20160040 Ver 1_Jurisdictional Determination_20160113

WaterResources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
January 13, 2016
Mr. Brad Voliva
1475 Hoff Road
Belhaven, NC 27810
PAT MCCRORY
Gavemor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
DWR # 16-0040
Beaufort County
Subject: EXEMPTION PER THE TAR-PAMLICO RIPARIAN BUFFER PROTECTION RULES (15A NCAC
02B.0259)
Brad Voliva Property
Dear Mr. Voliva:
You have our authorization of exemption from the Tar -Pamlico River Riparian Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B
.0259) for the construction of a residential dwelling with two attached decks within the same footprint of
the previous existing structures destroyed during fire located at 1475 Hoff Road in Beaufort County, NC.
This activity is considered exempt from the Tar -Pamlico Buffer Rules and does not require written
authorization from the Division of Water Resources (DWR).
This authorization is only valid for the purposed and design that you described in your application dated
December 22, 2015, received by DWR on December 22, 2015. If you change your project, you must
notify DWR and you may be required to send DWR an amended application.
This Buffer Authorization can be contested as provided in Articles 3 and 4 of General Statute 150B by filing
a written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings (hereby known
as OAH). A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling the OAH
Clerk's Office at [phone] for information.
Within sixty (60) calendar days of receipt of this notice, a petition must be filed with the OAH. A petition
is considered filed when the original and one (1) copy along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received
in the OAH during normal office hours (Monday through Friday between 8:00am and 5:00pm, excluding
official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at [phone], provided the original and one copy of the petition
along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within five (5) business days following the
faxed transmission.
Mailing address for the OAH:
If sending via US Postal Service: If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx,
etc):
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality l Water Resources—Water Quality Regional Operations—Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mail, Washington, NC 27889
252-946-6481

Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714
BRAD VOLIVA
DWR# 16-0040
BUFFER EXEMPTION APPROVAL
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Office of Administrative Hearings
1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27609-6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
Sam H. Hayes, General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601
This letter completes the review of the Division under the Tar -Pamlico Riparian Buffer Rules as described
in 15A NCAC 02B .0259. Please contact Anthony Scarbraugh at 252-948-3924 or
[e-mail] if you have any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
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