20171006 Ver 1_Buffer and/or Stream Determination_20171114

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
November 14, 2017
Leonard Wayne Edwards
470 Melton Bridge Rd
Whitakers, NC 27891
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
DWR Project #17-1006
Nash County
Subject: On -Site Determination for Applicability to the Tar -Pamlico Riparian Buffer Rules
and Water Quality Standards (15A NCAC 02B.0259)
Subject Property/ Project Name: Leonard Wayne Edwards property / Blue Rose Mitigation Site
Address/Location: 107254 Gaskill Farm Rd, Whitakers, NC 27891
Stream(s) Evaluated: UTs to Lane Swamp & Swift Creek
Determination Date: October 2, 2017 Staff: Niki Maher/ Katie Merritt
Determination Type:
Buffer:
❑ Neuse (15A NCAC 02B.0233)
® Tar -Pamlico (15A NCAC 02B.0259)
❑ Catawba (15A NCAC 02B.0243)
❑ Jordan (15A NCAC 02B .0267) (governmental
and/or interjurisdictional projects)
❑ Randleman (15A NCAC 02B.0250)
❑ Goose Creek (15A NCAC 02B.0605-.0608)
Stream:
® Ephemeral/Intermittent/Perennial
Determination (where local buffer
ordinances apply)
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

Leonard Wayne Edwards
Tar -Pamlico Buffer/Stream Determination
DWR Project #17-1006
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Feature ID'
Feature
Not
Subject
Start @1
Stop @1
Soil
USGS
Type
Subject
Survey
Topo
Feature 1
36.100782,
Confluence with
✓
(extension of UT
ditch
It/
-77.746198
Lane Swamp)
(approx.)
Feature 3
Feature 2
E (modified
Confluence of
NW property/
(UT Lane
natural
✓
Feature 1 &
project
✓
Swamp)
stream)
Feature 3
boundary
Feature 3
ditch
✓
Confluence with
Confluence with
✓
Feature 1/ Feature 2
Feature 4
Feature 4
SE property/
(extension of UT
ditch
✓
Confluence with
project
✓
Swift Creek)
Feature 3
I
boundary
1 See maps provided with letter showing labeled features
2 Ephemeral (E), Intermittent (1), Perennial (P)
The Division of Water Resources has determined that all the features listed above have been
located on the most recent copy of the USGS Topographic map at a 1:24,000 scale (but not the
most recently published NRCS Soil Survey of Nash County, North Carolina) and were evaluated
for applicability to the Tar -Pamlico Riparian Buffer Rule. Maps are provided with this letter and
were initialed by Niki Maher on November 13, 2017. The features are checked "Not Subject"
and though they have been located on the property, do not possess characteristics that qualify
them to be at least intermittent streams. There may be other streams or features located on
the property that do not appear on the maps referenced above but may be considered
jurisdictional according to the US Army Corps of Engineers and subject to the Clean Water Act.
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 may request a
determination by the Director. An appeal request must be made within sixty (60) calendar
days of the date of this letter to the Director in writing.
If sending via US Postal Service:
c/o Karen Higgins
DWR — 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc.):
clo Karen Higgins
DWR — 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
512 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC 27604
This determination is final and binding as detailed above, unless an appeal is requested within
sixty (60) days.
This determination only addresses the applicability to the buffer rules and does not
approve any activity within the buffers. The project may require a Section 404/401
Permit for the proposed activity. Any inquiries regarding applicability to the Clean

Leonard Wayne Edwards
Tar -Pamlico Buffer/Stream Determination
DWR Project #17-1006
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Water Act should be directed to the US Army Corps of Engineers Raleigh Regulatory
Field Office at (919)-554-4884.
If you have questions regarding this determination, please feel free to contact Niki Maher at
[phone].
Sincerely,
alt Karen Higgins, Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
cc: Jeremy Schmid, Resource Environmental Solutions, via email: [e-mail]
Samantha Dailey, USACE (via email: [e-mail])
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch file
DWR RRO file
Katie Merritt, DWR Nutrient Offset & Buffer Banking Coordinator, via email:
[e-mail]
Filename: 20171006 BlueRoseMitBank TAR StreamDet.docx

1989 Nash Co Soil Survey
Leonard Wayne Edwards
Tar -Pamlico Buffer/Stream Determination
DWR Project #17-1006
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Tar -Pamlico Buffer/Stream Determination
DWR Project #17-1006
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Tar -Pamlico Buffer/Stream Determination
DWR Project #17-1006
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