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Home My WebLink About20191704 Ver 1_SHPO_Letter_20191120_20191211 hdrinc.com 440 S Church Street, Suites 900 & 1000, Charlotte, NC 28202-2075 (704) 338-6700 November 20, 2019 Ms. Renee Gledhill-Earley North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office State Historic Preservation Officer 4617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-4617 Subject: Duke Energy – Capps to Hendersonville 44kV Line Rebuild Project Henderson County, North Carolina Dear Ms. Gledhill-Earley: HDR, on behalf of our client Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke Energy), requests review and comment on potential impacts to archaeological or historic resources that may result from the replacement of approximately 4.2 miles of transmission structures and overhead wiring associated with the Capps to Hendersonville 44kV Line Rebuild Project (Project) located in Henderson County, North Carolina. Specifically, the Project is located south of Capps Road, north of Spartanburg Highway 176, and east of Asheville Highway 25 in the City of Hendersonville (Figures 1 and 2). Duke Energy proposes to replace the current power infrastructure with double circuit conductors and light duty steel poles and towers along approximately 38.84 acres of Duke Energy-maintained right-of-way. The Project Area is comprised of a utility corridor, undeveloped land, and public open space (Figure 3). Land use in the vicinity of the Project consists of residential, industrial, commercial, light manufacturing, agricultural lands, and undeveloped forested land. The proposed Project will require a Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Asheville Regulatory Field Office. HDR reviewed the National Park Service National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) GIS Public Dataset and the N.C. State Historic Preservation Office (NCSHPO) HPOWEB GIS Web Service were reviewed as part of environmental studies conducted for the Project. The review indicated that there are no known historic structures or historic district identified within the Project Area; however, records of both historic structures and districts were identified within a 1-mile radius of the site (Figure 4A and 4B). Archaeological data are not included in NCHPO GIS services; therefore, this information was not assessed as part of this study. Capps to Hendersonville 44kV Line Rebuild Project November 20, 2019 Page 2 We ask that you review the Project Area based on the attached information to determine if there may be any adverse impacts to archaeological or historic resources. If you have any questions or require additional information after your review of the enclosed materials, please contact me at (980) 337-5012 or Johanna.Velasquez@hdrinc.com. Respectfully, HDR Engineering, Inc. Johanna Velasquez Environmental Scientist Attachments: Site Photographs Figure 1. Project Location Figure 2. Project Aerial Figure 3. USGS Hendersonville 7.5-Minute Quadrangle Figure 4A and 4B. N.C. Historic Preservation Office HPOWEB cc: Kelly Hoyt, PMP, Duke Energy Capps to Hendersonville 44kV Line Rebuild Project November 20, 2019 Page 3 Photograph 1 – View of Site, Facing West Photograph 2 – View of Site, Facing Southeast Capps to Hendersonville 44kV Line Rebuild Project November 20, 2019 Page 4 Photograph 3 – View of Site, Facing Southeast Photograph 4 – View of Site Capps to Hendersonville 44kV Line Rebuild Project November 20, 2019 Page 5 Photograph 5 – View of Site PATH: X:\PROJECTS\DUKE_ENERGY\101 6157 7_CAPPSTOHENDERSONV ILLE \7.2_WIP\MAP_DOCS\MXD\404 _401 \01 _VICINITY.MXD - USER: JVEL ASQUEZ - DATE: 11 /13 /2 019 CAPPS TO HENDERSONVILLE 44KV LINE REBUILD PROJECT FIGURE 1 PRO JECT VICINITY AGENCY CONSULTATION 0 0.5Miles O DATA SOURCE: ESRI OpenStreetMap and the GIS User CommunityBasemap LEGEND Study Area Henderson County N.C. 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