20001195 Ver 17_SAW-2018-01071 CLT Permit Mod FINAL_20220223

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ASHEVILLE REGULATORY FIELD OFFICE
151 PATTON AVENUE, ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006

February 23, 2022

Regulatory Division

Action ID: SAW-2018-01071

Ms. Haley Gentry
City of Charlotte – Aviation Department
5601 Wilkinson Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28208

Dear Ms. Gentry:

On December 15, 2020, the Department of the Army issued a permit to the City of
Charlotte – Aviation Department for expansion and improvements at Charlotte Douglas
International Airport located in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. A written request
for a permit modification was received on November 5, 2021, for changes to the North
End Around Taxiway (NEAT) Phase 1 elements to include:

1. The elimination of a previously approved impact (108 linear feet of temporary and
permanent impacts identified as PS3-1) due to NEAT regional detention basin
design changes.
2. The addition of 100 linear feet of temporary impacts to Ticer Branch to
accommodate open-cut, utility line crossings (TS10-1 and TS11-1) previously
intended to be directionally bored.
3. Pulling forward a Phase 2 impact (0.76 acres of Wetland 6 known as PW1) into
Phase 1 which is an extension of an impact already approved and mitigated for in
Phase 1 (0.22 acres identified as PW2-1).

Overall Phase 1 stream impacts have been reduced from 3,906 to 3,898 linear feet
as a result of the elimination of impact PS3-1 (108 linear feet) and the addition of
impacts TS10-1 and TS11-1 (100 linear feet). Overall Phase 1 wetland impacts were
increased from 0.82 acres to 1.58 acres via the additional 0.76-acre wetland impact
brought forward from Phase 2 into Phase 1 in response to NEAT element design
change. The permit is hereby modified to include the work as noted above. All
conditions of the original permit remain applicable, and the expiration date is
unchanged.

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The following special conditions are added to the permit:

• In order to compensate for impacts associated with this permit modification,
mitigation shall be provided in accordance with the provisions outlined in the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, Compensatory Mitigation
Responsibility Transfer Form (attached). The requirements of this form,
including any special conditions listed on this form, are hereby incorporated
as special conditions of this permit authorization.
• The permittee must comply with the conditions of the attached approved
Individual Water Quality Certification, dated December 20, 2021 (attached).

FOR THE COMMANDER

M. Scott Jones, PWS
Chief
Asheville and Charlotte Regulatory Field Offices

Enclosures

cc (with enclosures via email):

Mr. Byron Hamstead
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
160 Zillicoa Street, Suite B
Asheville, North Carolina 28801

Mr. Todd Bowers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Water Management Division
Wetlands Protection Section – Region IV
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Mr. Jeffrey Poupart
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1671

Ms. Sue Homewood
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Water Resources
450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27105

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Ms. Andrea Leslie
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
645 Fish Hatchery Road
Marion, North Carolina 28752

Ms. Kelly Thames
HDR, Incorporated
440 South Church Street, Suite 1000
Charlotte, North Carolina 29202

Mr. Eric Rysdon
HDR, Incorporated
440 South Church Street, Suite 1000
Charlotte, North Carolina 29202