20171307 Ver 1_Email Determination Letter_20180101

Strickland, Bev
From: Pullinger, Robert C
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 6:54 PM
To: 'Wes Fryar'
Cc: Kim Williams; [e-mail]
Subject: Bay Branch Solar - Stream/Buffer determination letter (Beaufort Co. - 2017-1307)
Attachments: 2017-1307 Determination Letter.pdf
Wes,
Please find attached the determination letter reflecting the calls we made for the Bay Branch Solar site near
Chocowinity. If you have any questions, please let me know how I can be of help.
Chris Pullinger
Environmental Senior Specialist
Division of Water Resources — Water Quality Regional Operations
Department of Environmental Quality
252 948 3922 office
chris.pullinger(cDncdenr.gov
943 Washington Square Mall
Washington, NC 27889

Water Resources w
Environmental Quality
November 8, 2017
Vickie C. Dotson
620 Duck Creek Road
Washington, North Carolina 27789
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
17-1307
BEAUFORT County
Subject: On -Site Determination for Applicability to Tar -Pamlico Riparian Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 02B .0259)
Subject Property/ Project Name: Bay Branch Solar
Address/Location: 6411 US HWY 17 S; Chocowinity, NC
Stream(s) Evaluated: UT to Bay Branch (1); Stream Index # 29-6-2-1-6; Class C; NSW
White Branch and Connecting Canals (1); Stream Index # 29-6-2-1-6-1; Class C; NSW
Determination Date: October 24, 2017
Staff: Chris Pullinger
Determination Type:
Buffer:
Stream:
❑ Neuse (15A NCAC 02B.0233)
® Intermittent/Perennial Determination
® Tar -Pamlico (15A NCAC 0213.0259)
USGS
Topo
❑ Catawba (15A NCAC 02B.0243)
E
❑ Jordan (15A NCAC 02B .0267) (governmental
17-1307 A Begin
and/or interjurisdictional projects)
X
❑ Randleman (ISA NCAC 02B.0250)
17-1307 A
❑ Goose Creek (15A NCAC 02B.0605-.0608)
Stream
E/I/P*
Not
Subject
Subject Start@
Stop@
Soil
Survey
USGS
Topo
17-1307 A
E
X
17-1307 A Begin
17-1307 A WI
X
X
17-1307 A
I
X 17-1307 A E/l
17-1307 A I/P
X
X
17-1307 A
P
X 17-1307 A I/P
17-1307 A End
X
X
17-1307 B
E
X
17-1307 B Begin
17-1307 B End
E/I/P = Epnemerai/Intermittent/Perennial
The Division of Water Resources has determined that the streams listed above and included on the attached map
have been located on the most recent published NRCS Soil Survey of Beaufort County, North Carolina and/or the
most recent copy of the USGS Topographic map at a 1:24,000 scale and evaluated for applicability to the Tar -
Pamlico Riparian Buffer Rule. Each stream that is checked "Not Subject" has been determined to not be at least
intermittent or not present on the property. Streams that are checked "Subject' have been located on the
property and 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.
--/'Nothtng Compares7,
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources -Water Quality Regional Operations Section -Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, North Carolina 27889
252-946-6481

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 date of this letter to the Director in writing.
If sending via US Postal Service:
c/o Karen Higgins
DWR-401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC27699-1617
If sending via delivery service (UPS, FedEx, etc.):
c% Karen Higgins
DWR-401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
512 N. Salisbury Street
Raleigh, NC27604
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 Water Act should be directed to the US Army Corps of
Engineers Washington Regulatory Field Office at (910)-251-4629.
If you have questions regarding this determination, please feel free to contact Chris Pullinger at [phone].
Sincerely,
nck
Robert Tankard, Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: WaRO DWR File Copy
LASERFICHE
Wes Fryar, Land Management Group (via e-mail: [e-mail])
Kim Williams, Land Management Group (via e-mail: kwilliams(@Imarouo.net)
Gary Beecher, USACE Washington field office (via e-mail)

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