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MEMORANDUM

TO: Monte Matthews, USACOE
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office

FROM: Ron Linville, Regional Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: August 1, 2008

SUBJECT: SR2022, Community Building Road, Unnamed Tributaries Ararat River, Surry
County

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to widen and pave SR2022.
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 project will impact a total of 44 additional feet of stream channel. 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. The project area is not known to support wild
trout; however, tributaries in the basin provide significant aquatic nursery areas. Accordingly,
proper placement of culverts is paramount.
Based on our review of the submittal and our knowledge of area habitats, we will not object to
the project as proposed providing aquatic life passage is provided where practicable and stringent
sediment and erosion control measures are used.
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: Amy Euliss, DWQ-WSRO
Heath Slaughter, NCDOT
Kathy Matthews, USEPA
Marla Chambers, NCWRC
Marella Buncick, USFWS
Sonya Gregory, DWQ-Raleigh

Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
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