20110209 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_20110314

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® North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Monte Matthews, USACOE
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
FROM: Ron Linville, Regional Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: March 8, 2011
SUBJECT: SRI 328, Long Hope Road, Unnamed Tributary Crab Fork (Class B, Trout +), Alleghany
County
North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes. to improve and pave a 0.72 mile
section of the referenced roadway. 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 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; NCAC 25).
The NCDOT project will replace two (2) wet pipes for a total of 120 linear feet of jurisdictional impacts.
The streams are relatively small tributaries without severe slope. Our in-office review found that the
Hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (NCSC, FSC) and the Kanawha darter, Ethostoma kanawhae
(NCSR) are known from the general area. No trout are indicated as being sampled for these tributaries.
Based on our review, we will not object to the project as proposed. We encourage NCDOT to provide
aquatic life passage if practicable to avoid habitat fragmentation and to use stringent erosion controls as
needed to comply with the stream classification and to protect listed species downstream.
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 BLInCick, USFWS
Sonia G. Carrillo, DWQ-Raleigh
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: (919),707-0028