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Home My WebLink About20160640 Ver 1_Buffer Determination_20160715Water Resources ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY July 15, 2016 Mr Neil & Dianne Bowen A D Swindell Farms, LLC PO Box 279 Pantego, NC 27860 PAT MCCRORY Govemor DONALD R VAN DER VAART Secretary S JAY ZIMMERMAN Director DWQ # 16-0640 Beaufort County Subject Property Canal #14 Drainage Improvement Project, Pantego, Beaufort County, NC UT to Pantego Creek, Tar -Pamlico River Basin Dear Mr & Mrs Bowen On July 6, 2016, at your request, Mr Scott Vinson of the Division of Water Resources, Washington Regional Office, conducted an on-site determination to review an unnamed tributary (UT) to Pantego Creek, named Canal #14, located on the subject property to determine if the feature would be considered a stream using the NC Division of Water Resources Stream Classification Form The feature is labeled as "16-0640" on the attached map(s) initialed by Mr Vinson on July 15, 2016 The subject property is located north off Swindell Road, northeast of Pantego, Beaufort County, North Carolina The Division of Water Resources (DWR) has determined that a portion of feature labeled as "16-0640" on the attached map, and highlighted in blue, is considered a stream. The stream call labeled as "16- 0640" starts at approximately 35.6322 N, 76.6736 W, just east of the culvert crossing with Morning Star Road and continues downstream to 35.5981 N, 76.6736 W before crossing under Swindell Road. Please contact Mr. Gary Beecher, (910) 251-4629, with the US Army Corps of Engineers to initiate permitting discussions on cleaning and maintaining this drainage canal. The owner (or future owners) should notify the DWR (and other relevant agencies) of this decision in any future correspondences concerning this property 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 the DWR or Delegated Local Authority that a surface water exists may request a determination by the Director A request for a determination by the Director shall be referred to the Director in writing c/o Karen Higgins, DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit, 1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. Individuals that dispute a determination by the DWR or Delegated Local Authority that "exempts" a surface water from the 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 DWR 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 State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources —Water Quality Regional Operations—Washington Regional Office 943 Washington Square Mail, Washington, NC 27889 252-946-6481 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 stream determinations and does not 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 Scott Vinson in the Washington Regional Office at (252) 948-3844 Sincerely, Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor Water Quality Regional Operations Section Division of Water Resources, NCDENR Attachment Flagging Location Map cc WaRO File Copy DWR 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit Mr Milton Prince, 212 E Dowry Creek, Belhaven, NC 27810 Filename 16-0640 PANTEGO QUADRANGLE NORTH CAROLINA-BEAUFORT CO 7 5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SW/4 BELHAVEN 15' QUADRANGLE PLYMOUTH 21 M! $ i 349 40' 350 351 2 700 000 FEET PUNgO 1 5 Ml 76037'3C 99 35 69( x = ✓ I- FEE / i �\ \ \ ,`�/ \ \\`' •• \ \ J� 3943 / > / 3942 2 - / y Xu x o - 3941 o • �\ 11 • 1625 \ _ /�/ r /94 10 _-��` - ••O • r/ i ��,�� j \r 3940 • ' / _ 1 �UU/ o x// ! •9 '(� °= ma=y _B}=% _-• r 2 - , �__ - — . t'b . ��SL : �� _�, _ • ill ' 39 • ,lit-'- .� /i ° �.1 39 ° .. . ' u 1621 8' L� ° - •-� ,• _ � li I � � `, ` •\ --_._ O� . a R w Ruin 1700Zz-z0 `Flo—�E Z / 1704 41 3938 1705 PANTEGO QUADRANGLE NORTH CAROLINA-BEAUFORT CO 7 5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) SW/4 BELHAVEN 15' QUADRANGLE PL YMOU H 21 M 8 349 40' 350 351 ' 2 700 000 FEET PUNGO 1 5 M/ 9 76037'3C 99 35 69( \ \ rrx�l� FEE �r3943 i 17116- 10 .'•� j / \:\\� �i i"� \ \ \ e�P \ // 3942 2 RTS 3,(G) 'Z3941 i25 /9 3940 x 13 99 'Exitego ;y eFF�I 39 1621 • •a °•, , j ~ ^ sJ -,�^ �'� / - I�-J'� ' R y — s %. I�1 ,• = u====__-_ o / o ( Ruin i 1100 40 1704 _ ~ i �Y� - - F -- 3938 I�L// 17054