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57 <br />WATERSHED PROTECTION DIVISION <br />Environmental Quality Department <br />CHATHAM COUNTY P.O. Box 548 <br />NORTH CAROLINA Pittsboro, NC 27312 <br />PHONE: (919) 545 -8394 <br />Fax: (919) 542 -2698 • E -mail: drew.blake @chathamnc.org • Website: www.chathamnc.org <br />December 22, 2017 <br />Soil & Environmental Consultants, PA <br />Mr. Steven Ball <br />8412 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 104 <br />Raleigh, NC 27615 <br />Project Name: Morgan Ridge Subdivision Parcel# 1443 <br />Location: 4074 Jones Ferry Road, Chatham County <br />Subject Features: Five 5) intermittent streams, one (1) perennial stream, <br />and ten (10) wetlands <br />Date of December 9, 2016 <br />Determination: <br />This letter is a revision to a previous confirmation letter issued on December 12, 2016. The original letter <br />stated that the USACE completed an on -site review of the consultant's findings and concurred with all <br />findings as depicted on the "Stream & Wetland Delineation Sketch Map" dated 6/22/16. This statement <br />was based on information provided by David Gainey during the site visit completed by Chatham County <br />personnel. Based on the Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination (PJD) and Approved Jurisdictional <br />Determination (JD) dated July 21, 2017, Stream F was upgraded from ephemeral to intermittent by the <br />USACE. The information below has been revised to reflect the PJD and JD that was provided to <br />Chatham County for review on December 20, 2017. <br />Explanation: <br />The site visit was completed on December 9, 2016 by Drew Blake with Chatham County Environmental <br />Quality and David Gainey of Soil and Environmental Consultants, PA (S &EC), on a 52.2 -acre property <br />identified as Chatham County Parcel# 1443 that is located within the Jordan Lake watershed. S &EC <br />personnel completed a previous site visit which resulted in the identification of one (1) ephemeral stream <br />(stream F), four (4) intermittent streams (streams A, B, D & E), one (1) perennial stream (stream C), and <br />ten (10) wetlands on the property. S &EC submitted a request for Chatham County to complete a formal <br />review to determine if the features would be subject to riparian buffers according to Section 304 of the <br />Chatham County Watershed Protection Ordinance. All points of origin, stream type transitions, and <br />wetland boundaries were reviewed and agreed to in the field. Additionally, personnel from the U.S. <br />Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) had previously completed an ,on -site review of the consultant's <br />findings as depicted on the Stream & Wetland Delineation Sketch Map. A copy of the Preliminary <br />Jurisdictional Determination (PJD) and Approved JD was provided to Chatham County for review on <br />December 20, 2017. The PJD was completed for Pond 1 and the feature was determined to be a "non - <br />jurisdictional pond" and is shown encompassed by a yellow polygon on the Stream & Wetland <br />Delineation Sketch Map, within the attached USACE Notification of Jurisdictional Determination. Pond <br />1 will not require a buffer as the pond is not located within a natural drainage way and is not fed by an <br />intermittent or perennial stream nor directly discharges into an intermittent or perennial stream. Stream F <br />