20130477 Ver 4_U-3615B Site 2 Channel_20161025

Wanucha, Dave
From:Parker, Jerry A
Sent:Tuesday, October 25, 2016 4:35 PM
To:Ingram, Jonathan P
Cc:Wanucha, Dave; [e-mail]
Subject:U-3615B Riprap Bank Stabilization
Paul,

I visited the site we discussed on Skeet Club Road whereas a stream has been re-aligned and stabilized with riprap along the banks on Parcel Number 0205162 just east of Johnson Street.
The re-aligned stream
appears to have been installed according to the plans submitted to the environmental agencies which were approved by the NC Division of Water Resources and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Approval from the
agencies required written authorization and mitigation for the loss of streams and buffer. The approved re-alignment stops approximately 70 ft west of the property owner’s eastside
property line. We discussed the
question presented by the land owner which was, “ Is it was possible to remove the natural vegetation and extend the riprap on the remaining natural stream to the eastside property
line”? My answer would have to
be NO. Since the remaining seventy feet is a natural stream with a naturally vegetated bank, there is no justifiable need to remove the vegetation and replace it with riprap. To do so,
would reduce the functionality and
environmental effectiveness of the streambank and riparian area. It would also result in impacts to the regulated adjacent 50 ft buffer which also cannot be justified. NCDOT has already
obtained a permit for the
impacts necessary for the widening of Skeet Club Road and was required to mitigate and compensate for environmental impacts. Additional environmental impacts would require modifying
the permit and additional
mitigation for unjustifiable impacts that I strongly believe the environmental agencies would object to and deny. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Jerry Parker
Environmental Supervisor

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