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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 109 / Wednesday, June 9, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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biological features essential for the conservation of the species.
Special management considerations or protection may be required within this unit to address a variety of threats.
Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus run off the land, or are discharged, into the waters, causing excessive growth of vegetation and leading to extremely low levels of dissolved oxygen. Based on 2014 data, seven stream reaches totaling approximately 38 miles 61.1 km are impaired in this basin. Indicators of impairment are low dissolved oxygen and low benthic-macroinvertebrate assessment scores, and the entire basin is classified as Nutrient Sensitive Waters NCDEQ 2016, pp. 115117.
There are 102 non-major NPDES
discharges, including several package WWTPs and biosolids facilities, and 3
major NPDES discharges Oxford WWTP, Louisburg WWTP, and Franklin County WWTP in this unit; with expansion of these facilities, or addition of new wastewater discharges, an additional threat to habitat exists in this unit. Special management focused on agricultural and forestry BMPs, implementing highest levels of wastewater treatment practicable, maintenance of forested buffers, and connection of protected riparian corridors will benefit habitat for the species in this unit.
Unit 2: TAR2Upper Fishing Creek Unit 2 consists of 10.5 mi 16.9 km of Upper Fishing Creek in Warren County. This unit extends from SR1118
No Bottom Drive downstream to NC58.
The riparian land adjacent to the unit is primarily privately owned 94 percent with several conservation parcels or easements 6 percent. This unit contains all of the physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species.
Special management considerations or protection may be required within this unit to address a variety of threats.
Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus run off the land or are discharged into the waters, causing excessive growth of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation and leading to extremely low levels of dissolved oxygen. Special management focused on agricultural and forestry BMPs, maintenance of forested buffers, and connection of protected riparian corridors will benefit habitat for the species in this unit.
Unit 3: TAR3Bens Creek Unit 3 consists of 2 miles 3.2 km of Bens Creek in Warren County, North Carolina. The designated area begins
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approximately one mile upstream and ends approximately one mile downstream of SR1509 Odell-Littleton Road. The addition of this unit is based on a 2019 observation of Neuse River waterdog provided by NCWRC. The riparian areas on either side of the river are privately owned. The unit contains all of the physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species.
Special management considerations or protection may be required to address excess sediment and pollutants that enter the creek and serve as indicators of other forms of pollution such as bacteria and toxins, reducing water quality for the species. Sources of these types of sediment and pollution are likely agricultural and silvicultural runoff. Special management focused on agricultural and forestry BMPs, maintenance of forested buffers, and connection of protected riparian corridors will benefit habitat for the species in this unit.
Unit 4: TAR4aFishing Creek Subbasin Revised Unit 4 consists of 82.8 miles 133.3 km of lower Little Fishing Creek approximately 1.6 miles 2.6 km upstream of SR1214 Silvertown Rd downstream to the confluence with Fishing Creek, and including the mainstem of Fishing Creek from the Warren/Halifax County line to the confluence with the Tar River in Edgecombe County. The revision of Unit 4 previously Unit 3 adds 20 miles 32.3 km of Fishing Creek based on a 2019 observation of Neuse River waterdog provided by NCWRC. The riparian land adjacent to the unit includes private land 86 percent, several conservation parcels 6 percent, and State game lands 8 percent. The unit contains all of the physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species.
Special management considerations or protection may be required within this unit to address a variety of threats.
Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus run off the land, or are discharged, into the waters, causing excessive growth of vegetation and leading to extremely low levels of dissolved oxygen. Special management focused on agricultural and forestry BMPs, maintenance of forested buffers, and connection of protected riparian corridors will benefit habitat for the species in this unit.
Unit 5: TAR4bSandy/Swift Creek Unit 5 consists of an approximately 72.5 mi 116.8 km segment of Sandy Creek downstream of SR 1451 Leonard Road to the confluence with the Tar
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River, including Red Bud Creek downstream of the Franklin/Nash county line to the confluence with Swift Creek. This unit is located in Warren, Franklin, Nash, and Edgecombe Counties. The riparian land adjacent to this unit includes private lands 97
percent, conservation parcels 1
percent, and State Game Lands 2
percent. This unit contains all of the physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species.
Special management considerations or protection may be required within this unit to address a variety of threats.
Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus run off the land or are discharged into the waters, causing excessive growth of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation and leading to extremely low levels of dissolved oxygen; there is one impaired stream reach totaling approximately 5 miles 8
km in this unit. Special management focused on agricultural and forestry BMPs, maintenance of forested buffers, and connection of protected riparian corridors will benefit habitat for the species in this unit.
Unit 6: TAR4cMiddle Tar River Subbasin Revised Unit 6 previously Unit 5
consists of 111 miles 179 km of the Middle Tar River from upstream of Highway 401 downstream to the confluence with Fishing Creek, including Stony Creek below SR1300
Boddies Millpond Rd, downstream to the confluence with the Tar River. This unit is located in Franklin, Nash, and Edgecombe Counties. We revised Unit 6
previously Unit 5 to add 11 miles 17.8
km of the upper reach of the Tar River based on a 2019 observation of Neuse River waterdog provided by a permitted private consultant. The riparian land adjacent to this unit is nearly all private lands 99 percent, with less than 1
percent conservation parcels, local parks, and a research station. The unit contains all of the physical or biological features essential for the conservation of the species.
Special management considerations or protection may be required within this unit to address a variety of threats.
Excessive amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus run off the land or are discharged into the waters, causing too much growth of microscopic or macroscopic vegetation and leading to extremely low levels of dissolved oxygen. As a result, there are six impaired stream reaches totaling approximately 32 miles in the unit.
Expansion or addition of new wastewater discharges are also a threat to habitat in this unit. Special
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