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Appendix A
Categorical Exclusion Form for Ecosystem Enhancement
Program Projects
Version 1.4
1:
General
ProjectPart
Project Name:
Brahma Stream and Wetland Mitigation Site
County Name:
Alamance County, NC
EEP Number:
Contract # 7743
Project Sponsor:
Restoration Systems, LLC
Project Contact Name:
Worth Creech
Project Contact Address:
1101 Ha nes Street, Suite 207, Ra leig h, NC 27607
Project Contact E-mail:
worth_@ restorations stems.corn
EEP Project Manager: Lindse Crocker lindsa .cracker ncdenr. av
Project-
Project site land use consists of disturbed forest and livestock pasture. The proposed
conservation easement area contains approximately 20.6 acres. Existing Site streams have been
impounded, cleared, trampled by Iivestock, eroded vertically and laterally before the site
hydrology drains to warm, unnamed tributaries to Reedy Branch. The site will restore, enhance,
and preserve 7,094 linear feet of stream and 3.4 acres of wetlands by returning the natural
hydrology back into its historic locations. Riparian buffers will also be replanted in native woody
vegitation up to a minimum of fifty feet from the top of stream banks.
For Official Use Only
Reviewed By.
l (A t- t c 7.
4/8/2019
Date EEP Project Manager
Conditional Approved By:
Date For Division Administrator
FHWA
❑ Check this box if there are outstanding issues
Final Approval By:
Date or Division Administrator
FHWA
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2: All Projects
Regulation/QuestionPart
..
Coastal Zone Management Act CZMA
1.
Is the project located in a CAMA county?
❑ Yes
No
2.
Does the project involve ground -disturbing activities within a CAMA Area of
❑ Yes
Environmental
Concern (AEC)?
❑ No
EJ N/A
3.
Has a CAMA permit been secured?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
4.
Has NCDCM agreed that the project is consistent with the NC Coastal Management
❑ Yes
Program?
❑ No
EJ N/A
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liabilit Act CERCLA
1.
Is this a "full -delivery" project?
W Yes
❑ No
2.
Has the zoning/land use of the subject property and adjacent properties ever been
❑ Yes
designated
as commercial or industrial?
JZ No
❑ N/A
3.
As a result of a limited Phase I Site Assessment, are there known or potential
❑ Yes
hazardous
waste sites within or adjacent to the project area?
[J No
❑ N/A
4.
As a result of a Phase I Site Assessment, are there known or potential hazardous
❑ Yes
waste sites within or adjacent to the project area?
❑ No
L] N/A
5.
As a result of a Phase 11 Site Assessment, are there known or potential hazardous
❑ Yes
waste sites within the project area?
❑ No
rJ N/A
6.
Is there an approved hazardous mitigation plan?
❑ Yes
❑ No
N/A
National Historic Preservation Act Section 106
1.
Are there properties listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of
❑ Yes
Historic
Places in the project area?
J No
2.
Does the project affect such properties and does the SHPO/THPO concur?
❑ Yes
❑ No
N/A
3.
If the effects are adverse, have they been resolved?
❑ Yes
❑ No
N/A
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act Uniform
Act
1.
Is this a "full -delivery" project?
❑ Yes
❑ No
2.
Does the project require the acquisition of real estate?
❑ Yes
❑ No
❑ N/A
3.
Was the property acquisition completed prior to the intent to use federal funds?
❑ Yes
JZ No
❑ N/A
4.
Has the owner of the property been informed:
W Yes
*
prior to making an offer that the agency does not have condemnation authority; and
❑ No
*
what the fair market value is believed to be?
❑ N/A
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3: Ground -Disturbing Activities
Regulation/QuestionPart
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American Indian Relic0ous Freedom Act AIRFA
1.
Is the project located in a county claimed as "territory" by the Eastern Band of
❑ Yes
Cherokee
Indians?
] No
2.
Is the site of religious importance to American Indians?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
3.
Is the project listed on, or eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic
❑ Yes
Places?
❑ No
rJ N/A
4.
Have the effects of the project on this site been considered?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
Antiquities Act AA
1.
Is the project located on Federal lands?
❑ Yes
EJ No
2.
Will there be loss or destruction of historic or prehistoric ruins, monuments or objects
❑ Yes
of antiquity?
❑ No
EJ N/A
3.
Will a permit from the appropriate Federal agency be required?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
4.
Has a permit been obtained?
❑ Yes
❑ No
J N/A
Archaeological Resources Protection Act ARPA
1.
Is the project located on federal or Indian lands (reservation)?
❑ Yes
No
2.
Will there be a loss or destruction of archaeological resources?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
3.
Will a permit from the appropriate Federal agency be required?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
4.
Has a permit been obtained?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
Endangered Species Act ESA
1.
Are federal Threatened and Endangered species and/or Designated Critical Habitat
CJ Yes
listed for the county?
❑ No
2.
Is Designated Critical Habitat or suitable habitat present for listed species?
❑ Yes
[—j No
❑ N/A
3.
Are T&E species present or is the project being conducted in Designated Critical
❑ Yes
Habitat?
❑ No
❑ N/A
4.
Is the project "likely to adversely affect" the species and/or "likely to adversely modify"
❑ Yes
Designated
Critical Habitat?
❑ No
N/A
5.
Does the USFWS/NOAA-Fisheries concur in the effects determination?
❑ Yes
❑ No
EJ N/A
6.
Has the USFWS/NOAA-Fisheries rendered a "jeopardy" determination?
❑ Yes
❑ No
q N/A
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Executive Order 13007 Indian Sacred Sites
1. Is the project located on Federal lands that are within a county claimed as "territory"
❑ Yes
by the EBCI?
J No
2. Has the EBCI indicated that Indian sacred sites may be impacted by the proposed
❑ Yes
project?
❑ No
L_J N/A
3. Have accommodations been made for access to and ceremonial use of Indian sacred
❑ Yes
sites?
❑ No
J N/A
Farmland Protection Policy Act FPPA
1. Will real estate be acquired?
J Yes
❑ No
2. Has NRCS determined that the project contains prime, unique, statewide or locally
❑ Yes
important farmland?
❑ No
❑ N/A
3. Has the completed Form AD-1006 been submitted to NRCS?
J Yes
❑ No
❑ N/A
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act FWCA
1. Will the project impound, divert, channel deepen, or otherwise control/modify any
J Yes
water body?
❑ No
2. Have the USFWS and the NCWRC been consulted?
J Yes
❑ No
❑ N/A
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act Section 6 f
1. Will the project require the conversion of such property to a use other than public,
❑ Yes
outdoor recreation?
J No
2. Has the NPS approved of the conversion?
❑ Yes
❑ No
J N/A
Ma nuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manaciement Act Essential Fish
Habitat
1. Is the project located in an estuarine system?
❑ Yes
J No
2. Is suitable habitat present for EFH-protected species?
❑ Yes
❑ No
J N/A
3. Is sufficient design information available to make a determination of the effect of the
❑ Yes
project on EFH?
❑ No
J N/A
4. Will the project adversely affect EFH?
❑ Yes
❑ No
rJ N/A
5. Has consultation with NOAA-Fisheries occurred?
❑ Yes
❑ No
J N/A
Migratory Bird Treat Act MBTA
1. Does the USFWS have any recommendations with the project relative to the MBTA?
❑ Yes
J No
2. Have the USFWS recommendations been incorporated?
❑ Yes
❑ No
�J N/A
Wilderness Act
1. Is the project in a Wilderness area?
❑ Yes
�J No
2. Has a special use permit and/or easement been obtained from the maintaining
❑ Yes
federal agency?
❑ No
J N/A
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