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Home My WebLink About20141200 Ver 5_RE_ Wetland pictures R2603_Utility work_20200810 Wanucha, Dave From:Hining, Kevin J Sent:Monday, August 10, 2020 7:34 AM To:Homewood, Sue; Wanucha, Dave Subject:RE: Wetland pictures R2603_Utility work Thanks Sue – I’m going to swing by there today and take a look at it. I’m hopeful it’s not too bad, and that they can get it fixed pretty quickly. I’ll let both of you know if things are really bad, and/or they aren’t making an effort to fix things back. Kevin From: Homewood, Sue <sue.homewood@ncdenr.gov> Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 8:26 PM To: Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.gov> Cc: Hining, Kevin J <kjhining@ncdot.gov> Subject: RE: Wetland pictures R2603_Utility work along NC 268 Wilkes Co Hi guys, Thanks for the heads up. FYI, under NWP12 and GC4133, they are allowed to temporarily impact wetlands without notification to USACE/DWR. I believe that I remember a project that fits this description contacting me last year asking about what permits are required. Although it may not have trigged written notification/approval, they are required to follow all the conditions of NWP12 and GC4133. Kevin, if you think something is seriously out of whack out there, let me know and I’ll chase it down. Feel free to share this email and/or the NWP12 and GC4133 with them in any conversations. Sue Homewood Division of Water Resources, Winston Salem Regional Office Department of Environmental Quality 336 776 9693 office 336 813 1863 mobile Sue.Homewood@ncdenr.gov 450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300 Winston Salem NC 27105 From: Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.gov> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 5:22 PM To: Homewood, Sue <sue.homewood@ncdenr.gov> 1 Cc: Hining, Kevin J <kjhining@ncdot.gov> Subject: FW: Wetland pictures R2603_Utility work along NC 268 Wilkes Co Hey Sue, Just a heads up. The project is along NC 268 in North Wilkesboro. I told Kevin to go ahead and request the repairs he suggested below and that I would forward this email to you in case the utility work was part of a larger utility project in the area that you may know about. Thanks and have a good weekend. Dave W. Division of Water Resources 401 & Buffer Transportation Permitting NC Department of Envirionmental Quality 336-776-9703 office 336-403-5655 mobile Dave.Wanucha@ncdenr.gov NC DEQ Winston Salem Regional Office 450 West Hanes Mill Road, Suite 300 Winston Salem, NC 27106 Based on the current guidance to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Department of Environmental Quality has adjusted operations to protect the health and safety of the staff and public. Many employees are working remotely or are on staggered shifts. To accommodate these staffing changes, all DEQ office locations are limiting public access to appointments only. Please check with the appropriate staff before visiting our offices, as we may be able to handle your requests by phone or email. We appreciate your patience as we continue to serve the public during this challenging time. From: Hining, Kevin J <kjhining@ncdot.gov> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 4:13 PM To: Wanucha, Dave <dave.wanucha@ncdenr.gov> Subject: Wetland pictures R2603 Hey Dave, A utility company working on HWY 268, R-2603, apparently got into a wetland area and tore things up a bit. It’s within our project area, nr station 120-125 Lt., but not related to NCDOT, the project, or our contractor. It’s a separate entity that isn’t moving an existing utility for us, but instead, they showed up recently and have been putting in some new heavy duty fiber optic/internet type material, and is somehow related to Facebook. That’s all I know for now, but trying to learn more. I wanted to let you know, in case you hear of any complaints about the wetland disturbance. I’ve been told that it has nothing to do with us, and our staff self-reported the issue to me and has contacted the utility involved. I’m going to meet on site next week, probably on Monday or Tuesday. The utility has asked us how to best fix. My suggestion to the utility will probably be to erect erosion control measures where needed and then seed with riparian seed mix and mulch. It looks fairly flat to me, but if there are disturbed areas with some slope to them beside the wetland then I may suggest they put coir fiber on top of that after seeding. Are there other things that are typically done to help restore disturbed wetlands? I think / hope it will heal back fairly quickly given the time of year. 2 Thanks and hope you have a good weekend, Kevin Kevin Hining Division 11 Environmental Officer North Carolina Department of Transportation 828-386-7202 cell kjhining@ncdot.gov 801 Statesville Rd. PO Box 250 North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. _____________________________________________________________ From: Elmore, Bethany <belmore@ncdot.gov> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 3:09 PM To: Hining, Kevin J <kjhining@ncdot.gov>; Hiatt, Todd M <tmhiatt@ncdot.gov>; Hamilton, Timothy D <tdhamilton@ncdot.gov>; Nichols, Randy P <rpnichols@ncdot.gov>; Beaver, G Trent <tbeaver@ncdot.gov> Subject: Wetland pictures R2603 Kevin- We met with the utility company today. They would like some direction on how to repair. Bethany Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. 3