valley or drainageway 0 0.5 1 1.5
13. Second or greater order channel on existin
USGS or NRCS map or other documented No = 0 Yes = 3
evidence.
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15. Water in channel and > 48 hrs since rain, g_r
Water in channel - d or rowin season 0 1 3
16. Leaflitter 1.5 1 0.5 0
17. Sediment on plants or debris D 1 1.5
18. Organiq debris lines or piles (Wrack lines) 0 0.5 1 1.
19. Hydric soils (redoximorphic features) present? No = 0 s = 1

20 vFibrous roots in channel 3 2 1 0
21 . Rooted plants in channel 3 1 0
22. Crayftsh .5 1 1.5
23. Bivalves 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 a ae; periphyton 2 3
28. Iron oxidizin bacteria/fungus. 0 0. 1 1.5
29 .Wetland plants in streambed FAC = 0.5; FACW = 0.75; OBL = 1.5 SAV = 2.0; er =
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Notes: (use back side of this form for additional notes.)

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