20200851 Ver 1_USACE Permit_20200729

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT

Action ID. SAW-2016-00183 County: Ashe

GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION

Permittee: Town of Lansing / Attn: Mayor Mack Powers
Address: P.O. Box 266
Lansing, NC 28643
Telephone Number: 336-384-3938

Location description: The site is located at the Town of Lansing's Greenway/Fishing Pier on Big Horse Creek, in
Lansing, NC. Coordinates are: 36.49946 -81.51325.

Description of projects area and activity: This permit authorizes bank stabilization activities on Big Horse Creek to
protect the existing pier. Impacts authorized by this permit total 68 linear feet of Big Horse Creek. Attached is the
North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission recommendations for your consideration.

Applicable Law: Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Authorization: Regional General Permit Number or Nationwide Permit Number: 13
SEE ATTACHED RGP or NWP GENERAL, REGIONAL AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS

Your work is authorized by the above referenced permit provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the
attached conditions, above noted special conditions, and your submitted application and attached information dated
June 29, 2020. Any violation of the attached conditions or deviation from your submitted plans may subject the
permittee to a stop work order, a restoration order, a Class I administrative penalty, and/or appropriate legal action.

This verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide/regional authorization is
modified, suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expiration date identified below, the nationwide/regional permit authorization
is reissued and/or modified, this verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below, provided it complies
with all requirements of the modified nationwide/regional permit. If the nationwide/regional permit authorization expires or is
suspended, revoked, or is modified, such that the activity would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the
nationwide/regional permit, activities which have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or are under contract to commence
in reliance upon the nationwide/regional permit, will remain authorized provided the activity is completed within twelve months
of the date of the nationwide/regional permit’s expiration, modification or revocation, unless discretionary authority has been
exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization.

Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality Certification.
You should contact the NC Division of Water Resources (telephone [phone]) to determine Section 401 requirements.

For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area Management Act
(CAMA), prior to beginning work you must contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

This Department of the Army verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required
Federal, State or local approvals/permits.

If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Permit, or the Corps of Engineers regulatory
program, please contact Amanda Jones at 828-271-7980, ext. 4225 or [e-mail].

Corps Regulatory Official: ___________________________ Date: July 29, 2020
Amanda Jones

Expiration Date of Verification: March 18, 2022

CF: NCWRC, Attn: Jeff Ferguson (via email)

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Action ID Number: SAW-2016-00183 County: Ashe

Permittee: Town of Lansing / Attn: Mayor Mack Powers

Project Name: Lansing Fishing Pier Stabilization / NWP 13

Date Verification Issued: July 29, 2020

Project Manager: Amanda Jones

Upon completion of the activity authorized by this permit and any mitigation required by the permit,
sign this certification and return it to the following address:

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Attn.: Amanda Jones
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006

Please note that your permitted activity is subject to a compliance inspection by a U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers representative. Failure to comply with any terms or conditions of this authorization may
result in the Corps suspending, modifying or revoking the authorization and/or issuing a Class I
administrative penalty, or initiating other appropriate legal action.

I hereby certify that the work authorized by the above referenced permit has been completed in
accordance with the terms and condition of the said permit, and required mitigation was completed in
accordance with the permit conditions.

_______________________________________ ______________________
Signature of Permittee Date

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Gordon Myers, Executive Director

Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]
July 16, 2020

Ms. Amanda Fuemmeler
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-5006

SUBJECT: Lansing Park Accessible Fishing Pier Bank Stabilization
Big Horse Creek, Ashe County

Dear Ms. Fuemmeler:

Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) reviewed an
application to stabilize erosion around a fishing platform, 68 ft of Big Horse Creek in Ashe
County. Our comments on this application are offered for your consideration under provisions
of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 466 et. seq.) and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
(48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d).

Wild trout reproduction should not be impacted by the project, and a trout moratorium is not
needed. This portion of the river is recognized by the NC Natural Heritage Program as the North
Fork New River Aquatic Habitat, rated Very High for the richness of rare species it contains.
Four rare fish are found in Big Horse Creek in the vicinity of the project—Kanawha Minnow
[Phenacobius teretelus, US Federal Species of Concern (FSC), NC Special Concern (SC)],
Kanawha Rosyface Shiner [Notropis sp., NC Significantly Rare (SR)], Kanawha Darter
(Etheostoma kanawhae, NC SR), and Tonguetied Minnow (Exoglossum laurae, NC SR)—as
well as Seep Mudalia (Leptoxis dilatata, NC SC) and Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus
alleganiensis, US FSC, NC SC). Big Horse Creek is a Delayed Harvest Trout Water.

The application proposes to stabilize erosion at the existing fishing pier with a 30-ft rock sill at
the bank toe and a winged deflector. Work will be done from the bank. We recommend that
flows be diverted around the work area with a coffer dam. The banks will be seeded, matted,
and planted with native riparian seed and livestakes.

We offer the following recommendations to minimize impacts to the aquatic community:
1. In-channel work should be accomplished as quickly as possible and vigilance used in
sediment and erosion control during site preparation, construction, and clean up. Disturbed
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areas should be seeded, mulched and/or matted as soon as possible, preferably at the end of
each work day.
2. Special care should be used to reduce the potential for sediment loss from the site.
3. Work should be completed at low flows, and flows diverted around the work area.
4. Any erosion control matting used should be free of nylon or plastic mesh, as this type of
mesh netting frequently entangles wildlife and is slow to degrade, resulting in a hazard that
may last for years.
5. Contact Lori Williams ([e-mail]) least 3 weeks before construction
begins so that the area may be surveyed for hellbenders.

Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project. Please contact me at
[phone] if you have any questions about these comments.

Sincerely,

Andrea Leslie
Mountain Region Coordinator, Habitat Conservation Program

ec: Sue Homewood, NC Division of Water Resources
Byron Hamstead, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Jeff Ferguson and Lori Williams, NCWRC

NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
ENGINEERING SECTION
1720 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699
Phone:[phone]
Fax:[phone]
www.ncwildlife.orgDate:File Name:Surveyed:Designed:Drawn:Approved:Sheet No.TOWN OF LANSING
UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE FISHING PLATFORM
BIG HORSE CREEK ASHE COUNTY
COVER, SHEET INDEX, SITE LOCATION25-JUN-2020LansingPFA_20.dwgJCFJCFJCFCOVERDIRECTIONS TO SITE:1.FROM ASHEVILLE, NC; FOLLOW I-40 EASTBOUND FOR 31 MILES.2.TAKE EXIT 85 (US-221) NORTHBOUND TOWARD MARION. FOLLOW US-221 FOR 41 MILES TO LINVILLE.3.AT LINVILLE, TURN LEFT ONTO NC-105 N. FOLLOW NC-105 N FOR 17 MILES TO BOONE.4.AT BOONE, CONTINUE STRAIGHT THROUGH AS NC-105 BECOMES US-221 BUS. FOLLOW FOR 1.7 MILES.5.TURN RIGHT ONTO US-221 N/ US-421 S (KING ST.). FOLLOW FOR 9.6 MILES TO DEEP GAP.6.AT DEEP GAP, TURN LEFT ONTO NC-221 N, AND FOLLOW FOR 12.4 MILES TO WEST JEFFERSON.7.AT WEST JEFFERSON, TURN LEFT ONTO NC-221BUS N. CONTINUE THROUGH TOWN AND AS NC-221BUS N BECOMESNC-194 / NC-88 W (JEFFERSON AVE.).8.FOLLOW FOR 3.8 MILES, THEN TURN RIGHT ONTO NC-194 N AT WARRENSVILLE.9.TAKE NC-194 N FOR 4 MILES INTO LANSING, AND THEN CONTINUE STRAIGHT ONTO NC SR1353 S. BIG HORSE CREEK RD.10.GREENWAY AND PROPOSED PIER SITE WILL BE ON THE LEFT.NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSIONTOWN OF LANSING ACCESSIBLE FISHING PIERFLOOD DAMAGE REPAIRSBIG HORSE CREEK ASHE COUNTYSHEET INDEXCOVERSITE MAP, SITE DIRECTIONS & INDEXSD-1.0AS-BUILT & EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS, CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCESD-2.0PROPOSED BANK STABILIZATION @ PIER SITESD-6.0PROFILESSD-8.0DETAILS & SEEDING SCHEDULENOTE: IT IS THE CONTRACTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL 811 FOR UTILITY LOCATION SERVICESPRIOR TO START OF CONSTRUCTION. ALL UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES SHALL BE LOCATEDAND MARKED BEFORE BREAKING GROUND.ALL DEBRIS FROM CLEARING, EXCAVATION AND DEMOLITION SHALL BE LOADED ANDHAULED OFF-SITE FOR DISPOSAL A SUITABLE FACILITY. NO BURNING OR ON-SITE BURIAL OFWASTE SHALL BE PERMITTED.PERMIT DRAWINGSSITE
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
ENGINEERING SECTION
1720 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699
Phone:[phone]
Fax:[phone]
www.ncwildlife.orgDate:File Name:Surveyed:Designed:Drawn:Approved:Sheet No.TOWN OF LANSING ACCESSIBLE FISHING PLATFORM
BIG HORSE CREEK ASHE COUNTY
AS-BUILT & EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS,
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE25-JUN-2020LansingPFA.dwgJCFJCFJCFSD-1.0EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS - PLAN VIEWLEGEND
SFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFSFNORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
ENGINEERING SECTION
1720 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
www.ncwildlife.orgDate:File Name:Surveyed:Designed:Drawn:Approved:Sheet No.TOWN OF LANSING ACCESSIBLE FISHING PLATFORM
BIG HORSE CREEK ASHE COUNTY
AS-BUILT & EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS,
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE25-JUN-2020LansingPFA_20.dwgJCF, TDJCFJCFSD-2.0PROPOSED BANK STABILIZATION AT FISHING PIERIMPACT - S1
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
ENGINEERING SECTION
1720 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699
Phone:[phone]
Fax:[phone]
www.ncwildlife.orgDate:File Name:Surveyed:Designed:Drawn:Approved:Sheet No.TOWN OF LANSING
UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE FISHING PLATFORM
BIG HORSE CREEK ASHE COUNTY
PROFILES25-JUN-2020LansingPFA_20.dwgJCF, KBHJCFJCFSD-6.0 PROFILE-B: ROCK TOE & BANK STABILIZATION PROFILE-A: ROCK SINGLE ARM VANE & BANK STABILIZATION
NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION
ENGINEERING SECTION
1720 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27699
Phone:[phone]
Fax:[phone]
www.ncwildlife.orgDate:File Name:Surveyed:Designed:Drawn:Approved:Sheet No.TOWN OF LANSING
UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE FISHING PLATFORM
BIG HORSE CREEK ASHE COUNTY
DETAILS & SEEDING SCHEDULE25-JUN-2020LansingPFA_20.dwgJCF, KBHJCFJCFSD-8.0 COIR MATTING INSTALLATION DETAIL SEDIMENT FENCE INSTALLATION DETAILSEED & PLANTING SCHEDULESoil tests are recommended for ph and available nutrients, and soils of seeded areas should be amended according to test results.TEMPORARY SEED (MOUNTAIN REGION - SUMMER)BROWNTOP MILLET(Urochloa ramosa)Application Rate: 20Lbs./AcreORGERMAN MILLET(Setaria italica)Application Rate: 20Lbs./AcrePERMANENT SEED (NATIVE RIPARIAN MIX*)Application Rate: 5-10Lbs./Acre (for combined mix)SWITCH GRASS(Panicum virgatum)PARTRIDGE PEA (Chamaecrista fasiculata)DEER TONGUE (Dichanthelium clandestinum)LANCE LEAVED COREOPSIS(Coreopsis lanceolata)BLACK EYED SUSAN(Rubecka hirta)* Other native riparian species may be added or substituted with approval from NCWRC biologist or project engineer. Permanent seed for any disturbedupland areas of the park site shall match the existing grass species.STRAW MULCHSpread weed free wheat straw over all seeded areas including those where coir matting will be installed at a rate of 2 Tons/Acre or 800SF/Bale.LIVE STAKES*** (TO BE INSTALLED AFTER NOVEMBER 1)SILKY DOGWOOD(Cornus amonum)SILKY WILLOW(Salix sericea)NINE BARK(Physocarpus opulifolius)** Live stakes must be planted during the dormancy period (between November 1 - March 1).Live stakes may be cut from locally identified sources or purchased precut from nursery.%RWWRPRIVWDNHVKRXOGEHFXWDWƒDQJOH%HIRUHSODQWLQJVKDYHRXWHUEDUNIURPORZHUWRH[SRVHFDPELXPPlant stakes so that 2/3 of total length is in soil. Push stakes into soil or pre-bore holes with rebar. Plant in a diamond pattern with stakes spaced at 3'apart. SEDIMENT FENCE INSTALLATION DETAIL