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February 21, 2007
Dr. Gregory J. Thorpe, PhD., Manager
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
N.C. Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1548
Subject: Correction to 401 Water Quality Certification for TIP Project No. R-2245, DWQ Project No.
20070047, Individual Certification No. 3608
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
This letter is in regards to the Individual 401 Water Quality Certification issued on February 19, 2007 for
the referenced project authorizing stream and wetland impacts for the construction of a second bridge to
Oak Island over the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Brunswick County. Condition 2 of the Water
Quality Certification for the referenced project should be replaced with the following condition:
2. Although all three access breaks are approved by the MOU, only Access 3 and Access 4 are
approved for construction under this Water Quality Certification. Access 3 shall be located at -
L- Station No. 192+55.00 and shall maintain control of access for 100 feet of width for
approximately 675 linear feet of roadway from the eastern edge of the mainline right-of--way.
Small animal passage shall be provided under Access 3 by four 60" by 46" corrugated aluminum
pipes with a continuous aluminum barrier at both ends. The small animal passage pipes shall be
buried one foot deep and backfilled with one foot of soil. Access 4 shall be located at -L- Station
No. 151+55.00 and shall maintain control of access for 100 feet of width for approximately 1,500
linear feet of roadway from the western edge of the mainline right-of--way.
Please attach a copy of this letter with any copies of the original Water Quality Certification. All other
conditions written into the previous Water Quality Certification for this project dated February 19, 2007
still apply except where superseded by this correction. If you have any questions please contact John
Hennessy at 919-733-5694.
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Alan Klimek,
Director
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Transportation Permitting Unit ~aturalllf
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250, Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX [phone] Internet: http:/Ih2o.enr.state.nc.usJncwetlands
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality

Cc: Dave Timpy, US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington Field Office
Steve Sollod, NC DCM
Chris Militscher, US EPA
Kathy Matthew, US EPA
Travis Wilson, NC WRC
Gary Jordan, US FWS
Ken Averitte, NC DWQ, Fayetteville Regional Office
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