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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006
Attention: Ms. Amanda Jones
Reference: Revision to Individual Permit
Project Bullseye
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S&ME Project No. 1 7-05-274C
USACE Action ID No. 00531491
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S&ME, Inc. (S&ME) is pleased to provide this letter regarding the Project Bullseye property.
The property is located south of N.C. Highway 10, and west of U.S. Highway 321, southwest of
Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina (35.62252°N, 8130833°W).
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In connection with development of the subject property as a retail distribution facility, an
Individual Permit (IP) was issued by you on May 8, 2006 (Action ID No. 200535491) to the
Catawba County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC) on behalf of Project Bullseye.
The corresponding Individual Water Quality Certification (IC) was issued by the North Carolina
Division of Water Quality (DWQ) on February 27, 2006 (DWQ Project No. 050983). Permitted
impacts consist of 3,381 linear feet (If) of stream channel and 0.90 acre of freshwater wetlands.
Mitigation required as a condition of the IP consists of the following: ' Enhancement of approximately 0.73 acre of degraded wetland;
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Revision to Individual Pen-nit S&ME Project Number 1357-05-274C
Project Bullseye June 20, 2007
• Restoration of approximately 2,200 If of degraded stream channel;
• Level I enhancement of approximately 500 If of degraded stream channel;
• Level II enhancement of approximately 1,750 if of degraded stream channel; and
• Preservation of approximately 3,755 if of stream channel. _' (70UNT OZ5 go),
Because ownership of the property was to be transferred to The Target Corporation, the IP issued
on May 8, 2006 was not signed by CCEDC and returned to the USACE. Subsequent delays were
encountered in connection with the property transaction, and modifications to the proposed site
plan have necessitated this requested revision. The proposed site plan revisions entail relocation
of the permanent access road (Figure 4), an increase in the number of parking spaces and
construction of an on-site pallet storage area. Construction of the additional parking area also
necessitated relocation of a proposed water quality basin (Basin Q. However, these revisions to
the site plan will not result in impacts exceeding those authorized by the original IP and IC. The
proposed access road will be shifted approximately 430 feet east of its original location depicted
in the IP. The access road will result in impacts comparable to those originally authorized
(approximately 200 if of stream channel). The location of streamside buffers along the affected
channel will be shifted accordingly to maintain the amount originally proposed.
Enclosed are two signed copies of the IP. However, because of the proposed site revisions
identified above, several of the figures included with the IP no longer accurately represent the
proposed impacts. To depict the revised site layout and modified preservation areas, we have
amended those figures that depict the original site plan and have included them in this revised
submittal. Please replace the appropriate figures with those provided here such that those
depicting the original layout are no longer part of the IP. The remainder of the figures included
with the IP do not depict areas where revisions to the site layout are proposed. Accordingly,
those figures were not revised. Upon our receipt of the final IP signed by the USACE, a copy
will be provided to DWQ for their files
The property transaction is complete, but the proposed work at the site has not commenced. It is
anticipated that earthmoving activities associated with the project will begin in August 2007, with
construction of the facility in 2008. As originally proposed, work associated with a majority of
the mitigation plan should commence concurrent with earthmoving activities in 2007. The
second phase of the mitigation plan will take place following construction of the permanent
access road in 2008.
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