15A N.C. Admin. Code 02B .0316 - TAR-PAMLICO RIVER BASIN
(a) Classifications
assigned to the waters within the Tar-Pamlico River Basin are set forth in the
Tar-Pamlico 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) Raleigh Regional Office
3800 Barrett Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina;
(B) Washington Regional Office
943 Washington Square Mall
Washington, North Carolina; and
(C) Division of Water Resources
Central Office
512 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina.
(b) All drainage canals not noted
in the schedule are classified "C Sw," except the main drainage canals to
Pamlico Sound and its bays which are classified "SC."
(c) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective:
(1) March 1, 1977;
(2) November 1, 1978;
(3) June 8, 1980;
(4) October 1, 1983;
(5) June 1, 1984;
(6) August 1, 1985;
(7) February 1, 1986;
(8) August 1, 1988;
(9) January 1, 1990;
(10) August 1, 1990;
(11) August 3, 1992;
(12) April 1, 1994;
(13) January 1, 1996;
(14) September 1, 1996;
(15) October 7, 2003;
(16) June 1, 2004;
(17) November 1, 2007.
(d) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective August 1, 1988 as follows: Tar
River (Index No. 28-94) from a point 1.2 miles downstream of Broad Run to the
upstream side of Tranters Creek from Class C to Class B.
(e) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective January 1, 1990 by the
reclassification of Pamlico River and Pamlico Sound [Index No. 29-(27)] which
includes all waters within a line beginning at Juniper Bay Point and running
due south to Lat. 35° 18' 00", long. 76° 13' 20", thence due west to lat. 35°
18' 00", long 76° 20' 00", thence northwest to Shell Point and including Shell
Bay, Swanquarter and Juniper Bays and their tributaries, but excluding the
Blowout, Hydeland Canal, Juniper Canal and Quarter Canal were reclassified from
Class SA and SC to SA ORW and SC ORW.
(f) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective January 1, 1990 by adding the
supplemental classification NSW (Nutrient Sensitive Waters) to all waters in
the basin from source to a line across Pamlico River from Roos Point to
Persimmon Tree Point.
(g) The
Tar-Pamlico 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 02B .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.
(h) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective April 1, 1994 with the
reclassification of Blounts Creek from Herring Run to Blounts Bay [Index No.
29-9-1-(3)] from Class SC NSW to Class SB NSW.
(i) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was amended effective January 1, 1996 with the
reclassification of Tranters Creek [Index Numbers 28-103- (4.5), 28-103-
(13.5), 28-103- (14.5) and 28-103- (16.5)] from a point 1.5 miles upstream of
Turkey Swamp to the City of Washington's former auxiliary water supply intake,
including tributaries, from Class WS-IV Sw NSW and Class WS-IV CA Sw NSW to
Class C Sw NSW.
(j) The Tar-Pamlico
River Basin Classification Schedule was amended effective September 1, 1996
with the addition of Huddles Cut (previously unnamed in the schedule)
classified as SC NSW with an Index No. of 29-25.5.
(k) The Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Classification Schedule was temporarily amended effective October 7, 2003 and
permanently amended June 1, 2004 with the reclassification of a portion of
Swift Creek [Index Number 28-78-(0.5)] and a portion of Sandy Creek [Index
Number 28-78-1-(19)] from Nash County SR 1004 to Nash County SR 1003 from Class
C NSW to Class C ORW NSW, and the waters that drain to these two creek portions
to include only the ORW management strategy as represented by "+". The "+"
symbol means that all undesignated waterbodies that drain to the portions of
the two creeks referenced in this Paragraph shall comply with Rule .0225(c) of
this Subchapter in order to protect the designated waters as per Rule .0203 of
this Subchapter and to protect outstanding resource values found in the
designated waters as well as in the undesignated waters that drain to the
designated waters.
(l) The
Tar-Pamlico River Basin Classification Schedule was amended effective November
1, 2007 with the reclassifications listed below, and the North Carolina
Division of Water Resources maintains a Geographic Information Systems data
layer of these UWLs.
(1) Goose Creek Tidal
Freshwater Marsh along the confluence of Goose Creek [Index No. 29-33] and the
Pamlico River [Index No. 29-(27)], along Flatty Creek [Index No. 29-11-4] a
length of the Pamlico River shoreline [Index No. 29-(27)] was reclassified to
Class WL UWL.
(2) Mallard Creek
Tidal Freshwater Marsh along Mallard Creek [Index No. 29-13-(1)] 0.2 miles
above its confluence with the Pamlico River to Class WL UWL.
Notes
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2003 (see S.L. 2003-433, s.1); September 1, 1996; January 1, 1996; April 1, 1994; August 3, 1992; August 1, 1990;
Temporary Amendment Eff. October 7, 2003;
Amended Eff. November 1, 2007; June 1, 2004;
Readopted Eff. November 1, 2019.
Eff.
Amended Eff.
Temporary Amendment Eff.
Amended Eff.
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