15A NCAC 02B .0302. HIWASSEE RIVER BASIN

(a)  Places where the schedule may be inspected:

(1)           Clerk of Court:

Cherokee County

Clay County;

(2)           North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources

Asheville Regional Office Interchange Building

59 Woodfin Place

Asheville, North Carolina.

(b)  Unnamed Streams.   Such streams entering Georgia or Tennessee shall be classified "C Tr."

(c)  The Hiwassee River Basin Schedule of Classifications and Water Quality Standards was amended effective:

(1)           August 9, 1981;

(2)           February 1, 1986;

(3)           March 1, 1989;

(4)           August 1, 1990;

(5)           August 3, 1992;

(6)                 July 1, 1995;

(7)                 August 1, 2002.

(d)  The Schedule of Classifications and Water Quality Standards for the Hiwassee River Basin was amended effective March 1, 1989 as follows:

(1)           Fires Creek (Index No. 1‑27) and all tributary waters were reclassified from Class C‑trout and Class C to Class C‑trout ORW and Class C ORW.

(2)           Gipp Creek (Index No. 1‑52‑23) and all tributary waters were reclassified from Class C‑trout and Class C to Class C‑trout ORW and Class C ORW.

(e)  The Schedule of Classifications and Water Quality Standards for the Hiwassee River Basin was amended effective August 3, 1992 with the reclassification of all water supply 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, .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.

(f)  The Schedule of Classifications and Water Quality Standards for the Hiwassee River Basin was amended effective July 1, 1995 with the reclassification of the Hiwassee River [Index Nos. 1-(42.7) and 1-(48.5)] from McComb Branch to the Town of Murphy water supply intake including tributaries from Classes WS-IV and WS-IV CA to Classes WS-IV, WS-IV CA, WS-V and C.

(g)  The Schedule of Classifications and Water Quality Standards for the Hiwassee River Basin was amended effective August 1, 2002 with the reclassification of the Hiwassee River [portion of Index No. 1-(16.5)] from a point 1.2 mile upstream of mouth of McComb Branch to a point 0.6 mile upstream of McComb Branch (Town of Murphy proposed water supply intake) from Class WS-IV to Class WS-IV CA. 

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143‑214.1; 143‑215.1; 143‑215.3(a)(1);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2002; July 1, 1995; August 3, 1992; August 1, 1990; March 1, 1989.