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Cooper, David
From: Jordan, Gary <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 1:59 PM
To: Cooper, David
Cc: James Lastinger; Travis Wilson
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Review for Greenway Seeking Federal Funding?
David,
I've taken another look at this. Given the location and the fact that the revised work is on smaller tribs, I still
concur with the May Affect, Not Likely to Adversely Affection biological conclusions. Hopefully this email
will be sufficient documentation.
Gary Jordan
Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Liaison to NCDOT
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 33726
Raleigh, NC 27636-3726
Phone: [phone] x.32
Email: [e-mail]
From: Cooper, David <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 9:43 AM
To: Jordan, Gary <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Review for Greenway Seeking Federal Funding?
Hi Gary,
I've recently learned that one of the assumptions upon which I made the biological conclusions for aquatic species for
Phase 2 of the Smith Creek Greenway project is incorrect. The revised design now calls for two tributary streams to Smith
Creek to be piped under the greenway crossing rather than boardwalked/bridged, and may call for a temporary
construction access across another stream (design pending). I'm told by the designers that boardwalk in the two areas to
be piped is not feasible due to scour concerns and constructability. Given the impacts to the tributary streams, I still
believe a MA-NLAA call is appropriate for the Neuse River waterdog, Carolina madtom, Atlantic pigtoe, and dwarf
wedgemussel, but I will need additional concurrence from USFWS due to the design change. Stream impacts will have
typical pump -around operations, work will be conducted "in the dry', E&S measures will be in place, etc. One of the
affected streams is intermittent and the other is perennial.
As a refresher on this project, a link to the original concurrence request is below. Everywhere in the document that states
"tributaries to Smith Creek will be crossed with boardwalk and bridge structures" is now incorrect for a couple of the
tributaries. Please let me know your thoughts on this matter at your convenience.
Thank you,
-David Cooper
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David Cooper
Senior Environmental Scientist
P 919.741.5784
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From: Jordan, Gary <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 8:50 AM
To: Cooper, David <[e-mail]>
Cc: Smith, Heather <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Review for Greenway Seeking Federal Funding? [Filed 17 Dec 2019 10:02]
David,
I see that you have your self -certification letter from us. Everything looks okay to me. It appears that you
have satisfied your Section 7 requirements.
Gary Jordan
Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Liaison to NCDOT
US Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 33726
Raleigh, NC 27636-3726
Phone: [phone] x.32
Email: gary [e-mail]
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On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 9:46 AM Cooper, David <[e-mail]> wrote:
Great, thank you Gary. In the interest of time I am transmitting it directly to you. Please find the link to our evaluation
document below.
Thank you again,
-David Cooper
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David Cooper
Senior Environmental Scientist
P 919.741.5784
www.vhb.com
From: Jordan, Gary <gary [e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2019 6:41 AM
To: Cooper, David <[e-mail]>
Cc: Smith, Heather <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Review for Greenway Seeking Federal Funding?
David,

You can do it either way.
Gary Jordan
Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Liaison to NCDOT
US Fish and Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 33726
Raleigh, NC 27636-3726
Phone: [phone] x.32
Email: gary [e-mail]
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On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 2:21 PM Cooper, David <[e-mail]> wrote:
Hi Gary,
I am working on another greenway project — this will be Phases 2 and 3 of the Town of Wake Forest's Smith Creek
Greenway, connecting existing trails from south of Burlington Mills Rd. to Heritage High School. The project is seeking
federal LAP funding, but does not yet have the funding secured. I spoke with Heather Smith in our office recently, who
mentioned you would prefer for greenway projects to be sent directly to you for review instead of going through the
Raleigh RRO's automated self -certification process. May I submit this project which does not yet have, but is seeking
federal funding to you for review, or should I go through the automated process?
Thank you,
-David Cooper
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