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MEMORANDUM
TO: Monte Matthews, USACOE
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office

FROM: Ron Linville, Regional Coordinator /
Habitat Conservation Program

DATE: August 1, 2008

SUBJECT: SRI 118, Greenwood Circle, Unnamed Tributary Yadkin River, Surry County

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to widen and pave SRI 118.
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are familiar with habitat
values in the area. These comments are provided in accordance with the provisions of the Fish
and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d) and the North
Carolina Environmental Policy Act (G. S. I I3A-1 through I I3A-10; NCAC 25).
The NCDOT project will impact a total of ten (10) additional feet of stream channel. A
temporary dewatering process will be used for the project to allow portions of the project to be
done in the dry and to minimize sedimentation and turbidity. The work area is near the Mitchell
River Aquatic Habitat Significant Natural Heritage Area No. 573. The project area is not known
to support wild trout; however, tributaries in the basin provide significant aquatic nursery areas.
Accordingly, proper placement of culverts is paramount.
Based on our review of the submittal and our knowledge of area habitats, we will not object to
the project as proposed providing aquatic life passage is provided where practicable and stringent
sediment and erosion control measures are used.
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project during the early planning
stages. If you have any questions regarding these comments, please contact me at 336-769-9453.

E-copy: Amy Euliss, DWQ-WSRO
Heath Slaughter, NCDOT
Kathy Matthews, USEPA
Marla Chambers, NCWRC
Marella Buncick, USFWS
Sonya Gregory, DWQ-Raleigh

Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
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