20010404 Ver 3_Information Letter_20100910

_n ro M 0 1
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
'BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE EUGENE A. CONTI, JR.
GOVERNOR SECRETARY
September 10, 2010
Mr. Ronnie Smith
Wilmington Regulatory Office ACOE
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Re: UT to Little River Mitigation (Site 10Moore County, State Project No. 8.T560302, TIP
No. R-021 OA, Action ID No. 1993-0-0570; DWQ Project No. 010404
Mr. Smith:
As you are aware, the Department has monitored the UT to Little River relocation (Site 10) since
its construction in July 2003. Located in Moore County, adjacent to the US 1 bypass near Vass,
this site provides 174 linear feet of stream relocation for impacts associated with the R-0210A
project. The stream relocation was constructed and revegetated with appropriate hardwood
species. Per the permit requirements, NCDOT was required to annually monitor the stream
mitigation site for channel stability by visual observation for five years or until success criteria
were met. During the five year monitoring period, annual reports were submitted to the
appropriate regulatory agencies via the PDEA Natural Environment Unit's (NEU) website:
httn://www.ncdot.oro//oh/preconsarucliPChteu/Monirorin?/Monitoritt Kepnr '.html
After five years of vegetation and stream stability monitoring, the UT to Little River relocation
(Site 10) indicates that the planted vegetation is surviving and the streambanks remain stable at
this time. Individual annual monitoring reports are available on NEU's website for 2005-2009.
MAILING ADDRESS:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1598
TELEPHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
WESSITE: WWW NCDOT.ORG
LOCATION:
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER
4701 ATLANTIC AVENUE
SUITE 116
RALEIGH, NC 27604
A site visit was conducted on August 12`h, 2010 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT
personnel present. It was detennined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been met
and that no further monitoring would be required. NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource
agencies provide documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site.is
closed. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Mr. Randy Griffin at (919)
431-6529.
Sincerely,
Philip S. Harris, III, P.E., Unit Head
PDEA- Natural Environment Unit
cc: Mr. David Wainwright, DWQ
Mr. Travis Wilson, WRC
Mr. Chris Militscher. EPA
Mr. Gary Jordan, USFWS
Mr. Scott McLendon, ALOE
Mr. Brian Wrenn, DWQ
Mr. David Harris, P.E., NCDOT-REU
Mr. Art King, NCDOT-DEOS
Mr. Randy Griffin, NCDOT-NEU