15A N.C. Admin. Code 02B .0306 - BROAD RIVER BASIN
(a) Classifications
assigned to the waters within the Broad River Basin are set forth in the Broad
River Basin Classification Schedule, which may be inspected at the following
places:
(1) the Internet at
https://deq.nc.gov/about/divisions/water-resources/water-planning/classification-standards/river-basin-classification;
and
(2) the following offices of
the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality:
(A) Mooresville Regional Office
610 East Center Avenue
Suite 301
Mooresville, North Carolina;
(B) Asheville Regional Office
2090 US Highway 70
Swannanoa, North Carolina; and
(C) Division of Water Resources
Central Office
512 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina.
(b) Unnamed streams entering South
Carolina are classified "C."
(c)
The Broad River Basin Classification Schedule was amended effective:
(1) March 1, 1977;
(2) February 12, 1979;
(3) August 12, 1979;
(4) April 1, 1983;
(5) February 1, 1986.
(d) The Broad River Basin Classification
Schedule was amended effective August 3, 1992 with the reclassification of all
water supply waters (waters with a primary classification of WS-I, WS-II or
WS-III). These waters were reclassified to WS-I, WS-II, WS-III, WS-IV or WS-V
as defined in the revised water supply protection rules (15A NCAC 02B .0100,
02B .0200 and 0300), which became effective on August 3, 1992. In some cases,
streams with primary classifications other than WS were reclassified to a WS
classification due to their proximity and linkage to water supply waters. In
other cases, waters were reclassified from a WS classification to an alternate
appropriate primary classification after being identified as downstream of a
water supply intake or identified as not being used for water supply
purposes.
(e) The Broad River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective September 1, 1994 with the
reclassification of the Second Broad River [Index No. 9-41-(0.5)] from its
source to Roberson Creek including associated tributaries was reclassified from
Class WS-V to Classes WS-V, WS-IV and WS-IV CA.
(f) The Broad River Basin Classification
Schedule was amended effective August 1, 1998 with the revision to the primary
classification for portions of the Broad River [Index No. 9-(23.5)] from Class
WS-IV to Class C and Second Broad River [Index Nos. 9-41-(10.5) and
9-41-(14.5)] and First Broad River [Index No. 9-50-(11)] from Class WS-IV to
Class WS-V.
(g) The Broad River
Basin Classification Schedule was amended August 1, 2000 with the
reclassification of the Green River [Index No. 9-29-(1)], including all
tributaries, from its source to its mouth in Lake Summit at elevation 2011 from
Class C Tr to Class B Tr.
(h) The
Broad River Basin Classification Schedule was amended effective August 1, 2000
with the reclassification of Lake Montonia [Index No. 9-54-1-(1)], and all
tributaries, from Class B to Class B HQW.
(i) The Broad River Basin Classification
Schedule was amended effective April 1, 2001 with the reclassification of the
Green River [Index No. 9-29-(1)], including all tributaries, from its source to
the downstream side of the mouth of Rock Creek from Class B Tr to Class B Tr
HQW.
(j) The Broad River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective March 1, 2007 with the
reclassification of the North Fork First Broad River (Index No. 9-50-4),
including all tributaries, from its source to the First Broad River from Class
C Tr to Class C Tr ORW.
(k) The
Broad River Basin Classification Schedule was amended effective March 1, 2007
with the reclassification of a segment of the Broad River [Index No. 9-(25.5)]
from a point 0.5 mile upstream of the City of Shelby proposed water supply
intake to the City of Shelby proposed water supply intake from Class C to Class
WS-IV CA, and from a point 0.5 mile upstream of the City of Shelby proposed
water supply intake to a point approximately 0.3 mile downstream of its
confluence with Cane Creek from Class C to Class WS-IV. The City of Shelby
proposed water supply intake is to be placed on the Broad River at a point
approximately one mile upstream of its confluence with the First Broad
River.
(l) The Broad River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective March 1, 2007 with the
reclassification of a segment of the Broad River [Index No. 9-(25.5)] from a
point 0.5 mile upstream of the Town of Forest City proposed water supply intake
to the Town of Forest City proposed water supply intake from Class C to Class
WS-IV CA, and from a point 0.5 mile upstream of the Town of Forest City
proposed water supply intake to a point approximately 0.2 mile downstream of
Rutherford County SR 1145 (Town of Rutherfordton water supply intake) from
Class C to Class WS-IV. The Town of Forest City proposed water supply intake is
to be placed on the Broad River at a point approximately 0.4 mile downstream of
McKinney Creek.
(m) The Broad River
Basin was Classification Schedule amended effective September 1, 2014, in order
to allow a water supply intake to be placed in Lake Adger by Polk County, as
follows:
(1) a portion of the Green River
[Index No. 9-29-(33)], including tributaries, from the dam at Lake Adger to a
point 0.35 mile downstream of Rash Creek from Class C to Class WS-IV CA. The CA
extends 0.5 mile from and draining to the normal pool elevation of Lake
Adger.
(2) a portion of the Green
River from a point 0.35 mile [Index No. 9-29-(33)], including tributaries,
downstream of Rash Creek to a point 300 feet downstream of Laurel Branch from
Class C to Class WS-IV. The PA extends 5.0 miles from and draining to the
normal pool elevation of Lake Adger.
Notes
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. September 1, 2014; March 1, 2007; April 1, 2001; August 1, 2000; August 1, 1998; September 1, 1994; August 3, 1992; February 1, 1986; January 1, 1985;
Readopted Eff. November 1, 2019.
Eff.
Amended Eff.
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