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Implementing UAS Tech NC Environmental Quality

This document provides an overview of implementing UAS technology in NCDEQ policy, including drone operation requirements, data collection and handling, approved UAS models, and example applications such as benthic habitat mapping and fisheries monitoring.

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Implementing UAS Tech NC Environmental Quality

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  1. Implementing UAS Tech NC Environmental Quality Policy Overview / Example Applications

  2. NCDEQ Policy # UAS001 • Approved / Signed: January 21st 2019 • Next review date: January 21st 2020 • Oversight provided by DEQ GeoTeam Policy Link

  3. DEQ Staff Drone Operation Requirements • FAA certification via 14 C.F.R. Part 107 • Requires Part 107 exam and application submittal Or • Current part 61 pilot status and completion of safety course • NC DOT UAS Permit • Requires NCDOT UAS Knowledge Test • Demonstrated proficiency with the airframe

  4. Private Property • Every effort made to avoid private property • Accidental private captures should not be disseminated • Accidental private captures should be masked and erased

  5. Data Collection / Handling • No cloud solutions • SD card • Local analysis • Raw intermediate data on Storsimple, warehouse, OneDrive type solution

  6. DEQ Approved UAS DJI Mavic 2 Series DJI Inspire 2 DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 DJI Matrice Series

  7. Mavic Obstacle Avoidance

  8. Mavic FLIR Sensor

  9. Mavic FLIR Sensor

  10. Marine fisheries – Benthic Habitat Mapping • Utilize high resolution imagery to map estuarine bottom type • Traditional methods average 10 acres per day • UAS can collect 600 acres in two hour window around low tide • Can implement multiple sensor types to increase accuracy

  11. Equipment • DJI Phantom 4 Pro • 4k High Res Camera • Obstacle Avoidance • 30 min battery life • Programable • Drone2Map Software

  12. Comparison of Drone/UAV vs Traditional ImageryGrid 3 Preliminary Results 2016 NAIP Imagery = 6 inch resolution. Not flown at favorable tide for mapping strata Drone/UAV data = 2.3 inch resolution. Able to clearly discern Shellfish and SAV – Major aspects of program.

  13. Drone/UAV Classifications Initial unsupervised autoclassification of the Drone Footage. Can be refined and supervised to differentiate program strata’s Initial digitization of area to match program strata’s

  14. Other Uses at Fisheries • Cultch planting Sighting Tool • Shellfish Sanitation Dye Study • Hurricane / Nor'easter studies • Shellfish leasing • Mapping SAV • Cold Stun Event Mapping

  15. Other DEQ Applications • Farm inspections • Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring • Mine inspections • Power plant effluent inspections • Wastewater treatment plant inspections • Erosion / storm water analysis • Geological Surveys (including high res DEM’s)

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