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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BFVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
May 10, 2010
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Field Office
C4 Darlington Ave
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890
Attention: Mr. Tom Walker
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office Chief
Dear Sir,
EUGENE A. CONTI, IR
SECRETARY
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MAY 19 2010
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Subject: TIP B-4138, Harnett County. Response to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
email dated May 7, 2010 regarding mitigation for third party unauthorized fill.
The NC Department of Transportation submitted a permit application on December 14, 2009, revised
application on March 8, 2010, and response to an email from Kim Garvey on April 5, 2010 for TIP
Project No. B-4138. This letter addresses the USACE's most recent email. A copy is attached for your
convenience.
As required by the USACE, NCDOT will be providing compensatory mitigation at a 1:1 ratio for impacts
to 0.07 acre of previously filled wetlands. This impact was not due to this project and resulted from an
unauthorized action performed by a third party.
Please find attached a revised Wetland Impact Summary sheet, which reflects the inclusion of the above
mentioned 0.07 acre impact. A revised EEP acceptance letter will be forwarded upon receipt.
Additionally, due to changes in proposed utility work, a revised Wetland Impact Summary sheet and
utility permit drawing are provided for your information showing a 0.19 acre reduction in hand clearing.
If you have any further questions, please contact John Merritt at [phone].
Sincerely,
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D, Manager
Project Development & Environmental Analysis Branch
cc: w/o attachments
Rob Ridings, NCDWQ
Scott McLendon, USACE
Jim Rerko, NCDOT Division 6
MAILING ADDRESS:
INC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1548 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1548
TELEPHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
WEBSITE: WWW.NCDOT.ORG
LOCATION:
TRANSPORTATION BUILDING
1 SOUTH WILMINGTON STREET
RALEIGH INC
Rivenbark, Chris
From: Walker, William T SAW [[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 4:03 PM
To: Lusk, Elizabeth L; Riveribark, Chris
Cc: McLendon, Scott C SAW
Subject: B4138 Cape Fear bridge at Lillington
Elizabeth,
The purpose of this e-mail is to follow up on our conversation earlier this week regarding
the B-4138 project. It is my understanding that while reviewing the information
associated with NCDOT's permit request, Ms. Kim Garvey discovered an approximately 0.07 ac
discrepancy between the current delineated wetland area and a previous delineation. Upon
further investigation, it was discovered that Harnett County had, without authorization,
placed fill in wetlands within the project area. Ms Garvey further determined that this
activity had taken place within the last several months. As stated in 33 CRF 323.2,
"Unauthorized discharges into water of the United States do not eliminate Clean Water Act
jurisdiction, even where such unauthorized discharges have the effect of destroying water
of the United States." Therefore, these areas, unless appropriately authorized after-the-
fact, remain waters of the United States.
The Corps has discussed this issue with Harnett County and officials have indicated a
desire to restore this area rather than seek after-the-fact permitting. The Corps has not
required this restoration to date due to the pending NCDOT permit proposal. It does not
seem reasonable to require the County to expend resources restoring this area of
jurisdictional wetlands if in the end, NCDOT is granted authorization to fill it. It is
therefore, our opinion that NCDOT should proceed with a permit request identifying the
proposed loss of this area of jurisdictional wetlands and mitigating for such loss as
appropriate and practicable. If NCDOT chooses not to pursue this project or the request
for authorization is ultimately denied, the Corps will then purse appropriate remedial
action by the County.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Should you have any further questions,
please feel free to contact me.
Tom Walker
Chief, Wilmington Regulatory Field Office USACE, Wilmington District_
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-1343
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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