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IN REPLY REFER TO
Regulatory Branch
. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28492-1890
March 5, 4,987
SUBJECT: File No. SAWC087-N-010-0073
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Mr. M. F. Fox, Chief Engineer
Federal Paper Board Company, Inc.
Post Office Box 338
Bolton, North Carolina 28423
Dear Mr. Fox:

Reference your application for a Department of the Army
Section 404 permit to place fill material in pocosin wetlands
between the Shallotte and Lockwoods Folly River Basins (Driving
Creek) to provide sufficient ditch drainage for forestry
management in two tracts totaling 1,567 acres off N.C. Highway 211
in Brunswick County approximately 18 miles south of Bolton, North
Carolina.
The public review for your proposal has been completed and I
must deny your request for permit authorization. I reviewed and
evaluated the impacts of this application, as well as the stated
views of Federal and non-Federal agencies and the concerned
public, and I determined that the issuance of the requested permit
was not in the overall public interest. My decision to deny this
permit was also based on my evaluation of the probable impacts,
including cumulative impacts, of the proposed work. The benefits,
which reasonably could be expected to accrue from the proposal,
were balanced against reasonably foreseeable detriments. My
decision to not authorize the proposal was determined by the
outcome of this general balancing process. My decision reflects
the national concern for both protection and utilization of
important resources.
In reaching this decision, I considered the comments of other
agencies and their advice regarding important environmental
resources that would be adversely impacted by the project. Those
comments were previously furnished to you. Recommendations that
the permit be denied were received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Service, the National Marine Fishery Service, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and the North Carolina Department
of Natural Resources and Community Development. I concur with the
assessments of these agencies regarding the significant adverse
impacts that would occur if the requested work were accomplished.
I also considered the public and private benefits of the
proposed project. I agree that certain economic benefits would be
realized by the Federal Paper Board Company, but I have determined
that there are reasonable alternatives available to you that would
achieve the purposes for which the work would be conducted. The
proposed work is not. in accordance with the overall interests of
the public as reflected in the comments of State and local
agencies and the general public. There would be significant
adverse environmental effects related to the work. Denial of this
permit application is consonant with national policy, statutes,
and administrative directives. On balance, the total public
interest would best be served by the denial of a Department of the
Army permit.
Thank you for your close coordination with my staff on this
and other permit matters. I regret that this decision was not
more favorable to you. Mr. Ernest Jahnke of my staff is available
to answer any questions you may have or to assist you with your
future plans that may involve lands within the Corps of Engineers'
regulatory jurisdiction. He may be reached at telephone (919)
343-4467.
BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
Paul Woodbury
Colonel, Corps of Engineers
District Engineer

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Copies Furnished (without enclosures):
Mr. John Parker
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. Charles Jones
Morehead City Regional Office
North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management
Post Office Box 769
Morehead City, North Carolina 28557
Ms. L. K. (Mike) Gantt
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Post Office Box 25039
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-5039
Mr. C. Robert Stroud
Wilmington Regional Office
North Carolina Division of
Coastal Management
7225 Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403
Mr. Randy Cheek
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
Mr. William L. Kruczynski, Chief
Wetlands Section
Region IV
Marine and Estuarine Branch
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
345 Courtland Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30365
^M- William Mills
ater Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
North Carolina Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director
March 4, 1987
Mr. M.F. Fox, Chief Forester
Federal Paperboard Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 338
Bolton, NC 28423
Subject: Certification Pursuant to Section
401 of the Federal Clean Water Act,
Proposed Drainage Ditches
Federal Paperboard Company, Inc.
Tributaries to Driving Branch
Brunswick County
Dear Mr. Fox:
Attached hereto are two (2) copies of Certification No. 2034
issued to Federal Paperboard CoaT>any, Inc. dated March 4, 1987.
If we can be of further assistance, do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely yours,
Original Signed By
William C. Mills
For R. Paul Wilms
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Wilmington Regional Office
Mr. William Mills
Mr. David Owens
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

NORTH CAROLINA
Brunswick County
CERTIFICATION
THIS CERTIFICATION is issued in conformity with the requirements of
Section 401 Public Laws 92-500 and 95-217 of the United States and
subject to the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
Regulations in 15 NCAC 2H, Section .0500 to Federal Paperboard Company,
Inc. pursuant to an application filed on the 13th day of November, 1986
to excavate ditches to provide drainage for forestry management.
The Application provides adequate assurance that the discharge of
fill material into a wetlands area adjacent to the waters of Driving
Creek in conjunction with the proposed drainage project in Brunswick
County will not result in a violation of applicable Water Quality
Standards and discharge guidelines. Therefore, the State of North
Carolina certifies that this activity will not violate Sections 301,
302, 303, 306, 307 of PL 92-500 and PL 95-217 if conducted in accordance
with the application and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Condition(s) of Certification:
1. That the activity be conducted in such a manner
as to prevent significant increase in turbidity
outside the area of construction or construction
related discharge (increases such that the
turbidity in the Stream is 50 NTU's or less
are not considered significant).
2. That the spoil be stabilized to minimize erosion.
violations of any condition herein set forth shall result in
revocation of this Certification.
This Certification shall become null and void unless the above
conditions are made conditions of the Federal Permit.
This the 4th day of March, 1987.
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
original Signed BY
William C. Mills
For R. Paul Wilms, Director
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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor R. Paul Wilms
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary Director
March 4, 1987
Mr. M.F. Fox, Chief Forester
Federal Paperboard Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 338
Bolton, NC 28423
Subject: Certification Pursuant to Section
401 of the Federal Clean Water Act,
Proposed Drainage Ditches
Federal Paperboard Company, Inc.
Tributaries to Driving Branch
Brunswick County
Dear Mr. Fox:
Attached hereto are two (2) copies of Certification No. 2034
issued to Federal Paperboard Company, Inc. dated March 4, 1987.
If we can be of further assistance, do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely yours,
Orilftal Signed By
William C. Mills
For R. Paul Wilms
cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Wilmington Regional Office
Mr. William Mills
Mr. David Owens
Pollution Prevention Pays
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

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NORTH CAROLINA
Brunswick County
CERTIFICATION
THIS CERTIFICATION is issued in conformity with the requirements of
Section 401 Public laws 92-500 and 95-217 of the United States and
subject to the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management
Regulations in 15 NCAC 2H, Section .0500 to Federal Paperboard Company,
Inc. pursuant to an application filed on the 13th day of November, 1986
to excavate ditches to provide drainage for forestry management.
The Application provides adequate assurance that the discharge of
fill material into a wetlands area adjacent to the waters of Driving
Creek in conjunction with the proposed drainage project in Brunswick
County will not result in a violation of applicable water Quality
Standards and discharge guidelines. Therefore, the State of North
Carolina certifies that this activity will not violate Sections 301,
302, 303, 306, 307 of PL 92-500 and PL 95-217 if conducted in accordance
with the application and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Condition(s) of Certification:
1. That the activity be conducted in such a manner
as to prevent significant increase in turbidity
outside the area of construction or construction
related discharge (increases such that the
turbidity in the Stream is 50 NTU's or less
are not considered significant).
2. That the spoil be stabilized to minimize erosion.
Violations of any condition herein set forth shall result in
revocation of this Certification.
This Certification shall become null and void unless the above
conditions are made conditions of the Federal Permit.
This the 4th day of March, 1987.
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Original Signed BY
William C. Mills
For
R. Paul Wilms, Director
WQC# 2034

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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
February 6, 1987
MEMORANDUM
To: Bill Mills
Operations Branch
From: David H. Cotton QP/
Wilmington Regional Office
Through:' A. Preston Howard, Jr.
Wilmington Regional Office
Subject: Regional Office Review & Recommendations
Application for Permit for Excavation and/or Fill
Federal Paperboard Company, Inc.
Brunswick County
The applicant is proposing to dig approximately 175,000 linear feet of
drainage ditch to drain approximately 1560 acres of pocosin wetland. The
proposal includes placing the excavated soil adjacent to the ditch within the
wetlands.
The project has been reveiwed to determine impacts to water quality. The
following comment is offerred:
1. That the project will require a 401 Certification for the placement
of the spoils. The Certification should include the following
conditions:
a. That the work be done in such a way as to prevent excess levels
of turbidity, greater than 50 NTUs,.in the receiving stream.
b. That the spoil be stabilized to prevent erosion.
2. This office feels that the project will not adversely affect water
quality.
During the course of review DEM received a letter from Marvin and Lucy
Evans, from Ash, NC. They expressed concerns about the additive effect of
wetlands drainage on low lying land downstream. During a site visit I was
able to view the extent of flooding currently taking place along Juniper Creek
and its tributaries. The areas visited were approximately 12 to 2 miles from
the convergence of Juniper Creek and the Waccamaw River. There was extensive
flooding adjacent to Juniper Creek and its tributaries. While waters in the
southeast region are abnormally high the waters in this vicinity are at a
higher flood stage than in other areas. It is recommended that prior to
adding additional drainage to the Juniper Creek system that Federal Paperboard
address the possibility of additional drainage increasing the flooding problems
downstream of the project.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Ftir?Ct??s REGION IV
000RTLAND STREET
JAN 2 3 1987 AIL ANTA, GEORGIA 30365
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Colonel Paul W. Woodbury
District Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington
P.O. Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
ATTENTION: Mr. Ernie Jahnke
SUBJECT: Federal Paper Board Company, Inc.
(Public Notice No. 86-N-010-0073)
Dear Colonel Woodbury:
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This is in response to the subject public notice concerning a proposal to
place excavated material in pocosin wetlands eighteen miles south of
Bolton, Brunswick County, North Carolina. The purpose of the subject
project is to provide sufficient ditch drainage for forestry management
in two sites totaling 1,567 acres. The sites will be primarily reforested
with loblolly pine. The proposed ditches are to be excavated to -5 ft.
depths with 1.5 ft. bottom widths and 1:1 side slopes. Excavated material
is to be placed adjacent to the ditches which will be spaced approximately
660 ft. apart. Approximately 17,490 linear ft. of ditching is planned.
The applicant has recently contributed 1,872 acres of pocosin wetlands to
the North Carolina Nature Conservancy as mitigation for the proposed
project.
Pocosin wetlands perform valuable functions in aquatic systems including:
fish and wildlife habitat values, water quality services, and vital
stonmwater retention capabilities.
It is clear that the fill activity will eliminate or highly degrade a
valuable aquatic resource and will result in unacceptable adverse
environmental impacts. Consequently, it is our opinion that the proposed
project is contrary to the Section 404 Guidelines and should be denied.
Sincerely yours,

Jack E. Ravan
Regional Administrator
cc: See enclosed
cc: Mike Gantt, Field Supervisor
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Raliegh, NC
R. Paul Wilms, Director
NC Division of Environmental Management
Preston Pate, Chief
Field Supervisor
NC office of Coastal Management
W. Donald Baker
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
John Parker, Permits Coordinator
NC office of Coastal Management
Randy Cheek, Area Supervisor
National Marine Fisheries Service
Beaufort, NC
J.T. Brawner, Regional-Director
National Marine Fisheries Service
St. Petersburg, FL

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
?. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402.1890
January 12, 1987
IN REPLY REFER TO
Regulatory Branch
Mrs Lucy R. Evans
Ash, North Carolina 28420 q
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Dear Mrs. Evans:
Thank you for furnishing me a copy of your letter'tb ,tV rfn fh
Carolina Division of Environmental Management (NCDPI.yt,dat
December 9, 1986, regarding the request by Federal CF,?Epmp#'Yj
for a Department of the Army permit for construction of drainage
ditches near the Green Swamp in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
Although your letter was addressed to the NCDEM, from which you
may expect a direct answer, many of the points you raised are
matters concerning Corps of Engineers' policy and/or past actions
and we believe it will be of help to you if we also respond to
those points. We are furnishing a copy of our response to the
NCDEM for their information.
By way of background, you probably are aware that Federal
Government authority over wetland activities in your area is a
recent occurence. Prior to 1977 the Corps had no authority over
the small streams and wetlands in your area. Since then, the
jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers has reached a point that
today, we require permits for the placement of dredged or fill
material into numerous small streams and wetlands over which we
had no authority in the recent past. Regarding your comments
about past approvals given to Federal Paper Company, we wish to
assure you that Federal Paper Company has received no approvals
from the Corps of Engineers which did not require their rigid
compliance with all existing laws and regulations. Indeed, their
current permit application involves their use of two parcels of
land over which we determined jurisdiction a few years ago, and
within which they have curtailed their activity since that time.
Keep in mind that the Corps of Engineers has authority to regulate
only the discharges of dredged or fill material, not the
discharges of water or other activities. In this case, the
regulated activity for which Federal Paper needs a permit is the
"discharge" of the excavated soil from their proposed ditch
construction onto the adjoining land which we have determined to
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be "wetlands" under our jurisdiction. Prior to this time, they
have constructed logging roads and cut some of the timber off the
land. The Clean Water Act exempts logging roads from the permit
requirement and the cutting of trees is not a "discharge" under
the law. Federal Paper Company is now interested in completing
their work on the property which would involve reforestation,
however, a drainage sytem is required to manage the surface water
until the new tree seedlings become established. Those field
ditches require a Corps permit under our current regulations.
The donation of lands is not as insignificant as it may seem.
Much of the land contains virgin stands of Southern White Cedar
and pocosin forest which comprise a unique and valuable supplement
to the lands already held by the Nature Conservancy. Federal
Paper Company would not have needed permits to construct roads or
to harvest the cedar and other timber if they had chosen not to
donate the property, but, of course, that harvesting would have
destroyed the unique ecological value of the property. Certainly
they may enjoy certain tax credits for such action, but those
kinds of tax credits have inspired placement of thousands of acres
of special lands into public ownership in North Carolina, which
would have otherwise been permanently altered and lost as a
natural resource.
You are obviously primarily concerned about the need for
relief from the periodic flooding of your property and property of
others adjacent to the various streams within the Waccamaw River
basin in Brunswick County. The Corps of Engineers' involvement in
this matter is apparently also a matter of some confusion and we
are pleased to have this opportunity to explain our past actions.
Two Brunswick County drainage projects have been the subject
of our review. First was a request, in mid 1980, from the
Brunswick County Department of Water Management and Mosquito
Control for a permit to channelize approximately 3-1/2 miles of
streambed in Scippio Swamp Creek and place the excavated material
in the adjacent swamp wetland. The environmental consequences of
such work have long been the cause for strong objections from
those State and Federal agencies charged with protection of fish
and wildlife resources, and, in this case their objections were
especially strong because of our recent experience with similar
work in other counties, particularly Burgaw Creek in Pender
County. There and elsewhere, we came to the conclusion that the
carrying capacity of most small streams could be restored and
maintained by simply clearing and snagging the limbs, trees, and
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other vegetative debris from the streambed. Most importantly, the
environmental damage to the wetlands and to the fish and wildlife
habitat that is caused by channelization and spoil disposal is
avoided. In early 1981, the Brunswick County Commissioners were
advised that the Corps of Engineers had gotten agreement from all
interested agencies for the clearing and snagging of 10,000 linear
feet of Scippio Swamp Creek to proceed. Coincidently, out of the
interagency discussions on the Scippio Swamp project, we were
successful in developing a general permit for clearing and
snagging which eliminates the need for future individual permits
for such work by Brunswick County or others. The general permit
became effective on October 16, 1980. In 1982, our general permit
was incorporated into the national Corps of Engineer regulations
and made effective nationwide. To our knowledge, the county has
not proceeded with work in Scippio Swamp.
Notwithstanding the availability of the nationwide authority,
Brunswick County applied in January 1984 for a permit to
channelize 2,700 linear feet of Mill Branch. All review agencies
recommended denial of the permit and the State of North Carolina
determined that the request was inconsistent with the North
Carolina Coastal Management Plan. That permit request was denied
on April 26, 1984.
The Brunswick County authorities have been advised on several
occasions that no permit is required for clearing and snagging,
and, until that alternative is demonstrated not to be effective,
we cannot consider future applications for stream channelization.
We are convinced that clearing the stream of blockages of limbs
and debris will be effective and that it will provide relief from
much of the flooding that is being experienced in the area.
Thank you for your interest in the Federal Paper Company
permit application. Your views will be given careful
consideration.
Sincerely
Charles. W. Hollis
Chief, Regulatory Branch
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Copies Furnished:
Mr. Steve Benton
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. William Mills
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
J North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Mr. Bob Jamison
Wilmington Regional Office
North Carolina Department of
Natural Resources and
Community Development
7225 Wrightsville Avenue
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403
Mr. M. F. Fox
Federal Paperboard Company
Post Office Box 338
Bolton, North Carolina 28423

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Division of Vatural
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Raleigh, NC 2761
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Green Swamp stradles the Brunswick-Columbus County line. The
process of harvesting, and replanting timber would be eased
by this drainage.
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Resources and Community Development
Federal Paper Compny has applied to the Cort of Engineers
for a permit to dig five-feet-deep drainage ditches in the
Green Swamp to drain an additional 1,_56'/ acres of wetlands,
placina the spolls on adjacent wetlands Federal owns. The
Federal proposes to make a gift of 1,872 acres in the Green
Swamp to the north Carolina Conservancy to appease any organ-
izations that may object to the permit, not to mention the
tax deduction. Federal gets what they want, the Conservancy
gets what it wants all "free"; but it isn't free. Someone
has to pay and that "someone" is the adjacent property owners
that have no imput in the determination of who gets a permit.
For years Federal Paper Com Inny•has been given a "carte Blanc"
permit to dig as they deemed necessary in the Green Swamp and
surrounding area on Federal owned property with no regard or
forethought whatsoever to problems or hazards they created for
their neighbors. Federal has turned water on their neighbors
creating health hazards by contamination, destroying farm land
and vegetation and making bogs of once dry land.
In the Exum and Myrtle Head communities the crops and crop-
land has been severly damaged. Water supplies have been con-
taminated. The land use has been reduced to nil in some areas.
The natural habitat of wildlife has been distrubed. The food
supply for wildlife has been deminished. Yet not one of the
persons or protective organizations has bothered to inspect the
impact or even say "don't".
The water from ditches dug in this area drain into Alligator
Swamp, Reedy Branch and Mill Branch. Alligator Swamp empties
into the two branches at the head of the old Evans Bay, which
these branches should drain into Juniper Creek and Waccamaw
River. Down stream these natural waterways are blocked by
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debris and erosion that has built up over the years. Because
of the soil type erosion and debris build up easily. This
causes flooding of the area, backing excess water onto adjacent
property. 't'hese branches have-not been cleaned out since the
WPA project in 1933.
Other property owners were not consulted' by Federal as to their
intentions or possible problems prior to permission and cer-
tainly not since.
The property owners are tax-payers and that tax money in part
is being used to pay for the so-called protective agencies that
are supposed to be protecting us, our rights as property owners,
and our property and our quality of life from such as Federal
Paper. These same agencies grant permits td Federal with no
forethought as to consequences to others.
Our ancestors came here in the 1700s with a land grant and set-
tled the property on which we live. They passed down to us a
heritage rich in the quality of life to which we have become
accustom. Beginning with the Revolutionary Tar they have fought
to help preserve this country and that heritage for their decen-
dants. As children of a farming community we developed early a
love of the land and our surroundings. We rambled the woods,
gathering things for school and 4-H projects, swam in the streams,
gathered wild flowers to take home, caught minnows, tadpoles,
turtles, crayfish and anything that moved was inspected through-
ly. We learned to fish in these streams. Have you ever tickled
a Venus Fly Trap that snapped shut; peeped into trumphet plants
to see what it had in it's trumphet. We watched tadpoles and
fish eggs develope in the spring. These are the memories that
substain us as adults watching our worl-i being attached from every
possible angle. These are things that are fast disappearing fran
our lives because those with "hearsay" knowledge know more about
the needs of our area than the people living here.
In February, 1984 on behalf of the property owners Brunswick
County Water Management applied to the Corp of Engineers for a
permit to clean up some of the mess by snagging out Reedy Branch
and Mill Branch so once again they flow naturally into Juniper
Creek and Zaccamaw River. The application asked for permission,
where necessary, to did; to a maximum of five feet depth, (the
same depth used by Federal). No request was made for complete
drainage of this area, just the excess water was to be drained
off. Once this was completed everyone would benofit. We were
denied a permit because of the Clear-V,ater Act. CLEAR ',"oA.TFR !
The interpretation of clear water to those interpting means
undistrubed water, even if it's over the trees. They are not
concerned with quanity of water and most especially drainage
projects, but QUALITY. Water is backed up out of it's:natural

fresh area, standing stagnant, stinking and covered with mos-
quito larvae is not QUALITY. It's not clean. No form of life
c_an.live in it and areas usually foraged in winter by wildlife
is soggy and rotting. Federal's plans are drainage for conven-
ience.
We are told Federal Paper Comp-,.ny is exempt from regulations
because growing timber is agriculture. Agriculture cannot be
applied to farming.
Now the beavers have moved in,compounding the problem. Beavers
are protected. The enviornmentalist tell us the beavers were
here before we were, but we cannot find anyone (native) that had
ever seen a live beaver before now. We didn't have enough water
in our immediate area before to accommodate beavers.
Our property and our way of life are being destroyed by irres-
ponsible management programs and laws that change according to
who it is. The inconsistency in these areas is appaling. The
rules should be applied equally. Permits should be reviewed
with first-hand knowledge. Programs should be set up according
to the needs of an area. 't'hose needs should be determined by
persons living in the area and those having made on-site inspec-
tion of the whole area. Too many times decisions are made by
persons and organizations whose only knowledge comes from printed
materials or "hearsay".
Developers and Federal Paper can dig the wetlands out by the cubic
tons for monetary gains. We are told that if we remove one
shovel of soil. from a natural run for preservation, we will be
hauled into court.
To keep this area livable and useful we must have a working
drainage'program. Everything must have a little maintenance..
This area is an agriculture community and is zoned so by the
county. To maintain it as a beautiful, healthy, workable farm-
ing community we must have consistent water drainage program.
We are asking that you help put quality back into our community
by denying to Federal Paper Company the requested permit and
and azy forthcoming request until the present drainage problems
created by previous drainage projects of Federal Paper have been
corrected.
We request also that on-site inspection of the down stream areas
be made. Please no more long-distance dictations. Our problems
stem from decisions being made by persons and organizations that
do not have to live with the decisions. In reality they know not-
hing of the people, the history, or geography of the area. •rhey
base their opinions on "hearsay" from persons that tell them
exactly what those persons want them to know.

Please come look for yourselves. Don't send the Corp of
engineers. We find them unreasonable and impossible to work
with.
Thank ix ou
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cc: Brunswick County Plater Management
Bolivia, NC
NC Tildlife Resources uomission
Conservation Division
Habitat Management
ivU Dept of Soil Gonservation
attn: Mr. Bill Auatin
ivC Dept. of ivatural Resources
attn: Mr. Jamison
Wilmington, NC
U S Fish and nildlife
Mg. Michael uantt
US 'Army Corp of Engineers
attn. (fir. Ernest cjahnke
attn. Mr. Charlie Hollis
NC Division coastal management
attn: Mr. Steve Benton
Enviornmental Protection Agency
Dr. Jack Raven
Regional Admintstor
345 Cortland St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30365
rnviornmental Frotection Agency
Mr. Howard Marshall
estuary xeaearch
Yederal Paper Board Company, INC.
Mr. r,. F. rox
('hief Engineer
P. 0. Box 338
Bolton, ivC 28423
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Bill Mills
FROM: Steve Bentdfi
SUBJECT: Consistency Review Project
R E C E I V E D
NOV 2-4 1986
4VA i tN gUALI i Y SECTIO N
OPERATIONS BRANCH
The following project proposal is being reviewed for consistency
with the North Carolina Coastal Management Program.
Identifying No. CoP-PS -Pl) 7-6073
Project: I)PAr-unc,?r-
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Applicant: F?0?2AL?P?d? /A2? Co , l-uC.
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Response date requested: 2/i z./ g
Consistency Response Deadline: z9 As f C=:,

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
SAWC087-N-010-0073
PUBLIC NOTICE
November 13, 1986
THE FEDERAL PAPER BOARD COMPANY, INCORPORATED, represented by
MR. M. F. FOX, Chief Engineer, Post Office Box 338, Bolton, North Carolina
28423, has applied for a Department of the Army permit TO PLACE EXCAVATED
MATERIAL IN POCOSIN WETLANDS BETWEEN THE SHALLOTTE AND LOCKWOOD FOLLY RIVER
BASINS (DRIVING CREEK) TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT DITCH DRAINAGE FOR FORESTRY
MANAGEMENT IN TWO TRACTS TOTALING 1567 ACRES OFF N.C. HIGHWAY 211,
APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES SOUTH OF BOLTON, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant and from observations made during an onsite visit by a
representative of the Corps of Engineers. Plans and information submitted
with the application propose ditching in two tracts: the Canady Road Tract
(983 acres) and the Richardson Road Tract (584 acres). Ditches are to be
spaced approximately 660 feet apart. Excavation by track mounted V-bucket
backhoe of 5-foot-deep ditches with 1-1/2-foot bottom widths and 1 to 1 side
slopes is typical. Excavated material is to be placed adjacent to ditches.
Best management practices are to be followed to minimize sediment impacts on
water quality and to prevent alteration of natural surface water movement
patterns. Approximately 1780 chains (117,480 linear feet) of ditching is
proposed for the Canady Road Tract and approximately 870 chains (57,420 linear
feet) of ditching is proposed for the Richardson Road Tract. The purpose of
the work is to facilitate reforestation of the tracts with genetically
improved strains of loblolly pine and hardwood. With the exception of the
placement of the excavated material, all other work associated with the .
proposed reforestation are exempt from regulation by 33 CFR Part 323.4. Plans
showing the work are included with this public notice.
During 1977, the applicant contributed 13,850 acres of prime pocosin,
savannah and ridge land to the North Carolina Nature Conservancy (NCNC). As
indicated by the cross hatched areas on sheet 1 of 3 of the attached plans,
the applicant, as mitigation for the proposed work, is planning to contribute
an additional 1872 acres to the NCNC. This acreage is contiguous with the
previously donated land and the areas to be managed. It is significant to
note that the applicant could have, without regulation, undertaken "normal
silvicultural practices" within the NCNC areas, but they have offered the
areas in an almost virgin condition. The applicant states that the NCNC is
agreeable to receipt of the additional acreage.
The applicant has determined that the proposed work is consistent with the
North Carolina Coastal Zone Management Plan and has submitted this
determination to the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management for their

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view and concurrence. This proposal shall be reviewed for the applicability
of other.actions by North Carolina agencies such as:
a. The issuance of a Water Quality Certification under Section 401 of the
Clean Water Act by the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management.
b. The issuance of a permit to dredge-and/or fill under North Carolina
General Statute 113-229 by the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management.
c. The issuance of a permit, under the North Carolina Coastal Area
Management Act (CAMA) by the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management or
their delegates.
d. The issuance of an easement to fill or otherwise occupy State-owned
submerged land under North Carolina General Statute 143-341(4), 146-6, 146-11,
and 146-12 by the North Carolina Department of Administration and the North
Carolina Council of State.
e. The approval of an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan by the Land
Quality Section, North Carolina Division of Land Resources, pursuant to the
State Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 (NC G.S. 113 A-50-66).
The requested Department of the Army permit will be denied if any required
State or local authorization and/or certification is denied. No Department of
the Army permit will be issued until a State coordinated viewpoint is received
and reviewed by this agency. Recipients of this notice are encouraged to
furnish comments on factors of concern represented by the above agencies
directly to the respective agency, with a copy furnished to the Corps of
Engineers.
This application is being considered pursuant to Section 404(b) of the
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). Any person may request, in writing within
the comment period specified in the notice, that a public hea ring be held to
consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state, with
particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
The District Engineer has consulted the latest published version of the
National Register of Historic Places for the presence or absence of registered
properties, or properties listed as being eligible for inclusion therein, and
this worksite is not registered property or property listed as being eligible
for inclusion in the Register. Consultation of the National Register
constitutes the extent of cultural resource. investigations by the District
Engineer, and he is otherwise unaware of the presence of such resources.
Presently, unknown archeological, scientific, prehistorical, or historical
data may be lost or destroyed by work under the requested permit.
The District Engineer has determined, based on a review of data furnished
by the applicant and onsite observations, that the activity will not affect

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species, or their critical habitat, designated as endangered or threatened
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of
the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed activity
and its intended use on the public interest. Evaluation of the probable
impacts which the proposed activity may have on the public interest requires a
careful weighing of all those factors which become relevant in each particular
case. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the
proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. The
decision whether to authorize a proposal, and if so the conditions under which
it will be allowed to occur, are therefore determined by the outcome of the
general balancing process. That decision should reflect the national concern
for both protection and utilization of important resources. AL1 factors which
may be relevant to the proposal must be considered including the cumulative
effects thereof. Among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general
environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values,
flood hazards, flood plain values, land use, navigation, shore erosion and
accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy
needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership, and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people. For
activities involving the placement of dredged or fill materials in waters of
the United States, a permit will be denied if the discharge that would be
authorized by such permit would not comply with the Environmental Protection
Agencies' 404(b)(1) guidelines. Subject to the preceding sentence and any
other applicable guidelines or criteria, a permit will be granted unless the
District Engineer determines that it would be contrary to the public interest.
Generally, the decision whether to issue this Department of the Army
permit will not be made until the North Carolina Division of Environmental
Management (DEM) issues, denies, or waives State certification required by
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The DEM considers whether or not the
proposed activity will comply with Sections 301, 302, 306, and 307 of the
Clean Water Act. The application and this public notice for the Department of
the Army permit serve as application to the DEM for certification.
Additional information regarding the Clean Water Act certification may be
reviewed at the offices of the Environmental Operations Section, North
Carolina Division of Environmental Management, Salisbury Street, Archdale
Building, Raleigh, North Carolina. Copies of such materials will be furnished
to any person requesting copies upon payment of reproduction costs.
The North Carolina Division of Environmental Management plans to take
final action in the issuance of the Clean Water Act certification on or after
December 23, 1986.
All persons desiring to make comments regarding the application for Clean
Water Act certification should do so in writing delivered to the North
Carolina Division of Environmental Management, Post Office Box 27687, Raleigh,
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North Carolina 27611-7687, on or before December 17, 1986, Attention:
Mr. William Mills.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will
be received in this office, Attention: Mr. Ernest Jahnke, until 4:15 p.m.,
December 15, 1986, or telephone [phone].
Paul W. Woodbury
Colonel, Corps of-Engineers
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
November 10, 1984
SUBJECT: File No. SAWC087-N-010-0073
Mr. William Mills
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
North Carolina Department of Natural
Resources and Community Development
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
Dear Mr. Mills:
n'OV 13 1986
Enclosed is the application of the Federal Paper BR QUALITY SECTl'
RATIONS BRANC
Company, Incorporated, represented by Mr. M. F. Fox, for a
Department of the Army permit and a State Water Quality
Certification to place excavated material in pocosin wetlands
between the Shallotte and Lockwood Folly River basin (Driving
Creek) to facilitate reforestation of two tracts off N.C.
Highway 211, approximately 18 miles south of Bolton, Brunswick
County, North Carolina. Your receipt of this letter verifies your
acceptance of a valid request for certification in accordance with
Section 325.2(b)(ii) of our administrative regulations.
We are considering authorization of the proposed activity
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and we have
determined that a water quality certification may be required
under the provisions of Section 401 of the same law. A Department
of the Army permit will not be granted until the certification has
been obtained or waived.
In accordance with our administrative regulations, 60 days
after receipt of a request for certification is considered a
reasonable time for State action. Therefore, if your office has
not acted on the request by January 12, 1987, the District
Engineer will deem that waiver has occurred.
Questions or comments may be addressed to Mr. Ernest Jahnke,
telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
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RECEIVE
NOV 13 1°
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Enclosure

APPLICATION
FOR

PERMIT TO EXCAVATE ANOJOR FILL WATER ()uALITY CERTIFICATION
EASEMENT IN LANDS COVERED BY WATER CAMA PERMIT FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Department of the Array
DopwUrrant of AdrMlnbtratlon State of North Carolina tint corps*( nt of e W1101 rlstert OtsMcl
IGS 14&12) Departrnont of Natural Rswurcnsod Cornrnunlty Davolopm 33 CFR 21)9.32 rs,
(GS 113.229, 143.215.3(x)(1), 143.215.3(c), 113A•112
Please type or print and fill in all blanks. If information is not applicable, so indicate by placMq NIA in blank.
1. Applicant Information
A. Name Federal Paper Board Co. I c.• U, F. x
Last First Middle
B. Address P. O. Box 338
• Street, P. O. Box or Route
Bolton NC 28423
State Zip Code Phone
Cav or Town
IL L,oeatlon of Proposed Project:
A. County Brunswick
B. 1. City, town, community or landmark Adiacent to Highway 211 18 mil
2. Is proposed work within city limih? Yes No X
C. Creek, river, sound or bay upon which project is located or nearest named body of water to project
Driving Creek
111. Description of Project (See attachment)
A. 1. Maintenance of existing project 2. New work
B. Purpose of excavation or fill
.?wrdth depth
1. Access channel length-
2. Boat basin length- width depth
3. Fill area length .?.??width depth
Other length _.__width depth
C. 1. Bulkhead length Average distance waterward of MHW (shoreline)
2. Type of bulkhead construction (material)
D. Excavated material (total for project)
1. Cubic yards 2. Type of material -
E. Fill material to be placed below MHW (see also VI A)
1. Cubic yards 2. Type of material
IV. Land Type, Disposal Area, and Construction Equipment: (See attaclnent)
A. Does the area to be excavated include any marshland, swamps or other wetland? Yes No
B. Does the dispnsal area include env marshland, swamps or other wetland' Yes No
C. Disposal Area
1. Location
2. Do you claim title in disposal area!
D. Fill material snuwce if Irll is to be trussed in
E. How will excavated material be entrapped and erosion controlled'
F. Type of equipment to he used
G. Will marshland he crossed to transporting equipment to project site' If yes, explain

v. immaiiid lk+ d Praiea Anse ( 1 (See attacYmlent)
A. 1. Prkits
2 C ciil
3. No rsing Dev*icmetent Of Indutarial
4. Other
IL 1. Lot si:els)
2. Elavatlcn of lot(s) above n%an high waor -
3. Soil type and tLxture
4. Type of building facilities or structures S. Sewage disposal and/or waste water t;eatmeni A. Existir,.! -
Planned
8. Describe
6. Land Classifieatinn (circle can.) DEVELOPED TRAkisi nuN. t. COMMUNITY RURAL
CONSERVATION OTHER ----_.-~ (See CAMA Local Land Use Plan Synopsis)
VI. Pertaining to Fill and Water Quality.
A. Does the proposed orniect :rvolve the placement of fill materia?s below mean'++gh water? Yes__..?No X
IL 1. Will any runoff or discharge enter adjacent waters as a result of project activity or planned use of the
area following project completions Yes X No_
2. Type of dixharge Runoff
Driving creek just prior to confluence with Muddv Branch
3. Location of disc
VIC rrowt rate of shoreline erosion Iif known):
VUL List permit numbers and issue dates of previous Department of Army Corps of Engineers or State permits for
. work In project area, if applicable: N /A
UL Lw4th of time required to complete project:
X to addition to the completed application form, the following items must be provided:
A. Attach & Copy of the dead (with State application only) or other instrument under which applicant
•• claims title to the affected property. OR if applicant is not claiming to be the owner of said property,
then forward a copy of the deed or other instrument under which the owner claim. title plus written
permission from the owner to carry out the proiect on his land.
8. Attach an accurate work plat drawn to scale on SY, X 11" white paper (see instruction booklet for
details). Note: Original drawings preferred • only h,gh quality copies accepted.
C. A copy of the aopl+cauon and plat must be served uoon adiacent riparian landowners by tegistered or
certified mail or by publication (G.S. 113.224 (d))Enter date served
D. List names and complete addresses of the riparian landowners with property adjoining applicant's.
Such owners have 30 d.vs in which to submit comments to agencies listed below.
XI. Certification requirement: I certify that to the best of my knowledge, the proposed activity complies
with the State of North Carolinak approved coastal management protram and will be conducted in a
manner consistent with such program.
X11. Any permit issued pursuant to this aoolication will allow only the development described in this appli
cation and plat. Applicants should therefore describe in the aoalication and plat all anticipated devel-
opment activities, including construction, excavation, filling, and land clearing.
DATE 9 rc 7 4
Aoolicant's Signature
DAF42 SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR MAILI04G INSTRUCTIONS
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Mail 2112 COPY to:
District Engineer
Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
P. O. Box 1890
Wilmington, N. C 28402
(Note: attach Corps transmittal letter)
Phone: [phone]
AND
Mail one copy to your regiona, field office as indicated on tre map below:
From north side of Pandko River oe Still NW:
tsesT1e i. Washington Regional Offbe
c? Department of Natural Resotivim and ConvmWAy Ds+eaie0annlst
1502 North Market Street
"WK Washington, N. G 27889
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Department of Natural Resources and Community Oewioptso tt
P O. Box 759
Morehead City, N. C. 28557
Phone [phone]•7021
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For PerWer, New Hanover and Brunswick Lounties-
Wilmington Regional Office
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
7225 Wriehtsville Avenue
Wilmintton. N. C. 28403

Project Description
General
The purpose of this applicaton is to seek U. S. Army corps of
Engineers approval for discharge of excavated materials onto lands of
Federal Paper Board Co., Inc., pursuant to construction of drainage
ditches for forestry use. The specific tracts of land in question
(described below) were designated as jurisdictional adjacent wetlands
requiring permits for drainage ditch construction by Mr. Charles
Hollis in letters to Mr. M. F. Fox and Mr. John Alsup dated November
9, 1983, and June 18, 1985, respectively. The information requested
by Mr. Hollis for processing a permit for discharge of excavated
material is provided in this attachment.
The land management objective of the proposed discharge of
excavated material is to facilitate reforestation of the tracts with
genetically improved strains of loblolly pine and hardwood. The land
has been held for the purpose of timber production for nearly a
century. It was purchased by Federal Paper Board, Inc. from Waccamaw
Lumber Co. in 1937. The excavation involves construction of primary
(field) drainage ditches that will discharge to the collector drainage
system that has been in place for some years. All other practices
associated with the reforestation effort (including access road
construction) are normal silvicultural practices for the region and
thus are exempt from all permit requirements in accordance with 33 CFR
Part 323.4. The paper titled "Normal Silvicultural Practices for .
Eastern North Carolina" that was submitted to the Wilmington District,
Corps of Engineers, by The North Carolina Forestry Association
describes those practices in detail.
During 1977 Federal Paper Board Company, Inc. contributed 13,850 acres
of prime pocosin, savannah and ridge land to the North Carolina Nature
Conservancy. Much of this land is in its virgin state. As noted on
the cross hatched areas of the location sketch, the company is
proposing to contribute an additional 1872 acres adjoining the
existing gift on both sides of highway 211. The Nature Conservancy is
very interested in receiving this gift, part of which is a diversified
savannah area containing as many as 50 species per square meter. The
remaining area is in pocosin or Southern White Cedar organic flats.
The North Carolina Nature Conservancy (North Carolina Field
Representative Frederick W. Annan, Chapel Hill, NC) is aware of
Federal's development plans for the areas adjoining them and has their
support.
Tract Descriptions
The land for which this project is proposed consists of two
tracts that will be referred to as the Canady Road and Richardson Road
tracts. Both tracts are located in Brunswick County, near state
highway 211 about 18 miles south of Bolton, NC. The attached vicinity
map and tract maps show the locations of the two tracts of land and
the road and drainage systems in the area. As noted on the tract
maps, the Canady Road tract contains 983 acres and the Richardson Road
tract contains 584 acres.
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• Topography and Soils
The Richardson Road and Canady Road tracts are elements of a
large pocosin located on the interstream divide between the Shallotte
River and Folly River basins to the south and Waccamaw River basin to
the north. Relief-is low, averaging about three feet per mile. The
soils on both tracts formed from parent materials of unconsolidated
marine sediments and are poorly drained (Brunswick County Soil Survey
Field Sheets, dated 1-82).
The soils on the Canady Road tract are a complex mixture of
organic and mineral soil series. About half of the area of the tract
is Croatan muck. The Croatan Series has an organic surface that
typically ranges from 16-35 inches in thickness overlying dark sandy
loam. The mineral soils occupying the remainder of the tract are
predominately very poorly drained mineral soils with a dark surface.
The mapped series are Torhunta mucky fine sandy loam, Pantego mucky
loam, and Woodington fine sandy loam. Several small areas that rise
slightly above the flat terrain consist of Foreston loamy fine sand.
The mineral surface of the Foreston series is yellowish-red in color
due to a higher clay content and slightly elevated position relative
to the other mineral soil series.
The soils on the Richardson Road tract are predominately mineral
with only a small inclusion of Croatan muck. The mineral soil is
mapped mainly as the Torhunta series with some very small areas of
Woodington and Foreston series.

Vegetation
The vegetation on the Canady Road tract is predominately high
pocosin. The relatively tall pocosin shrub layer of gallberry,
fetterbush, red bay, etc., predominates in some areas with low
densities of pond pine and Atlantic white cedar present in the
overstory. Some sections of the tract support stands of pond pine or
mixed stands of pond pine and cedar of varying tree size and density
that have a dense pocosin shrub understory. Some small sections of
pond pine and cedar stands have sufficient wood volume to support a
harvest operation. A few cypress and red maple are present.
The vegetation of the Richardson Road tract is predominantly low
pocosin. A dense shrub layer that averages about 6-7 feet in height
has a scattered admixture of young pond pine trees and some older pond
pines that are obvious fire survivors. The character of this
vegetation indicates that it is the resultant of a very intense
wildfire in the recent past. A few young cypress and an occasional
older cypress tree are present in some areas.
Drainage System
As indicated in an earlier section, the roads and associated
collector canals (that provide spoil for the roads) surrounding these
tracts have already been constructed. The excavation activity needed
for this project is to construct the primary or field ditches that are
denoted by dotted lines on the tract maps. The primary ditches will
be spaced 10 chains (660 ft.) apart and will be 5 ft. deep with a 1.5
ft. bottom width and 1:1 side slope. Such ditches are dug with a
track mounted V-bucket backhoe. Best management practices will be
followed during construction to minimize sediment impacts on water
quality and to prevent alteration of natural surface water movement
patterns.
Both tracts are located north of the water divide that separates
the Waccamaw River Basin to the north from the Shallotte River and
Holly River Basins to the south. Thus outflow.from these tracts
enters the headwaters of the Waccamaw River. The outflow from the
Canady Road tract enters a collector canal that discharges to the
channel of Driving Creek just prior to its confluence with Muddy
Branch (see tract map and vicinity map). The outflow from the
Richardson Road tract enters the secondary canal along Clyde Ellis
Road, then enters a large outfall canal on the west side of state
highway 211 that flows northward and then westward to discharge to the
channel of Driving Creek near its confluence with Muddy Branch. Note
that the flow of Driving Creek does not flow its historical channel
west of state highway 211 but enters the large canal that flows
northward and then westward. It is surmised that the large canal on
the west side of the highway was constructed at least in part to
provide spoil for construction activity on the highway. It is not
known when the diversion of Driving Creek occurred nor who directed
its accomplishment.
Reforestation Activity
As noted earlier, the reforestaton practices to be utilized in
this project are long-established normal silvicultural practices for
poorly drained soils in this region. Merchantable timber will be
harvested with standard mechanical equipment to include
feller-bunchers, skidders, and loaders. Site preparation will vary
with conditions on the tracts. Large stumps and residual
unmerchantable trees larger than 6 inches dbh will be sheared. The
entire area of each tract will then be chopped, burned, and bedded.
Seedlings will be planted by hand.
Alternatives
There are no viable upland alternatives for the proposed project.
The pocosin land owned by Federal Paper Board, Inc. is an essential
element in the raw material plan for the manufacturing facility at
Riegelwood. A dependable supply of wood at reasonable cost is
critical to the economic operation of such a large pulp and paper
mill. Maximizing the wood production from company owned land that
lies in close proximity to the mill is a critical strategy in the raw
material plan. The intensive silviculture practiced on company-owned
timberlands is the only cost-effective way to realize the high
potential productivity of these lands.

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