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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20140957 Ver 1_USACE Incomplete App_20151015Burdette, Jennifer a From: Brown, Craig J SAW <Craig.J.Brown @usace.army.mil> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 2:17 PM To: leslie.hartz @dom.com; william.a.scarpinato @dom.com Cc: Bowers, Todd; kevin.bowman @ferc.gov; Burdette, Jennifer a; Cox, David R.; Ellis, John; Gibson, Steven W NAO; Gledhill - earley, Renee; fritz.rhode @noaa.gov Subject: Atlantic Coast Pipeline - Incomplete Application letter - North Carolina (UNCLASSIFIED) Attachments: Incomplete Application letter.pdf Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE Attached, please find an Incomplete Application letter in response to the Pre - Construction Notification (application for Nationwide Permit #12 - Utility Line Activities) received at the Raleigh Regulatory Field Office on September 16, 2015 for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project. This letter covers the North Carolina portion of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Please forward this email and the attached Incomplete Application letter to any pertinent contacts /agencies that I may have overlooked. If you have any questions, please contact me either by email or phone. Craig Craig J. Brown USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office 3331 Heritage Trade Drive Wake Forest, NC 27587 (919) 554 -4884 x35 Email: Craig.J.Brown @usace.army.mil Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE 1 U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WILMINGTON DISTRICT Action Id. SAW -2014 -01558 County: Eight NC Counties U.S.G.S. Quad: Multiple INCOMPLETE APPLICATION Applicant: Leslie Hartz Agent: Dominion Resources Services. Inc. Address: 707 E. Main Street, 19th Floor William Scarpinato, Jr. Richmond, VA, 23219 Address: 5000 Dominion Blvd. Glen Allen, VA, 23060 Location/Description of Proposed Activity: Proposed is a 564 mile -long natural gas pipeline through the states of Pennsvlvania, West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, The North Carolina portion of the pipeline is. approxinnately 200 -miles running through 8 North Carolina counties with a terminus in Pembroke, Robeson County. The proposed project would involve temporary impacts during construction of the pipeline. permanent impacts from the conversion of wetlands for the maintenance of the pipeline corridor once completed and possibly temporary and permanent impacts from the construction of roads and other structures during the construction and to service the pipeline once completed. Type of Permit Applied For (check one): IP ❑ NWP ® GP ❑ Applicable law: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act®; Section 10, Rivers and Harbor Act YOUR APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE AND CANNOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS RECEIVED (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY): ❑ Your application form has not been completed and /or signed (see remarks) ® Under the conditions of the Nationwide Permit, mitigation is required for your project. The mitigation proposal submitted with your application is insufficient. (see remarks.) ❑ Your application did not include a statement explaining how avoidance and minimization for losses of waters of the U.S. were achieved on the project site. (see remarks) ❑ Your submitted project plans or maps were insufficient, too large, or not legible (see remarks). ❑ Your application did not include a delineation of affected special aquatic sites, including wetlands, vegetated shallows, and riffle and pool complexes as required. ❑ You must submit a copy of your application to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) since your proposed work is in a designated trout water county (see remarks section below for the address of your WRC representative) ® Other (see remarks below). REMARKS: B. Jurisdictional Determinations, B.Ib. Site coordinates in decimal decrees — Please provide begimling and ending latitude and longitude for the main line and the lateral located in NC. 13.4b. If the Corps made the jurisdictional determination. what type of determination was. made? While the USACE has verified a majority of the pipeline route, there are still sections of the pipeline route that have not been delineated or the delineation has not been verified. In addition, it is our understanding that there may still be some re- routing of sections of the pipeline. USACE Page 1 of 2 needs to verify the delineation for the entire, final route of the pipeline in order to determine not only the extent of the jurisdictional impacts, but also the appropriate compensatory mitigation requirements. C. Proposed Impacts Inventory C.1. Impacts Summary Since there are substantial wetland and stream impacts, they need to be in a digital format to make processing more efficient, Contact Craig Brown for the latest ORM upload sheets, as the upload sheets are currently under revision. For mitigation purposes, wetlands need to be classified as: Riparian Riverine, Riparian non - Riverine, or Non - Riparian. For the impacted wetlands, indicate each of their classifications. D. Impact Justification and Mitigation D.1b. Specifically describe measures taken to avoid or minimize the proposed impacts . through construction techniques, On Page 13 of the application it states: "The Tar River, Rocky Swamp, Neuse River, and Cyprus Creek are proposed to be open cut." Since the HDD method avoids impacts on water bodies, please explain why the above waters are proposed to be open cut rather than by using HDD. D.2. Compensatory Mitigation for Impacts to Waters of the U.S. Fill this section out (note: this has been partially addressed on pages 43 -45 in Supplemental Information). Provide letters from private Mitigation Banks and /or the North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services stating that they are willing to accept payment for the impacts associated with this proj ect. As stated on page 45 of the supplemental information submitted with the permit application, it is stated that "a detailed mitigation plan will be provided at a later date." This plan needs to be provided to our office for review and approval, prior to verification. Please be reminded that we are willing to discuss your mitigation proposals, where standing water is present year round prior to your final submission of the mitigation plan. This plan also needs to include a monitoring plan for seven years, which would address potential mowing activities within the pipeline corridor by the applicant and property owners. In addition, please include the proposed protective language into the landowner easement agreements on parcels which contain waters of the US that are being negotiated for the pipeline project. D.3. Complete if using a Mitigation Bank c& DA. Complete if Making Payment to in -lieu Fee Program Fill these sections out (note: has been partially addressed on pages 43 -45 in Supplemental Information). F. Supplementary Information 2 F.7. Historic or Prehistoric Resources 7a. Will this project occur in or near an area that the state. federal or tribal governments have designated as having historic or cultural preservation status ?, Please provide letters from SHPO and state and federal agencies, when available. FERC is preparing an Enviromnental Impact Statement which addresses the requirements of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and their final opinion on whether the proposed activity may affect properties listed, or eligible for listing, in the National Register of Historic Places is needed before a Nationwide Permit can be issued for this project. F.8. Endangered Species and Designated Critical Habitat Re: NWP National Regional Conditions for the Wilmington District — 1.3 Sturgeon Spawning Area. Please provide any letters received from both the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the North Caroling Wildlife Resource Commission (NCWRC) (incl. letter dated 11/21/14) concerning Sturgeon spawning areas within the project area. FERC is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement which addresses endangered species and designated critical habitat and their final opinion on whether or not the ACP project "may affect" a listed species or critical habitat is needed before a Nationwide Permit can be issued for this project. In addition, provide the submitted reports supporting the impacts to our office. Please submit the above information within. 30 drays of receipt of this Notification or we will consider your application ivithdraivii and close the file. Please call or email (Craig. J.Brorvn @usace. army. mil) me if you have any questions. Date: October 15, 2015 or w. Corps Regulatory Official: Cram ro w Telephone No: 919 - 554 -4884 x35 Corps Regulatory Field Office Address: Raleigh Regulatory Field Office ........... 3331 Heritage Trade Drive. Suite 105 Wake Forest, forth Carolina 27587 3 Copies furnished: Todd Allen Bowers US EPA Region 4 Wetlands Regulatory Section Sam Numl Atlanta Federal Center 61 Forsyth St. SW Atlanta, GA 30303 -8960 Email: Bowers.Todd @epa.gov Kevin Bowman Environmental Project Manager Federal Regulatory Energy Commission 888 First Street NE Washington DC 20426 Email: Kevin.Bowman@ferc.gov Jemlifer Btrdette 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit NCDENR — Division of Water Resources 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617 Email: Jennifer.Burdette @ncdenr.gov North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Attn: David Cox 1701 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1701 Email: David.Cox @lcwildlife.org Jolm Ellis USFWS Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office P.O. Box 33726 Raleigh, NC 27636 -37826 Email: Jol-in—Ellis@fws.gov Steven W. Gibson Enviroiunental Scientist U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District Regulatory Branch 803 Front Street Norfolk, VA 23510 Email: Steve.W.Gibson@usace.army.mil 4 Renee Gledhill- Earley North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources 4617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617 Email: renee.gledhill- earley @ncdcr.gov Mr. Fritz Rohde National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Division — Atlantic Branch 101 Pivers Island Road Beufort, North Carolina 28516 Email: Fritz.Rhode @noaa.gov Email Copies Furnished: Dale E. Beter SAW Email: Dale.E.Beter @isace.army.mil Jean B. Gibby SAW Email: Jean B. Gibby@usace.army.mil Emily C Greer SAW Email: Emily.C. Greer @usace.army.mil Adam E. Fannin LRH Email: Adam.E.Famiin @usace.army.mil James W. Haggerty NAD Email: James. W.Haggerty @usace.army.mil Peter R. Kube NAO Email: Peter.R.Kube @usace.army.mil Scott C. Mclendon SAW Email: Scott.C.McLendon @usace.army.mil 5 Linda Morrison Dawson & Associates, Inc. FedMark Solutions, LLC Email: lmorr @FedMarkSolutions.com Carl E. Pruitt SAW Email: Carl E.Pruitt@usace.army.mil Joshua D. Shaffer LRP Email: Joshua.D.Shaffer@usace.army.mil A1ani Taylor LRP Alani.Taylor @usace.army.mil Henry M. Wicker SAW Email: Hemy.M.Wicker.JR @usace.army.mil 6