20191358 Ver 1_Muskrat Creek culvert_R-4416 PA Screening information_20191006

Programmatic Agreement Cultural Resources Screening Checklist
Project Numbers: TIP: R-4416 FA: WBS:
Project Name: Muskrat Culvert Repair County: Clay
Project Description: Replace end of failed section of culvert in Muskrat Creek under US64 in
Clay County
Funding Source: State Permits Required: NWP 3
Instructions:
NCDOT Project Managers/Engineers should complete the following checklist based upon your
knowledge of the project site and immediate vicinity. If you check "Unable to Determine", efforts
should be undertaken to acquire available information on the project. If the answer to any question
is "Yes" or "Unable to Determine," the project is subject to further historic preservation review, not
withstanding other determinations under state environmental review laws and regulations. If the
answer to all the questions is "No," the project may be excluded from further historic preservation
review.
Yes
No
Unable to
Determine
A. Does this project contain activities that are not specified in Appendix C of
x
the North Carolina Programmatic Agreement for Minor Transportation
Projects? (List of Exempt Activities on reverse)
B. Is this project directly related to other actions with individually
x
insignificant, but cumulatively significant, environmental effects?
C. Are there properties listed on or eligible for listing on the National Register
x
of Historic Places in the project area?
D. Is this project questioned by the owner of a historic property?
x
E. Is there known public controversy based on historic preservation issues?
x
F. Can this project be classified as anything other than a "categorical
x
exclusion" (or state -equivalent) project
Certification
By my signature, I certify that I have completed a site visit or am familiar with the specifics of the
project and that my answers to the questions above are, to the best of my knowledge, correct. I also
understand that no further environmental analysis is required according to Appendix C of the North
Carolina Programmatic Agreement for r
ects.
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ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM THE PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT
The activities in Appendix C are exempted from further review, provided the undertaking meets all of the following conditions:
• is limited to the activities specified;
• is not part of a larger undertaking;
• is not questioned by the owner of a historic property;
• has no known public controversy based on historic preservation issues; and
• is classified as a "categorical exclusion" (or state -equivalent) project.
EXEMPT ACTIVITIES
• Mowing, seeding/reseeding, and other ground cover maintenance activities;
• Installation or replacement/repair of fixed static signs, interconnection devices, surveillance cameras, closed circuit TV and other
minor incident management devices, railroad warning devices, and improved rail crossing surfaces;
• In -kind replacement, reconstruction, or ordinary repair or modification of existing lighting, guardrails, modern fencing, traffic
signals, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and variable message signs;
• Activities that do not involve construction or ground disturbance, such as preliminary engineering, training, technical studies,
non-invasive inspections, and educational programs;
• Overlay, milling, grooving, repairing (concrete or asphalt patching or slurry seal), striping, or resurfacing of existing ramp,
roadway, and parking lot surfaces where there will be no new impacts outside an existing facility; rumble strips, loop detectors,
pavement markings (normal and raised), and snow and ice detectors to the same;
• Activities within the existing disturbed median, including installation of new or replacement median barriers or guard rail;
• Modernization of an existing transportation facility by widening less than a travel lane or adding lanes, provided such widening
does not extend beyond the limits of existing improved right-of-way (includes shoulder additions to roadways, bridge
approaches, turn lanes within the existing improved facility);
• Correcting substandard roadway geometries and intersections (i.e., spot improvements), provided such corrections do not extend
beyond the limits of existing improved right-of-way;
• Minor bridge rehabilitation, bridge rails, or substructure alterations where the work is confined to the bridge itself, and
a. the bridge is no older than 45 years at the date of NCDOT's project review, or
b. the bridge has been determined ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places;
• Minor safety related drainage improvements, including but not limited to: installation, replacement or removal of culverts and
headwalls; installation, replacement and extensions of pipes; and addition of pipe end sections;
• Routine cleaning, maintenance and repair of existing drainage, stormwater management, and water quality facilities and devices,
not including projects that seek to expand or extend such facilities;
• Replacement/relocation of existing underground utilities in kind and within existing footprint and replacement/relocation of
existing utility poles between edge of existing improved right-of-way and road;
• Repair of erosion control and protection measures, including but not limited to: slope stabilization, slide repair, rip rap, or
retaining walls and new construction of such devices within existing improved right-of-way;
• Rehabilitation of existing at -grade railroad crossings and installation or upgrade of regulatory signs and railroad warning signs
and devices, upgrade of advisory signs, and track and rail bed maintenance, provided there is no change in grade;
• Construction of bicycle and pedestrian lanes, paths, pedestrian signal heads, and facilities, and multi -use paths and facilities
provided such construction does not extend beyond the limits of existing improved right-of-way;
• Construction of or improvements to rest areas, truck weigh stations, park and ride lots, and other transportation related
maintenance, storage, and office facilities, where no new right-of-way is acquired;
• Landscaping on fill -slopes and back -slopes;
• Disposal of excess state-owned properties;
• Other minor actions if deemed appropriate for coverage under this PA by consultation and mutual written agreement between
NCDOT and HPO/OSA.

USDA United States Forest National Forests in North Carolina 160 ZILLICOA ST STE A
Department of Service Supervisor's Office ASHEVILLE NC 288014082
Agriculture S28-2574200
File Code: 2730 If ECE, VF
Date: June 16, 2011
fUN 19 zorl
Mr. Joel Setzer
Division Engineer, Division 14
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, NC 28779
Dear Mr. Setzer:
This letter is to inform the North Carolina Deputment of Transportation of our anproval of plans
to install climbing lanes on United States Forest Service property along US 64 near Chunky Gal
Mountain in Clay County, North Carolina. We have reviewed project maps and existing
easements along the proposed project route in addition to meeting with NCDOT officials to
review and discuss the project on site.
The United States Forest Service approves the installation of climbing lanes across National
Forest System lands along US 64 beginning 2.7 miles west of SR 1168 to 3.3 miles east of the
Clay/Macon County lines. This project is located along US 64 within the existing Highway
Easement Deed(s) issued to the State of North Carolina, State Highway Commission and know
as TUS1036-06. The Forest Service considers this project highway maintenance under the
easement because the project is located within the existing boundaries of the currently issued
easement.
Please contact Karen Compton at 828-257-4230 if you have any questions or need any additional
information from the Forest Service concerning this project.
Sincerely,
MAR A. 140EL
Planning and Lands Staff Offi,�er
cc: Mark Davis, NCDOT J
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