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February 16, 2018
Mitchell Environmental, P.A.
Attn: Scott Mitchell — President
1501 Lakestone Village Lane, Suite 205
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
DWR Project # 20171573
Wake County
P.F. #5 LLC
Attn: Kimberly Hill — Registered Agent
3930 Max Place
Boynton Beach, FL 33436-2038
Re: Wake County PIN 0735577241
Subject: On -Site Determination for Applicability to the Jordan Lake Riparian Area
Protection Rules (15A NCAC 02B .0267) For Property Located at 4405 NC
Hwy 55, Cary, Wake County, NC, Property PIN # 0735577241
Dear Sirs and Madams:
On December 7, 2017, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received a request from
Mitchell Environmental. P.A. to appeal an on-site determination made by the Town of
Cary as provided in 15A NCAC 02B .0267 (4)(d). On January 16, 2018, Shelton Sullivan of
DWR, conducted an on-site determination to review the feature located on the subject
property for applicability to the Jordan Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B .0267).
The feature evaluated is a headwater of Nancy Branch, Class WS -IV Waters within the
Cape Fear River Basin and within the Jordan Lake Watershed. The feature evaluated is
labeled as "A" and "B" on the attached maps initialed by Shelton Sullivan. During the
review, Mr. Sullivan evaluated the feature using the DWR Stream Classification Form.
Feature A is on the subject parcel PIN 0735577241 and receives flow from a culvert under
NC 55. The feature continues downstream to the adjacent and downstream properties.
Feature A was evaluated to have a score of 15.0 on the DWR form, and therefore,
ephemeral and NOT SUBJECT to the Jordan Buffer Rules on the subject parcel PIN
0735577241.
The site visit and review of Wake County GIS maps revealed that the feature continues
onto the adjacent and downstream parcels (PIN 0735576503, PIN 0735478571 and PIN
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh. North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

DWR Project # 20171573, PIN 0735577241, 4405 NC Hwy 55, Cary NC
Wake County
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0735573739). The feature was determined to be an intermittent channel at a property
corner between parcels PIN 0735576503 and PIN 0735478571 as indicated on the below
map. At this point and continuing downstream, the feature is labeled as Feature B, Nancy
Branch, and was evaluated to have a score of 24.5 on the DWR form, and therefore,
SUBJECT to the Jordan Buffer Rules. The forms and maps are attached to this letter. The
property owners of parcels PIN 0735576503, PIN 0735478571 and PIN 0735573739 are
copied on this letter.
This determination, DWR Project # 20171573, shall replace the determination originally
performed by the Town of Cary as documented in their letter dated October 25, 2017
and reference number TCRB 17-04. This determination shall expire five years from the
date of this letter.
This determination can be contested as provided in General Statute 150B by filing a
written petition for an administrative hearing to the Office of Administrative Hearings
(hereby known as OAH) within sixty (60) calendar days.
A petition form may be obtained from the OAH at http://www.ncoah.com/ or by calling
the OAH Clerk's Office at [phone] for information. A petition is considered filed
when the original and one (1) copy along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received in
the OAH during normal office hours (Monday through Friday between 8:00am and
5:00pm, excluding official state holidays).
The petition may be faxed to the OAH at [phone], provided the original and one
copy of the petition along with any applicable OAH filing fee is received by the OAH within
five (5) business days following the faxed transmission.
Mailing address for the OAH:
If sending via U.S. Postal Service: If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc.)
Office of Administrative Hearings Office of Administrative Hearings
6714 Mail Service Center 1711 New Hope Church Road
Raleigh, NC 27699-6714 Raleigh, NC 27609-6285
One (1) copy of the petition must also be served to DENR:
William F. Lane, General Counsel
Department of Environmental Quality
1601 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1601

DWR Project # 20171573, PIN 0735577241, 4405 NC Hwy 55, Cary NC
Wake County
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This letter only addresses the applicability to the buffer rules and does not approve any
activity within buffers or within waters of the state. If you have any additional questions
or require additional information please call Shelton Sullivan at [phone].
Sincerely,
4 WM
Karen Higgins, Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Enclosures: Site Map, NRCS Soil Survey, USGS Topo, Stream ID Forms
cc:
• Scott Mitchell, Mitchell Environmental, P.A, via email to
[e-mail]
• Eric W. Kulz, Town of Cary Water Resources Dept., via email to
[e-mail]�
• Danny Smith DWR Raleigh Regional Office
• 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch files
• LG Cary ATC Retail, LLC & LG Cary ATC MF, LLC; Attn: Registered Agent Solutions
Inc.; 176 Mine Lake Court, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27615
Filename: 20171573_4405 NC 55 Ca ry_Strea rnAp pea I Letter. d ocx

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