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Item) (Jennifer Burdette)
A request has been received for the Water Quality Committee to grant a Major Variance from the
Neuse Riparian Area Protection Rules to Johnston County for the expansion of their landfill located at
680 County Home Road in Smithfield, NC. Due to the presence of an unnamed tributary to Middle
Creek west of the existing landfill, the proposed landfill expansion will need to encroach into Zone One
and Two of the riparian buffer. The applicant is proposing mitigation to offset the proposed buffer
impacts. Division of Water Resources staff support this request for a Major Variance from the Neuse
Riparian Area Protection Rule because all the requirements in 15A NCAC 02B .0233(9) are met.
(Attachments enclosed: Variance Application, DWR Findings of Fact, and PowerPoint Presentation)