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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
512 North Salisbury Street 0 Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
James G. Martin, Governor
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
March 6; 1992
George T: Everett, Ph.D.
Director
Mr. Ernie Locklear
The White Hill Free Will Baptist Church
Rt. 4
Maxton. NC 28364
Dear Mr. Locklear:
Subject: Certification Pursuant to Section 401 of the Federal
Clean Water Act,
Proposed parking lot
Project *92037, COE #199200866
Robeson County
Attached hereto is a copy of Certification No. 2698 issued
to White Hill Free Will Baptist Church dated March 6, 1992.
If we can be of further assistance, do not hesitate to
contact us.
Sincerely,
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orge T. Everett
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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 White Hill Free Will Baptist Church pursuant to an application
filed on the 5 day of February, 1992 to expand a parking lot and
fill one-half acre of wetlands.
The Application provides adequate assurance that the
discharge of fill material into wetlands near the Lumber River in
conjunction with the proposed parking lot in Robeson 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 25 NTU's or less are
not considered significant).
2. Mitigation shall be conducted as required by the
Corps of Engineers.
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 6 day of March, 1992.
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
225 North McDowell Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
James G. Martin, Governor Roger N. Schecter
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary Director
January 27, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO: Dr.- George T. Everett, Director
Division of Environmental Management
FROM: John R. Parker, Jr.
Inland "404" Coordinator
SUBJECT: "404" Project Review
The attached U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice for Action No. 199200866
dated January 23, 1992 describing a project proposed by The White Hill Free Will
Baptist Church is being circulated to interested state agencies for comments on
applicable Section 404 and/or Section 10 permits.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project
and return this form by February 24, 1992. If you have any questions regarding the
proposed project, please contact me at 733-2293. When appropriate, in-depth
comments with supporting data is requested.
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REPLY This office sccggarts th project proposal.
No comment.
Comments on this project are attached.
This office objects to the project as proposed.
Signed' Date
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
February 25, 1992
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: John Dorney
Water Quality Planning
FROM: M. J. Noland, Regional Supervisor
Fayetteville Regional Office
SUBJECT: 401 Certification
White Hill Free Will Baptist Church
Individual Permit, #92037
Near Maxton, Robeson County
The subject project involves the placement of fill material in wetlands
adjacent to the Lumber River, just off Highway 74 near Maxton. The purpose of
the fill is to provide additional parking for church members. According to
the COE notice and information provided by Mr. Ernie Locklear of the church,
there are occasions when members and guests are forced to park on the shoulder
of Highway 74 due to the lack of adequate parking space. This is a heavily
traveled road with only two lanes in this particular segment. Mr. Locklear
has indicated that there is no alternative site available. Property across
the highway cannot be purchased and land surrounding the church property is
owned by a State agency. All remaining church property is involved in a
graveyard.
The area to be filled was disturbed several years ago when the church
constructed a new fellowship hall. The fill was placed prior to the church
having received the appropriate permits. This particular fill was discovered
by a COE representative traveling on US 74. The remaining unfilled area is
the subject is this request, and consists of approximately 1/4 to 1/3 acre.
Vegetation on the site consisted of a few willow trees (now cut) and low
growing weeds. The area has been used as an illegal dumping site for building
materials and other refuse. Mr. Locklear indicated that the COE has required
removal of this material as a condition of any permit from that agency. Also,
compensatory mitigation is proposed by purchasing and reconverting an area of
PC farmland.
In view of the proposed mitigation, the small wetland area remaining to
be filled, and the lack of an alternative site, it is the recommendation of
this office that the appropriate certification be granted. This should be the
last request from White Hill Church. Mr. Locklear has indicated that the area
to be filled is the limit of church property.

Mr. John Dorney
Page 2
February 25, 1992
If additional information is required, or if this office can be of
assistance, please contact Ken Averitte at (919 486-1541.
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WETLAND RATING SYSTEM WORKSHEET
Project No. or description
Location
County
River basin_
Nearest stream
Evaluator
Agency and address
Date and time evaluated
Major Wetland Type-1 ?-..ICA--Ool'
Approximate size of wetland sys
Approximate extent of wetlands
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in area /oo f acres
IRL es
within -
Three most common plant species (in order) :
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Soil Series (if known) are"
Hydrologic indicators
Direct surface hydrologic connection? YE$ NOL)g"
Existing Conditions
Drainage
Disturbance
Restoration potential
Restoration value
Is site known to rovide habitat for rare, endangered or
threatened species? If so, list species observed or recorded.
Item No. core (circle one)
I. Location/Landscape
1 Natural area buffer
01? 0
2 Sensitive watershed 4 3 2 1 0
- 3 Dispersal corridor system 4 3' 2 1 0
II. Ecological Values
4 Special ecological attributes 5 4 3 2 1 0
5 Wildlife habitat 5 4 .3 2 0
6 Aquatic life 5 4 3 2 1 0
7 Water storage 5 4
4 3
3 2
2 0
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8 Streambank stabilization 5 3 © 1 0
9 Removal of pollutants 5 4
III. Human Values
10 Outdoor recreation/education
5
4
3
2
1 0
11 Economic value 5 4 3 2 1 0
Total score /9/ 124
Site description and notes:
13
Nearest road or town
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
Division of Coastal Management
225 North McDowell Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27602
James G. Martin, Governor Roger N. Schecter
William W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary January 27, 1992 Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Dr. George T. Everett, Director
Division of Environmental Management
FROM: John R. Parker, Jr.
Inland "404" Coordinator
SUBJECT: "404" Project Review
The attached U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice for Action No. 199200866
dated January 23, 1992 describing a project proposed by The White Hill Free Will
Baptist Church is being circulated to interested state agencies for comments on
applicable Section 404 and/or Section 10 permits.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed project
and return this form by February 24, 1992. If you have any questions regarding the
proposed project, please contact me at 733-2293. When appropriate, in-depth
comments with supporting data is requested.
REPLY This office supports the project proposal.
No comment.
Signed
Comments on this project are attached.
This office objects to the project as proposed.
Date
P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
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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, based on available information, is not aware that
the proposed activity will affect 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. All 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 and flood plain values (in accordance with Executive order
11988), 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. The Corps of
Engineers is soliciting comments from the public; Federal, State and local
agencies and officials; Indian Tribes and other interested parties in order tc
consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity. Any comments
received will be considered by the Corps of Engineers to determine whether to
issue, modify, condition or deny a permit for this proposal. To make this
decision, comments are used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic
properties, water quality, general environmental effects and the other
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
Action ID. 199200866 23 January 1992
PUBLIC NOTICE
THE WHITE HILL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Rt 4, Maxton, North Carolina,
28364 has applied for a Department of the Army (DA) permit TO DISCHARGE FILL
MATERIAL INTO BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD WETLANDS ADJACENT TO THE LUMBER RIVER near
Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant and from observations made during onsite visit by representatives of
the Corps of Engineers. Plans submitted with the application show that an
area of approximately 275 feet long by an average 75 feet wide and an average
6 feet deep will be filled with an estimated 4500 cubic yards of earthen
material to extend the parking area between the New Fellowship Hall and the
existing parking lot. The purpose of the work is to provide additional parking
space and to improve safety for the general public and church members,
especially on days of worship. The present parking space is inadequate and
creates a safety hazard by forcing persons using the overflow parking area to
cross U.S. Highway 74 to attain access to the church facilities.' Expansion of
parking space is also limited by the presence of the graveyard to the west of
the church and the existing property lines.
Almost one half of the proposed expansion area consists of previously
filled wetlands. The remaining undisturbed area consists of bottomland
hardwood wetlands dominated by baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), swamp
blackgum (Nyasa sylvitica v. biflora), red maple (Acer rubrum), and various
associated hydrophytic trees and shrubs underlain with Rutledge loamy sand
hydric soil. The applicant proposes to mitigate for lost wetland resources by
reconverting existing agricultural acreage*to wetlands somewhere offsite on
the Lumber River floodplain in Robeson County.
The State of North Carolina will review this public notice to determine
the need for the applicant to obtain any required State authorization. No
DA permit will be issued until the coordinated State viewpoint on the proposal
has been received and reviewed by this agency, nor will a DA permit be issued
until the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management has determined
the applicability of a Water Quality Certificate as required by PL 92-500.
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 hearing be held to
consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state, with
particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.

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public interest factors listed above. Comments are used in the preparation of
an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy Act. Comments are also used to determine
the need for a public hearing and to determine the overall public interest of
the proposed activity.
Generally, the decision whether to issue this DA 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 DA permit serves 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
February 15, 1992.
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,
North Carolina 27611-7687, on or before February 10, 1992, Attention:
Mr. John Dorney.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will
be received in this office, Attention: Mr. Rudolf Schiener, until 4:15 p.m.,
February 24, 1992, or telephone [phone].
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Dear Mr. John Doreny:
White Hill Freewill Baptist Church has applied for a permit to fill an
area of property through the Corps of Engineer office in Wilmington. The
church has been instructed to request someone from your department to inspect
the site for a water quality test. Enclosed in a map of the area furnished
from engineer records. The church is located three miles east of Maxton, NC
on Hwy. 74.
Upon mailing this letter and the information that has been furnished to
the Corps of Engineers to your department, the church will proceed to contact
Mr. Ken Averette in Fayetteville to arrange a time to inspect the site.
Sincerely your,
Ernie Locklear
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ?? -??
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineer '>`
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-18
Action ID. 199200866 2:Vlii nua 92
PUBLIC NOTICE Zs
THE WHITE HILL FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Rt 4, Maxton, North Carolina,
28364 has applied for a Department of the Army (DA) permit TO DISCHARGE FILL
MATERIAL INTO BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD WETLANDS ADJACENT TO THE LUMBER RIVER near
Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant and from observations made during onsite visit by representatives of
the Corps of Engineers. Plans submitted with the application show that an
area of approximately 275 feet long by an average 75 feet wide and an average
6 feet deep will be filled with an estimated 4500 cubic yards of earthen
material to extend the parking area between the New Fellowship Hall and the
existing parking lot. The purpose of the work is to provide additional parking
space and to improve safety for the general public and church members,
especially on days of worship. The present parking space is inadequate and
creates a safety hazard by forcing persons using the overflow parking area to
cross U.S. Highway 74 to attain access to the church facilities. Expansion of
parking space is also limited by the presence of the graveyard to the west of
the church and the existing property lines.
Almost one half of the proposed expansion area consists of previously
filled wetlands. The remaining undisturbed area consists of bottomland
hardwood wetlands dominated by baldcypress (Taxodium distichum), swamp
blackgum (Nyssa sylvitica v. biflora), red maple (Acer rubrum), and various
associated hydrophytic trees and shrubs underlain with Rutledge loamy sand
hydric soil. The applicant proposes to mitigate for lost wetland resources by
reconverting existing agricultural acreage to wetlands somewhere offsite on
the Lumber River floodplain in Robeson County.
The State of North Carolina will review this public notice to determine
the need for the applicant to obtain any required State authorization. No
DA permit will be issued until the coordinated State viewpoint on the proposal
has been received and reviewed by this agency, nor will a DA permit be issued
until the North Carolina Division of Environmental Management has determined
the applicability of a Water Quality Certificate as required by PL 92-500.
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 hearing be held to
consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state, with
particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
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State of North Carolina
Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor W. Cobey, Jr., Secretary
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Dr. G. Wayne Wright R OALl
Corps of Engineers
P. 0. Box 1890
Wilmington, NC 28402
Dear Dr. Wright:
In keeping with your request, this office has circulated to interested
state review agencies U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice Action ID.
199200866 dated January 23, 1992 which describes a project proposal by the
White Hill Free Will Baptist Church of Maxton. The project, involving
additional wetland fill at the site to provide for parking, is located
adjacent the Lumber River, near Maxton, adjacent U. S. Highway 74.
During the course of the review, one agency submitted a written
objection. A copy of the Wildlife Resources comment is provided for the
record. We note, with interest, item three of that memorandum concerning the
Lumber River Wild and Scenic River description.
For the record, the project was certified by the Division of
Environmental Management Certification No. 2698 was issued on March 6.
Should you require additional input from the state on this matter, do not
hesitate to contact this office or the commenting agencies.
Very sincerely,
A Joh R. Parker, Jr.
Inland '404 Coordinator
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cc: Division of Environmental Managementr/
Wildlife Resources Commission
Enclosure
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