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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER J. ERIC BOYETTE
GOVERNOR SECRETARY

Mailing Address:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIVISION THIRTEEN
55 ORANGE STREET
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801-2340
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968

Website: www.ncdot.gov
Location:
55 ORANGE STREET
ASHEVILLE, NC 28801-2340

October 1, 2020

Ms. Lori Beckwith
US Army Corps of Engineers
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-5006

Subject: Nationwide Permit #14
Bridge 560073, SR 1341 Foster Creek Road
TIP Project No. B-6012
State Project No. 48207.3.1
Madison County, NC

Dear Ms. Beckwith:

I have enclosed a set of plans, a PCN application for a NWP #14, and a vicinity map relative to a
pipe extension on SR 1341 Foster Creek Road, Madison County, NC.

As part of an on-going bridge replacement project which did not require a permit, we replaced
and extended an existing 24” driveway pipe carrying an unnamed tributary (UT) of Foster Creek
adjacent to the bridge. The pipe had to be extended to provide enough ground surface for
guardrail installation to meet safety standards. The UT is not shown on the project plans for some
unknown reason. Pipe extension resulted in 16 linear feet (lf) of permanent impacts to the UT;
approximately 20 lf of the creek were temporarily dewatered during the extension. Temporary
impacts overlie the permanent ones. The stream is approximately 10-12” wide and 3” deep with
a predominately sand, gravel, and cobble substrate. Foster Creek is classified as Class C; Tr,
ORW.

Existing channel morphology was maintained upstream and downstream of the pipe. Riparian
vegetation will be reestablished along disturbed areas associated with the project. Stormwater
will be diverted through grass-lined ditches or vegetated buffers prior to entering streams.

This project did not affect the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) (NLEB).
Following the SLOPES protocol from NWP Regional Condition 3.13, the project is not located in
a red HUC or within 0.25 mile of one. No tree was removed for the pipe extension.
No effect on the remaining Madison County list of federally protected species (threatened or
endangered) occurred.

We request Marla Chambers, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Western Region
Coordinator, to comment directly to the Corps concerning the permit request.

Lori Beckwith
Page –2 Bridge 560073, Madison County
October 1, 2020

Kristi Lynn Carpenter, NC Division of Water Resources, Transportation Permitting Unit and
Kevin Mitchell, NC DWR Asheville Regional Office will review the project through the
electronic form (https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/Pre-Construction_Notification_Form).
Please charge the application fee of $240.00 to WBS element # 48207.3.1. Please forward
comments directly to the Corps with copy to Division 13 Environmental Officer.

Your earliest consideration for this request would be greatly appreciated. If you have any
questions or information needs, please contact me at [phone].

Sincerely,

Yates Allen
Environmental Specialist

Enclosures

cc: Mark T. Gibbs, P.E., Division Engineer
Mike Calloway, Division Bridge Program Manager