20160683 Ver 1_Buffer Determination_20160722

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Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
22 July 2016
Joshua Schoer
6048 Headlands Ct.
Belmont, NC 28012
Subject Property: 6048 Headlands Ct.
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DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
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S, JAY ZIMMERMAN
AUTHORIZATION of Catawba River Riparian Buffer Protection Rules VARIANCE
[15A NCAC-2B .0243(9)(c)] with ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Dear Mr. Schoer,
Director
ID # 16-0683
Gaston County
You have our authorization, in accordance with the conditions listed below, to impact 108 square
feet (f l) of Zone 2 of the protected buffers on the subject property as described within your minor
variance request dated July 5, 2016, received by the Division of Water Resources (DWR) on July 19,
2016. This letter shall act as your variance authorization as described within 15A NCAC 2B .0224(9)(c).
In addition, you should get any other required federal, state or local permits before you proceed with your
project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control. This authorization shall expire five
years from the date of this authorization.
This authorization is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your Variance
Request. If you change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new
request for authorization. If the property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of this
authorization and is thereby responsible for complying with all conditions. For this authorization to be
valid, you must follow the conditions listed below.
No impacts (except for "exempt' uses as identified within 15A NCAC 2B .0243) shall occur to
the protected riparian buffers.
Storm water runoff from the subject property shall be released as "sheet flow" prior to
entering Zone 1 and Zone 2 (outside of 50 ft) of the Catawba Riparian Buffer.
2. Mitigation: Compensatory Mitigation Using the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS)
Mitigation must be provided for the proposed impacts as specified in the table below. We
understand that you wish to make a payment to the DMS to meet this mitigation
requirement. This has been determined by the DWR to be a suitable method to meet the
mitigation requirement. Until the DMS receives and clears your check (and DWR is
notified), no impacts specified in this Authorization shall occur. The DMS should be
contacted if you have any questions concerning payment into a restoration fund. You
have one month from the date of this authorization to make this payment. For accounting
purposes, this Authorization authorizes payment into the Buffer Restoration Fund to meet
the following compensatory mitigation requirement:
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Compensatory
Mitigation Required Mitigation
Zone 1 Buffers 0 (square feet) O (square feet)
Zone 2 Buffers 108 (square feet) 168 (square feet)
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this authorization, you may ask for and adjudicatory
hearing. You must act within 60 days of the date that you receive this letter. 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, NC 27699-6714. This authorization and its
conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a hearing.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under the Catawba River
Riparian Buffer Protection Rules [15A NCAC 2B .0243(9)(c)]. Please call Jennifer Burdette at 807-6364
or Alan Johnson at 704-663-1699 if you have any questions or require copies of our rules or procedural
materials.
Sincerely,
W. Corey Basinger, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section— -- —
Mooresville Regional Office, DEQ
Attachments
cc: Troy Knight, Red Bridge Homes, ([e-mail])
Karen Higgins, Wetlands Unit
MRO, Land Quality