Sorry to bump a 12-year old thread, but its pretty relevant to my current situation, and I was hoping that some of the folks who were posting here are still around. My dilemma: My pond contractor contacted some guy (think he said it was a "soil guy"), who came back and said that I would need a permit to build a pond that's larger than 10,000 sq ft (less than a quarter acre). My proposed pond size is between .5 and .75 acres. I have looked over every website available, and I have found nothing that makes this claim. The only things I have found that say you need a permit are if you're intending to dam a stream or if it would affect a wetland or public waterway, which I'd need a 404 permit from the USACE and a 401 permit from the NCDEQ. It also says that a dam higher than 25' or whose impoundment capacity exceeds 50 acre-feet will require special permitting. (none of those apply to me)
Does anyone have any current permit information for pond building in North Carolina? I see ponds everywhere in my area, and I find it hard to believe that everyone went through a ton of red tape to get theirs... could be wrong, though.
