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Home My WebLink About20081602 Ver 4_Other Agency Comments_20120130C)yg- I(.OoD DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS Washington Regulatory Field Office Post Office Box 1000 Washington North Carolina 27889 1000 sr�res;�r n Regulatory Division Action ID No SAW 1994 -02124 Dr Gregory J Thorpe, PhD Environmental Management Director, PDEA N C Department of Transportation 1548 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 1548 Dear Dr Thorpe January 25 2012 Reference the Department of the Army (DA) permit issued to you on February 5, 2009, to widen approximately 5 5 miles of US 158/NC34 (TIP R 2414 A & B) from an existing two lane facility to a multi lane facility from dust east of the Pasquotank River to the US 158/NC 34 split in Belcross, Camden County North Carolina Also reference your subsequent written request dated December 16 2011 for a permit modification to place additional fill in jurisdictional wetlands at sites 3 and 6 of the B section of the project to insure stability around the culverts being installed at these sites The proposed modification will increase jurisdictional impacts at the B section of the project by filling an additional 0 04 acres of wetlands and reduce the hand clearing impacts by 0 02 acres This modification request was coordinated with the appropriate State and Federal agencies and the coordination revealed no objections to this modification request Therefore, the permit is hereby modified in accordance with the specific work activities described above and in the enclosed plans It is understood that all conditions of the original permit remain applicable and that the expiration date is unchanged In addition the permittee will comply with the following special permit conditions a All work authorized by this permit modification must be performed in strict compliance with the attached work plans which is part of this permit Any modification to the permit plans must be approved by USACE prior to implementation b The permittee shall require its contractors and /or agents to comply with the terms and conditions of this permit in the construction and maintenance of this project and shall provide each of its contractors and/or agents associated with the construction or maintenance of this ti project with a copy of this permit and any authorized modifications A copy of this permit and any authorized modifications including all conditions shall be available at the project site during construction and maintenance of this project c Special condition t of the original permit referenced above is hereby modified as follows Compensatory mitigation for the loss of 246 linear feet of stream and 4 74 acres of riparian wetlands associated with the proposed project shall be provided by the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP), as outlined in the letter dated December 14 2011 from Michael Ellison EEP Director Pursuant to the EEP In Lieu Fee Instrument, signed on July 28, 2010, the EEP will provide 492 linear feet of warm water restoration equivalent stream mitigation and 9 5 acres of restoration equivalent riparian wetland mitigation in the Pasquotank River basin (Hydrologic Cataloging Unit 03010205) by one year of the date of this permit A minimum of 1 1 (impact to mitigation) must be in the form of wetland restoration The NCDOT shall within 30 days of the issue date of this permit certify that sufficient funds have been provided to EEP to complete the required mitigation, pursuant to Paragraph V of the MOA Any questions regarding this correspondence may be directed to Mr Bill Biddlecome, NCDOT Coordinator/Regulatory Project Manager at the Washington Regulatory Field Office, telephone (910) 251 4558 Enclosure Copies Furnished (without enclosure) Ms Cathy Brittmgham Division of Coastal Management 1638 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 1638 Sincerely Steven A er Colonel U S Army District Commander 2 Mr David Wainwright Water Quality Section North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 -1650 Mr Steven Lane N C Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Coastal Management 400 Commerce Avenue Morehead City, North Carolina 28557 Mr Garcy Ward NCDWQ Washington Regional Office 943 Washington Square Mall Washington, North Carolina 27889 3