20110099 Ver 1_Exemption Request_20110124

*MULKEY
January 24, 2011
Ms. Amy Chapman
Buffer Coordinator
NCDWQ 401 Oversight and Express Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 - 1650
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The non-profit organization, Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail (FMST), in cooperation with the
United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is proposing to utilize an abandoned section of
Jimmy Rogers Road (SR 1813) in Durham County, NC to construct a new segment of the
Mountains to Sea Trail (MST) (Figure 1). The proposed project is located entirely within the Falls
Lake State Recreation Area (FLSRA). The project will include the construction of an engineered
pedestrian bridge across Little Lick Creek as well as low-level boardwalks to cross small inundated
depressions in the existing road bed (Figure 2).
The purpose of this letter is to confirm that the project is exempt from Neuse River Basin Buffer
Rules based on the following project details:
• All activity associated with the project will be confined to the prior right-of-way of Jimmy
Rogers Road, now under ownership of the USACE, which was an existing facility prior to
issuance of the Neuse River Basin Buffer Rules.
• The current condition of the road bed contains no upright woody vegetation (see photo log).
The open nature of the road bed was maintained by the USACE after taking ownership, and
was intended for future use as the FLSRA "South Shore Trail". The South Shore Trail was
included in the original FLSRA master site plan but was never constructed by the USACE
because the original wooden traffic bridge crossing Little Lick Creek was destroyed by fire in
the mid-1990's.
• The MST, as it approaches Falls Lake from the east and west, will be a natural earth trail
entirely on the existing road bed. No gravel or impervious trail material will be used.
• The engineered pedestrian bridge to replace the destroyed traffic bridge will be constructed
entirely within the footprint of the old bridge (see general bridge drawings). The new bridge
will be constructed completely in the dry and all construction access will be limited to the
prior right-of-way.
• Coordination with Eric Alsmeyer of the USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office indicates
that no Clean Water Act Section 404 permits are required for the project, and that minor
shoreline stabilization below the waterline of Falls Lake is allowable without notification
under the conditions of Nationwide Permit 3.
MULKEY INC. 6750 TRYON ROAD CARY, NC 2751 1 PO BOX 33127 RALEIGH, NC 27636 PH: 919-851-1912 FAX: [phone] WWW.MULKEYINC.COM
• Any boardwalks constructed along the existing road bed will be anchored to the ground to
ensure that they are not dislodged or transported during times of elevated water levels in the
"Jake.
Please review this information and issue your letter of concurrence at the earliest opportunity.
Should you have questions, please contact me at [phone].
Thank you for your valuable time.
Sincerely,
/ark Mickley
Scientist
Mulkey Engineers & Consultants
cc: Kate Dixon - FMST
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