20140073 Ver 1_Site UT4 stream determination 2-23-17_20170324

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Water Resources
Environmental Quality
March 24, 2017
Mr. Brian Hockett
Resources Environmental Solutions, LLC
302 Jefferson St, Suite 110
Raleigh, INC 27605
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
Subject: On -Site Determination for Applicability to the Randleman Lake Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B .0250)
Subject Property: Green Valley Farm Buffer Mitigation Site
Dear Mr. Hockett:
On February 23, 2017, at your request, I conducted an on-site determination to review the upper portion
of UT4 located within the subject project area for a stream determination with regards to the above noted
state regulations. You were present during the site visit.
At the time of the site determination the upper 400 feet of UT4, as shown on the attached Monitoring Plan
View, was determined to be an intermittent stream and therefore_is subject to the Randleman Lake Buffer
Rules. Additionally, the riparian restoration that was constructed adjacent to this stream is viable for buffer
mitigation credit provided that the vegetation condition meets success criteria.
The owner (or future owners) should notify the Division (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 Division or Delegated Local
Authority that a surface water exists and that it is subject to the buffer rule 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 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch, 1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1650. Individuals that
dispute a determination by the Division or Delegated Local Authority that "exempts" 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. The Division
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.
-:_'::�'— Notlhing Compares7�_n_
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 1 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27105
336-776-9800

This letter only addresses the applicability to the mitigation rules 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 contact me at 336-776-96923 or [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Sue
Sue Homewood
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Enclosures: Green Valley Farm Buffer Map
Cc: H. Needham Hockett Jr. c/o Brian Hockett (via email)
Lindsay Crocker, DMS (via email)
Katie Merritt, DWR Buffer Mitigation Coordinator (via email)
DWR electronic file 2014-0073
DWR, Winston-Salem Regional Office

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Total Points:
Stream is at least intermittent
Stream Determination (circle one)
Other
Ephemeralntermittenerennial
e.g. Quad Name:
if >_ 19 or erennial if >_ 30*
2
3
A. Geornorpholo (Subtotal = 5,5 ) 3.1D
Absent
Weak
Moderate
Strong
1aContinuity of channel bed and bank
0
1
2
3
2. Sinuosity of channel along thalweg
0
1
2
3
3. In -channel structure: ex. riffle -pool, step -pool,
ri le- ool sequence
0
1
2
3
4. Particle size of stream substrate
0
1
2
3
5. Active/relict floodplain
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1
2
3
6. Depositional bars or benches
0
1
2
3
7. Recent alluvial deposits
0
1
2
3
8. Headcuts
1
2
3
9. Grade control
0
0.5
1
1.5
10. Natural valley
0
0.5
1
1.
11. Second or greater order channel
No = 0
Yes = 3
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12. Presence of Baseflow
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2
13. Iron oxidizing bacteria
0 114.
19. Rooted upland plants in streambed
Leaf litter
1.5 115.
1
Sediment on plants or debris
0 .516.
0
Organic debris lines or piles
0 0.517.
3
Soil -based evidence of high water table?
No = 0
1
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18. Fibrous roots in streambed
3
2
0
19. Rooted upland plants in streambed
2
1
0
20. Macrobenthos(note diversity and abundance)
0
2
3
21. Aquatic Mollusks
0
1
2
3
22. Fish
0.5
1
15
23. Crayfish
0
0.5
0
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24. AmphibiansEtL�0
0.5
1
1.5
25. Algae
0
0.5
1
1.5
26. Wetland plants in streambed
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0.75; OBL =1.5 Other = 0
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methods. See It. 35 of manual.
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