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' Gordon Myers, Executive Director
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TO: Monte Matthews, USACOE
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
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FROM: Ron Linville, Regional Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: September 7, 2010
SUBJECT: SR1714, BDG No. 638 Replacement, Unnamed Tributary Hay Meadow Creek,
Wilkes County.
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to replace an existing bridge
with piping. Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission are familiar
with habitat values in the area. These comments are provided in accordance with the.provisions _ r . .
of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d) and:
the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act (G.S. 113A-1 through 113A-10; NCAC25).
The NCDOT project will replace the referenced 15' long bridge with a double barrel 40' x 73" x
55" pipe with concrete headwalls. Total impacts are indicated to be 120 linear feet. No listed
species or trout are indicated.
Based on our review of the submittal and our knowledge of area habitats, we will not object to
the project providing the culvert is installed as specified in the end view provided with the
application with pipe # 2 being located a foot below the stormwater pipe.
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this project during the early planning
stages. If you have any questions regarding these comments, please contact me at 336-769-9453.
E-copy: Amy Euliss, DWQ-WSRO
Heath Slaughter, NCDOT
Becky Fox, USEPA
Marla Chambers, NCWRC
Marella Buncick, USFWS
Sonya Gregory, DWQ-Raleigh
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh,
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]

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