20160574 Ver 1_Buffer Determination Request_20160607

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory RECFMD/NCDENRMWR
Governor
John E. Skvarla, III
Secretary
JUN 0'1 016
Water Cuauty Regional DWQ Use Only: Project # 11, le 05 j
Operations Section
W®MMitlflgin%Buffer Applicability Determination
Required Information
1. Owner Information (corporationlndividual who is legally responsible for the property and its compliance)
la. Name(s) on Recorded Deed
LD Rice, LLC
1 b. Responsible Party (for LLC)
Mr. Danny Rice, c/o Mr. Lister D. Rice
1c. Mailing Address
6510 Marion Lavern Road Huntersville, NC 28078
1d. Telephone Number
252.671.6548
1e. Email Address
dannyricel [e-mail]
2. Location of Project Site - please include the county, nearest named town and highway number:
Belfast Road, Goldsboro, NC
3. Has anyone from DWQ visited the site?
Y / N
I Staff Name
Sandhill Canal
Date of Visit?
I Neuse
Additional Requested Information
4. Agent/Consultant Information (if applicable)
4a. Name, Company
Brad Luckey, PEI
41b. Mailing address
PO Box 128 Kernersville, NC 27285
4c. Telephone no.
336.708.4997
4d. Email address
I [e-mail]
5. Project and Site Information
5a. Name of project
CoogeeSolar Farm
5b. County
Pamlico
5c. Nearest Named Stream
Sandhill Canal
5d. River Basin
I Neuse
5e. Provide a brief description of this project (attach site plan if available):
Solar Farm
Please attach a map of the site indicating project boundaries on the USGS 1:24,000 Topo and/or NRCS Soil Survey.
If you are unable to locate either of these maps, please contact the Regional Office for assistance.
DWQ Use Only: Is this stream call for the purpose of: — buffer mitigation _ nutrient offset credit
Please return form to: Anthony Scarbraugh
Washington Square Mall
Washington,
Note: Submittals on Friday after 12:00 pm
Washington, NC 27889 will be stamped as received on the
Fax: [phone] next business day.
Email: anthonv.scarbraugh of )ncdenr.gov
Please contact Anthony Scarbraugh at [phone] if you have any questions.
Division of Water Resources - Water Quality Regional Operations Section - Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Internet: www.ncdenr.gov
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WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM — Eastern Mountains and Piedmont
Project/Site: Coogee City/County: Grantsboro/Pamlico Sampling Date: 5.24.16
Applicant/Owner: State: NC Samnlino Point: DP -1
Investigator(s): PEI
Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.) Flat Lo
Slope(%): 1 Let:
Soil Map Unit Name: Yo
Are dimatic / hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year?
Are Vegetation X , Soil or Hydrology _significantly disturbed?
Are Vegetation _, Soil _ or Hydrology naturally problematic?
Section, Township, Range: Louisburg
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l relief (concave, convex, none):
Long: Datum:
NWI Classification:
Yes X No_ (If no, explain in Remarks.)
Are "Normal Circumstances" present? Yes X No
(If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)
Hydrophytic Vegetation Present? Yes No X
Is the Sampled Area
Hydric Soil Present? Yes No X within a Wetland? Yes
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
Remarks:
data point is located within agricultural field
HYDROLOGY
No X
etc.
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Secondary Indicators (minimum of two required)
Primary Indicators (minimum of one is reauiretl: check all that apply)
Surface Soil Cracks (136)
Surface Water (At)
_
_ True Aquatic Plants (1314) _
Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (138)
High Water Table (A2)
_ Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
Drainage Patterns (810)
_ Saturation (A3)
_
_ Oxidized Rhizospheres on Living Roots (C3)
Moss Trim Lines (816)
_ Water Marks (61)
_
_ Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)
Dry -Season Water Table (C2)
_ Sediment Deposits (1212)
_
_ Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
Crayfish Burrows (C8)
_ Drift Deposits (63)
_
Thin Muck Surface (C7)
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
_ Algal Mat or Crust (134)
_
_ Other (Explain in Remarks) _
Stunted or Stressed Plants (D1)
_ Iron Deposits (135)
Geomorphic Position (D2)
_ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
_
Shallow Aquitard (D3)
Water -Stained Leaves (139)
_
_
Microtopographic Relief (D4)
Aquatic Fauna (813)
_
FAC -Neutral Test (135)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes _ No X
Depth (inches): NA
Water Table Present? Yes No X
Depth (inches): >12"
_
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes No X
Saturation Present? Yes No X
Depth (inches): >12"
_
(includes capillary fringe)
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks:

VEGETATION (Four Strata) - Use scientific names of plants.
Absolute Dominant Indicator
Tree Stratum (Plot size: 30 ) °/6 Cover Species? Status
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
(Plot size: 30 )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
0 = Total Cover
0 = Total Cover
Herb Stratum (Plot size: 10 )
1. Digitaria sanguinalis 10 Y FACU
2. Trifolium repens 2 Y FACU
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Woody Vine Stratum (Plot size: 30 )
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
12 = Total Cover
0 = Total Cover
numbers here or on a separate sheet.)
Sampling Point DP -1
Number of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0 (A)
Total Number of Dominant
Species Across All Strata: 2 (B)
Percent of Dominant Species
That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC: 0 (A/B)
Total % Cover of:
OBL species _
FACW species
FAC species
FACU species 12
UPL species
Column Totals: 12
Multiply
by:
x1=
X2=
X3=
X4=
48
X5=
(A)
48 (B)
Prevalence Index = B/A =
1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation
2 - Dominance Test is > 50
3 - Prevalence Test is 5 3.0'
4 - Morphological Adaptations' (Provide supporting
data in Remarks or on a separate sheet)
Problematic Hydrophylic Vegetation' (Explain)
'Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must
Definitions of Vegetation Strata
Tree- Woody plants, excluding vines, 3 in. (7.6 cm)
or more in diameter at breast height (DBH),
regardless of height.
Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less
than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1 m) tall.
Herb - All herbaceous (non -woody) plants, regardless
of size, and woody plants less than 3.28 ft tall.
Woody vine -All woody vines greater than 3.28 ft in
height.
Present? Yes No X

SOIL
Sampling Point: DP -1
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the Indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix
Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) %
Color (moist) % Type' Loc' Texture Remarks
0-18 10YR 312 too
SIL
'Type: C=Concentration, D=De letion, RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains.
21-ocation: PL=Pore Lining, M=Matrix.
Hydric Soil Indicators:
Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils':
Histosol (A7)
Dark Surface (S7)
2 cm Muck (A10) (MLRA 147)
Histic Epipedon (A2)
Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (MLRA 147, 148)
Coast Prairie Redox (A76)
_ Black Hisfic (A3)
Thin Dark Suface (S9) (MLRA 147, 148)
(MLRA 147, 148)
Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)
Loamy Gleyed Matrix (172)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19)
Stratified Layers (A5)
Depleted Matrix (F3)
(MLRA 136, 147)
2 cm Muck (At 0) (LRR N)
Redox Dark Surface (F6)
Red Parent Material (TF2)
Depleted Below Dark Surface (At 1)
Depleted Dark Surface (F7)
Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)
_ Thick Dark Surface (Al2)
Redox Depressions (F8)
Other (Explain in Remarks)
Sandy Mucky Mineral (S7) (LRR N,
Iron Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR N,
MLRA 147, 148)
MLRA 136)
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (s4)
Sandy Redox (S5)
Umbric Surface (F13) (MLRA 136, 122)
Piedmont Floodplain Soils (1719) (MLRA 148)
Indicators y rologyHydromusthyfle vegetation and
wetland hydrology must be present, unless
Stripped Matrix (S6)
disturbed or problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if observed):
Type:
Depth (inches):
Hydric Soil Present?
Yes No X
Remarks:

LEGEND
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THE LOCATIONS OF FEATURES SHOWN ON THIS MAP ARE PRELIMINARY. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN VERIFIED BY THE USACE AND/OR
THE NCDEQ-DWR. THIS EXHIBIT INCLUDES GPS LOCATIONS OF JURISIDICTIONAL FEATURES. THE SITE WAS DELINEATED BY MR.
BRAD LUCKEY OF PEI ON 5.24.15
Drawing 5
2013 Imagery from ESRI
and PEI Field Notes
Scale: 1" = 300'
Date:5.27.16
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Wetland Map
A Coogee Solar Farm
Approximate 26.5 Acre Tract
New Farm Ditch Road
Grantsboro, Pamlico County, NC
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Owner Name'. L D RICE LLC Plat
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Feature Classification Table
Identifier
Latitude (deci-
degree)
Longitude (deci-
degree)
Cowardian Class
Estimated Amount
of Aqutic Resource
Class of Resource
JDA
35.14908
-76.82369
Riverine
2,500 LF
Tributary
JDB
35.14928
-76.82212
700 Lf
Tributary/Open Water
JDC
35.14995
-76.82272
975 LF
Tributary/Open Water
JDD
35.15057
-76.82328
1,200 LF
Tributary/Open Water
JOE
35.1512
-76.82388
1,500 LF
Tributary/Open Water
JDF
35.14855
-76.82156
575 LF
Tributary/Open Water

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