20100362 Ver 1_Public Notice_20100701

PUBLIC NO'T'ICE
US Army Corps
Of Engineers
Wilmington District
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Issue Date: July I, 2010
Comment Deadline: July 30, 2010
Corps Action ID #: 200100919, TIP Project No. U-4007
The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application from the North
Carolina Department of Transportation seeking Department of the Army authorization to discharge
dredged or fill material into waters and wetlands adjacent to Deep Cully Creek, Scales Creek, and
its unnamed tributaries, and unnamed tributaries to Mill Creek, and Sandy Run Branch to improve
transportation network of US I-lighway 17 (N. Marine Blvd.) from the northern terminus of the
Jacksonville Bypass to northeast of Drummer-Kcllum Road. The proposed project is located north
of Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina.
Specific information regarding the project is provided below and shown on the attached plans. This
public Notice and all attached plans are also available on the Wilmington District Web Site at
www. saw. u s ace. army. m i ]/wet lands
Applicant: Gregory J. Thorpe. Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director, PDEA
NC: Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1598
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The Corps will evaluate this application and a decide whether to issue, conditionally issue, or deny
the proposed Nv,urk pursuant to applicable procedures Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. 1344).
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The proposed project U-4007 involves improvcmcrts to NC Higlw ay 17 (N. iviarinc 31vd.) from
the northern terminus of the recently completed Jacksonville Bypass (U-2107) north of Jacksonville
to Dru;nmer-KeiiUnl Road 1',r a distance ol'approximately 2.9 miles. The project is located on the
Whitc Oak River Basin. I Ivdro1c.eic Unit 03030001.