20040271 Ver 4_Other Agency Comments_20051213

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P. O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
IN REPLY REFER TO
Regulatory Division
Action ID. 200221534
December 13, 2005
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director, PDEA
N.C. Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1548
Dear Mr. Thorpe:
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Please reference the Department of the Army permit issued on October 7, 2004, in which
we authorized the discharge of fill materials into waters of the United States, for construction of
Section CB of the I-85 widening and improvements (T.I.P. NO. I-2511CB), impacting Town
Creek and its unnamed tributaries, from north of SR 1002 (Bringle Ferry Road) to north of SR
2120 (Long Ferry Road), east of Spencer, in Rowan County, North Carolina. Reference is also
made to your written request of November 30, 2005, for a permit modification changing the
construction method for SR 1915 (Old Union Church Road) associated with the relocated
portion of Town Creek identified as site 5 in the referenced permit plans. The revised
construction method as depicted in the attached plans does not include any additional impacts to
jurisdictional waters of Town Creek. It eliminates a temporary crossing of Town Creek and
maintains traffic on the existing SR 1915 until the new bridge on the relocated SR 1915 is
completed.
We have determined that the proposed change in construction method would not result in
additional impacts to the jurisdictional waters of Town Creek, and therefore a supplemental
public notice is not necessary. Accordingly, the permit is hereby modified to include the
referenced changes as defined in the attached plans. It is understood that all other conditions of
the original permit and previous modifications remain applicable, including the permit expiration
date of December 31, 2008.

+ If you have questions, please contact John Thomas of the Raleigh Regulatory Field
Office, at telephone [phone], extension 25.
Sincerely,
John E. Pulliam, Jr.
Colonel, U.S. Army
District Engineer
Enclosure
Copies Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. John Hennessy
Division of Water Quali
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650