20181589 Ver 3_ PCN Modification Request_20191108

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401 Application
Zan Price:eads\gaprice
Asheville Regional Office - [phone]
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Project Information
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181589 2
20170001(no dashes)
Project Name: Biltmore French Broad and Swannanoa River Bank Stabilization
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1001 PCN Modification Request 11.8.2019.pdf 3.3MB
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(LearWater
Clearwater Environmental Consultants, Inc.
www.cwenv.com
November 8, 2019
Ms. Amanda Jones
US Army Corps of Engineers
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-2638
Ms. Karen Higgins
NC Division of Water Resources
401 Permitting & Buffer Unit
512 N. Salisbury Street, 9t11 Floor
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
RE: Biltmore French Broad River and Swannanoa Riverbank Stabilization
Nationwide Permit 13 Permit Modification Request (GC 4134)
USACE Action ID# SA W-2018-02171 NCDWR Project# 18-1589 V2
Buncombe County, North Carolina
Dear Ms. Jones and Ms. Higgins,
The attached Pre-Construction Notification (PCN) modification is being submitted on
behalf of The Biltmore Company represented by Mr. Parker Andes. The project site is a
+/-2,485 acre parcel with a physical address of 1 Lodge Street, Asheville, North Carolina
(35.56685, -82.546343). The applicant was issued a Nationwide Permit (NWP) 13 on
May 17, 2019 for bank stabilization in four locations on the French Broad river and three
locations on the Swannanoa River to prevent loss of property and for an emergency
portage location for recreational watercraft on the French Broad River. Approval of a 401
Water Quality Certification (GC 4134) was issued on February 8, 2019.
The applicant was issued a NWP13 Permit modification on July 10, 2019 and 401
General Certification modification August 12, 2019, which included an additional impact
consisting of a 400 LP of temporary construction access route (impact S 11) within the
Swannanoa River, to accomplish bank stabilization repairs on the left bank of the
Swannanoa River (impact S9).
The applicant has identified an additional necessary repair on the left bank of the
Swannanoa River, adjacent to the Ram Branch confluence. The applicant requests
modification of the permit to include a new 100 LP impact on the left bank of the
Swannanoa River, consisting of geolifts (impact S 12) to protect the arch culvert on Ram
Branch at the confluence with the Swannanoa River. In order to access the repair site, the
applicant will construct a temporary equipment access ramp adjacent to the repair,
resulting in additional 25 LP (impact S13) of temporary impacts to the Swannanoa
Riverbank. The temporary equipment access ramp will be re-graded to match original
contours and reseeded upon completion of the bank repair. Please review the attached
Construction Detail (Sheet 8A of 12)
32 Clayton Street
Asheville, NC 28801
828-698-9800 Tel
Copies of this package have been sent to Zan Price of the Division of Water Resources
Asheville Regional Office, Ms. Andrea Leslie of the NC Wildlife Resources Commission
and Mr. Byron Hamstead of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Please do not hesitate to
contact me at 828-698-9800 if you have any questions or comments.
Sincerely,
~
Alea Tuttle, P W.S.
Biologist
Copy Furnished:
NC Division of Water Resources -Zan Price
NC Wildlife Resources Commission -Andrea Leslie
US Fish and Wildlife Resource Commission -Byron Hamstead
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