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65 <br /> Meadowmont Farms Biological Inventory Report Orange County, N.C. <br /> Table 4. Status of streams in the PSA (continued) <br /> Map ID Length Classification Compensatory River Basin <br /> (ft.) Mitigation Required Buffer <br /> S2 345 Intermittent I Undetermined Subject <br /> S3 248 I Perennial I Yes Subject <br /> Total 1,905 <br /> Two wetlands were identified within the PSA (Table 5). The location of these wetlands is <br /> shown on Figure 3. All wetlands within the PSA are located within the Neuse River Basin <br /> (USGS HUC 03020201). USACE wetland determination forms and North Carolina <br /> Wetland Assessment Method (NCWAM) forms are included in a separate PJD Package. <br /> Table 5. Characteristics of wetlands in the PSA <br /> Area <br /> Map NCWAM Hydrologic 404/401 (ac.) in <br /> ID NCWAM Classification Forested Rating' Classification or 401 Study <br /> Area <br /> W1 I Non-tidal Freshwater Marsh No I Low I Riparian 404/401 0.09 <br /> W2 I Floodplain Pool Yes I * I Riparian 404/401 0.02 <br /> Total 0.11 <br /> ' —NCWAM forms were not completed for wetlands possessing qualities conducive to them receiving moderate or higher <br /> mitigation ratios and/or functional rating values. These features are represented by an asterisk(*). <br /> 6.2 Construction Moratoria <br /> No moratoria are anticipated for this project at this time. <br /> 6.3 N.C. River Basin Buffer Rules <br /> Streamside riparian zones within the PSA are protected under provisions of the Neuse <br /> River riparian buffer rules, administered by NCDWR. Per the Neuse River riparian buffer <br /> rules, streams depicted on the most recent published manuscript of the Orange County Soil <br /> Survey (prepared by the Natural Resource Conservation Service [NRCS], of the United <br /> States Department of Agriculture [USDA]), or the United States Geologic Survey's <br /> (USGS)National Map shall require a total of 50 perpendicular feet of riparian buffer from <br /> the stream top-of-bank. This 50' riparian buffer has two zones. Zone 1 consists of the first <br /> 30 undisturbed perpendicular feet from the stream top-of-bank. Zone 2 consists of the <br /> outer 20 perpendicular feet, starting from the outer edge of Zone 1. Limited disturbance is <br /> allowed in Zone 2. Specific disturbance activities and uses which are allowed in Zone 2 <br /> can be found in Items (9) and(11) of the Neuse Buffer Rules. <br /> In addition to the 50' buffer requirements of the Neuse River riparian buffer rules, the <br /> Orange County Unified Development Ordinance(UDO)requires additional buffers,which <br /> are determined by slope severity within 250 perpendicular feet from the stream top-of- <br /> bank. Section 6.13 of the UDO explains how to calculate the width of stream buffers. <br /> Slope values within the PSA are less than 7.5%. As a result, an additional 15' of buffer <br /> 15 January 2023 <br />