20071242 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_20070802

®North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Richard B. Hamilton, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Monte Matthews, USACOE
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
FROM: Ron Linville, Regional Coordinator ~~
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: July 23, 2007
SUBJECT: US 601 Bank Stabilization and Stream Relocation, Cody Creek, Surry County
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to repair an eroding roadway.
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. 113A-1 through 113A-10; NCAC 25).
The NCDOT will install a retaining wall and realign 80' of stream. A floodplain will be
constructed for the area of the existing stream location. 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. Trout are not known for this area.
Based on our review of the submittal and our knowledge of area habitats, we will not object to
the project as proposed. We encourage NCDOT to consider installation of j-hooks and w-weirs
to maintain banks and to establish and maintain a more natural channel, including a single
thalweg. Provision of an undisturbed forested stream buffer would benefit stream and riparian
habitats.
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: Sue Homewood, DWQ-WSRO
Heath Slaughter, NCDOT
Kathy Matthews, USEPA
Marla Chambers, NCWRC
Marella Buncick, USFWS
Sonya Gregory, DWQ-Raleigh
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