20180740 Ver 1_Buffer Derermination Letter_20180703

Water Resources
Environmental Quality
July 3, 2018
William Ward
PO Box 893
New Bern, NC 28563
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Interim Director
DWR #2018-0740
PITT County
Subject: On -Site Determination for Applicability to Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rules (15A NCAC 026.0233)
Subject Property/ Project Name: Ward Properties
Address/Location: Off Trent Shores Drive, Trent Woods, near New Bern, NC
Stream(s) Evaluated: UT to Trent River
Determination Date: 06/27/2018 Staff: Sarah Toppen
Determination Type: Riparian Buffer applicability
Buffer:
Stream:
® Neuse (15A NCAC 0213.0233)
® Intermittent/Perennial Determination
❑ Tar -Pamlico (15A NCAC 0213 .0259)
Soil
❑ Catawba (15A NCAC 02B.0243)
❑ Jordan (15A NCAC 02B .0267) (governmental
Subject
and/or interjurisdictional projects)
❑ Randleman (15A NCAC 028 .0250)
Survey
❑ Goose Creek (15A NCAC 026 .0605-.0608)
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Stream
E/I/P*
Not
Subject
Start@
Stop@
Soil
USGS
Subject
Survey
Topo
2018-0740
1
X
35.0790
35.0792
Site 1
-77.0716
-77.0715
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ditch
X
NA
NA
Site 2
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P
X
35.0776
35.0779
Site 3
-77.0679
-77.0683
*E/1/P = Ephemeral/Intermittent/Perennial
The Division of Water Resources has determined that the streams listed above and included on the attached map(s)
have been located on the most recent published NRCS Soil Survey of PITT 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 Neuse River
Riparian Buffer Rule. Each stream that is checked "Not Subject" may have been determined to be at least
intermittent, perennial or present on the property but do not appear on either the most recent published NRCS Soil
Survey of PITT County, nor on the most recent copy of the USGS Topographic map. Therefore, these three drainage
features are not subject to the Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rules. 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.
-'7�' Nothing Compares'
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

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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 any
buffers, streams or wetlands. 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)-251-4584.
If you have questions regarding this determination, please feel free to contact Sarah Toppen at [phone].
Sin�cer�elly,
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David May, Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDEQ
cc: WaRO DWR File Copy
LASERFICHE
William Wescott (via email: [e-mail])