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APRIL 2009 GASTON EAST-WEST CONNECTOR DEIS
PC-1
SPECIAL PROJECT COMMITMENTS
During the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process, commitments are made to avoid,
minimize, or mitigate project impacts. Commitments result from public comment or through the
requirements of, or agreements with, environmental resource and regulatory agencies.
In addition to compliance with applicable federal and state requirements and regulations, such
as; Section 404 Individual Permit Conditions, Nationwide Permit Conditions, Regional
Conditions, and State Consistency Conditions; North Carolina Department of Transportation
(NCDOT) Guidelines for Best Management Practices for the Protection of Surface Waters, General
Certification Conditions, and Section 401 Conditions of Certification; and the Endangered Species
Act. Table PC-1 lists special project commitments that have been agreed to by the North
Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA).
TABLE PC-1: Special Commitments and Coordination Required after the DEIS
Item Resource DEIS
Section
Applicable
DSAs Project Commitment Project Stage
1 Community
Resources 3.2.6.1 All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with Gaston County
Schools to share information and aid in
planning for new school sites, as well as to
minimize impacts to school bus routes.
Final Design
through
Construction
Management
2 Community
Resources 3.2.6.1 DSA 58, 64,
68
NCTA will coordinate with the Crowders
Mountain Volunteer Fire Department on
Bethany Road (SR 1112) to ensure the designs
would not impact operations, and to ensure
continuation of services during construction.
Final Design
through
Construction
Management
3 Community
Resources
and
Section 4(f)
Resources
3.2.6.1
and
5.4.3
All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with Mecklenburg
County Park and Recreation Department to
ensure that the Preferred Alternative’s right of
way and construction limits within the
Berewick District Park boundaries are
minimized as necessary to ensure that
significant activities, features, and attributes of
the proposed park are not adversely affected.
Final Design
through
Construction
Management
4 Community
Resources 3.2.6.1 4, 9, 22, 27,
58, 76, 81
NCTA will investigate measures to avoid or
further minimize impacts to the Duke Energy
Corporation’s recreational fields located on
Boat Club Road (SR 2528).
Final Design
5 Community
Resources
3.2.6.1 All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with the Gaston Urban
Area Metropolitan Planning Organization and
the Catawba Lands Conservancy to identify
needed accommodations for any existing and
funded greenways that cross the Preferred
Alternative
3.2.6.1
6 Noise 4.1.6 All DSAs A Design Noise Study will be prepared for the
Preferred Alternative to update the noise
analysis based upon updated traffic forecasts
and the final design.
Final Design
This “GREEN SHEET” identifies the special project commitments made to avoid, minimize, or mitigate project impacts
beyond those required to comply with applicable federal and state requirements and regulations.
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TABLE PC-1: Special Commitments and Coordination Required after the DEIS
Item Resource DEIS
Section
Applicable
DSAs Project Commitment Project Stage
7 Air Quality 4.2.5.1 All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with Gaston Area Urban
MPO and the Mecklenburg‐Union MPO to
ensure the air quality conformity
determination for the region includes the
project’s design concept and scope consistent
with the Preferred Alternative.
Planning –
prior to
Record of
Decision
8 Utilities and
Infrastructure
– Railroads
4.4.2 4, 5, 9, 22,
23, 27
NCTA will coordinate with the NCDOT Rail
Division and Norfolk Southern during final
design for the project’s interchange at I‐85,
which would affect the east‐west rail mainline
through Gaston County.
Final Design
9 Utilities and
Infrastructure
– Railroads
4.4.2 4, 9, 22, 27,
58, 68, 76,
81
NCTA will coordinate with the NCDOT Rail
Division and Norfolk Southern during final
design of the crossing of the rail spur that
serves Duke Energy Corporation’s Allen Steam
Station.
Final Design
10 Utilities and
Infrastructure
– Railroads
4.4.2 All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with the NCDOT Rail
Division and Norfolk Southern during final
design for the project’s interchange at US 321,
which would affect the Norfolk Southern
branch line that runs north‐south parallel to
the east side of US 321.
Final Design
11 Hazardous
Materials
4.6.3 All DSAs When the final proposed alignment is
established and right of way limits are
determined, a hazardous materials site
assessment will be performed to the degree
necessary to determine levels of
contamination at any potential hazardous
materials sites along the Preferred Alternative.
The assessment will be made prior to right‐of‐
way acquisition.
Final Design
and ROW
Acquisition
12 Historic
Architectural
Resources
5.2.2 58, 64, 68,
76, 77, 81
NCTA will incorporate measures into the
designs to minimize the construction footprint
on the Wolfe Family Dairy Farm site and
visually screen the project from the site.
Final Design
13 Historic
Architectural
Resources
5.2.2 64, 68 NCTA will ensure that full access is maintained
to the William Clarence Wilson House.
Final Design
14 Historic
Architectural
Resources
5.2.2 5, 9, 23, 27,
77, 81
NCTA will ensure that there is no taking of
property, either by fee simple or permanent
easement, from the JBF Riddle House.
Final Design
15 Historic
Architectural
Resources
5.2.2 5, 9, 23, 27,
64, 68, 77,
81
NCTA will ensure that full access is maintained
to the Harrison Family Dairy Farm.
Final Design
16 Historic
Architectural
Resources
5.2.2 4, 22, 58, 76 NCTA will avoid a drainage encroachment,
either by fee simple or permanent easement,
into the southeast corner of the Thomas
Allison House site.
Final Design
17 Archaeological
Resources
5.3.3 9, 27, 68, 81 NCTA will conduct additional assessments of
the Stowe Mill site, with an emphasis on
archival research, as recommended by the
Office of State Archaeology.
Final Design
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TABLE PC-1: Special Commitments and Coordination Required after the DEIS
Item Resource DEIS
Section
Applicable
DSAs Project Commitment Project Stage
18 Archaeological
Resources
5.3.3 All DSAs NCTA will conduct an archaeological survey of
the Preferred Alternative corridor. The results
of the survey will be presented in a report
transmitted to the HPO and OSA and
summarized in the FEIS.
Final Design
19 Archaeological
Resources
5.3.3 All DSAs Geotechnical studies and surveys conducted
by NCTA will include identification of
abandoned mines in the area.
Final Design
through
Construction
Management
20 Water
Resources
6.2.4 All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with Duke Energy
Corporation to obtain the necessary FERC
permit. The process is expected to result in a
FERC license revision to allow the transfer of
land within the FERC project boundary to NCTA
to construct the Gaston East‐West Connector
including the bridges over Lake Wylie.
Final Design
21 Wildlife 6.3.6.2 All DSAs NCTA will coordinate with the US Fish and
Wildlife Service, US Environmental Protection
Agency, and the NC Wildlife Resources
Commission on the feasibility and the design
of a wildlife passage at Stream S156. Stream
S156 is located between Forbes Road to the
west and Robinson Road to the east.
Final Design