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U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Wilmington District
Action ID: SAW-2010-01840 County: Orange
Incomplete Application Notification
Property
Owner University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Attn: Richard Mann Vice Chancellor of Finance
and Administration
Address_ 300 South Buildincr
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Telephone Number 919-962-3795
Authorized
Agent
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Telephone Number.
Location/Description of Proposed Activity: The project is located on a 947 acre parcel, immediately west
of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Estes Drive intersection in Chapel Hill, Orange County, North
Carolina and is identified as Carolina North.
Type of Permit Applied For (check one): IP (X) NWP # ( ) GP # ( )
Applicable law: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (X); Section 10, Rivers and Harbor Act ( )
YOUR APPLICATION/PRECONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION IS INCOMPLETE AND
CANNOT BE EVALUATED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS RECEIVED
(CHECK ALL THAT APPLY):
Your application/pre-construction notification form has not been completed and/or signed (see remarks).
Under the conditions of Nationwide Permit # , you are required to submit an aquatic resource mitigation
plan. The required plan is either insufficient or has not been included with your notification (see remarks).
Your application/pre-constriction notification did not include information describing measures you have
implemented to avoid and minimize impacts to Waters of the United States.
X Your submitted project plans or maps were insufficient, too large, or not legible (see remarks).
Your application/pre-construction notification did not include a delineation of affected special aquatic sites,
including wetlands, vegetated shallows, and riffle and pool complexes as required.
____Your project is in a designated trout water county. Nationwide permit regional conditions require that a copy
of your application be submitted to the local NC Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) for comment.
(Address: Western Piedmont Region Coordinator, 3855 Idlewild Road, Kemersville, NC 27284-9180)
X Other (see remarks)
REMARKS: Please provide the following information:
1. Your application states that there may be a need for temporary impacts at Wetland C and Wetland F.
Please clearly indicate if there will be temporary impacts at these sites, and, if so, the total amount
of temporary impacts. Also, please provide any revised drawings indicating the location and
amount of temporary fill (impacts). Finally, you should include a restoration plan for any temporary
fills (impacts).
2. Based on a review of your application, you propose impacts to 8 jurisdictional stream channels. In
order to minimize degradation of water quality, flow within these channels should be diverted
around the work (fill) area during construction. Please provide additional details regarding your
proposed method of stream diversion. If you plan to use temporary coffer dams, please be aware
that coffer dams are considered as temporary fill and update/adjust your application and plans
accordingly. Please include a restoration plan for any temporary fills.
3. On plan sheet C-14 please indicate the location of the proposed duct bank. Also, please show the
location of the proposed duct bank on any of the other large scale plan sheets, if applicable.
4. On plan sheet C-9, please indicate if the proposed fill is temporary or permanent. If it is temporary,
please include a restoration plans. Also, if it is a temporary impact (fill), no compensatory
mitigation is required, provided the impact area is returned to pre-construction contours.
5. Figure A-22 indicates a number of proposed utility lines. Please indicate if these proposed lines
connect to existing utilities or to other proposed utilities.
6. The portion of stream 14A that is proposed for impacts was determined to have minimal aquatic
function and therefore, the Corps will not require compensatory mitigation for impacts to that
portion of stream. However, in Table D-2, you have excluded the 178 linear feet of impacts to
stream 14A from the total amount of impacted streams. Please revise this table, as well as other
portions of the application where the 178 linear feet of impacts to stream 14A has been omitted.
7. Your application does not indicate if you play, to construct rip rap dissipation at the proposed stream
culvert modification sites. In many cases, the North Carolina Division of Land Quality will require
dissipation pads as part of the sediment and erosion control plan. Please provide a brief discussion
regarding the design of the proposed culverts and if there is a need for any dissipation pads.
Specifically, you must indicate if it has been designed in accordance with the current North Carolina
Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual. This manual can be found at the
following website: http://www.dIr.eiir.state.nc.tis/L)a,(reS/pLibI1cations.html. We recommend that you
coordinate your design with the North Carolina Division of Land Quality. If you do plan to
construct rip rap dissipation pads, please update the application and plans to indicate the proposed
amount of rip rap at each impact location.
8. Please be aware that all authorized culverts must be installed to allow the passage of low stream
flows and the continued movement of fish and other aquatic life as well as to prevent headcutting of
the streambed. For all box culverts and for pipes greater than 48 inches in diameter, the bottom of
the pipe must be buried at least one foot below the bed of the stream unless burial would be
impractical and the Corps of Engineers has waived this requirement. For culverts 48 inches in
diameter or smaller, the bottom of the pipe must be buried below the bed of the stream to a depth
equal to or greater than 20 percent of the diameter of the culvert. For each proposed culvert
extension, please indicate if how you plan to meet these requirements. If you do not propose to
meet these requirements, please indicate how the proposed impacts will allow the passage of low
stream flows and the continued movement of fish and other aquatic life.
9. For all proposed fills, please provide the proposed source of the fill material, including a description
of the type, composition and quantity of material.
If you do not submit the requested information within 30 days from the date of this letter, your
application will be withdrawn. If you have any questions regarding the Corps of Engineers
regulatory program, please contactAndrew Williams at telephone number- [phone]
extension 26
Project Manager Signature "e ? ,tJe?G? Date
CC: Ian McMillan
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Archdale Building
512 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 2760
Jill Coleman
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Facilities Planning
Campus Box 1090
Giles F. Homey Building
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-1090
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
January 13, 2010
Regulatory Division
Action ID. SAW-2010-01840
Mr. Richard L. Mann
Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
300 South Building
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Dear Mr. Mann:
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On January 4, 2011, we received your application for Department of the Army (DA)
authorization for impacts associated with the project identified as Carolina North for the
expansion of the existing University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. The proposed
project site is located on a portion of an approximately 947 acre parcel, immediately west of the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Estes Drive intersection in Chapel Hill, Orange County,
North Carolina. The file number assigned to your application is SAW-2010-01840. Pursuant to
the requirements of 33 CFR 325.2, the Corps will, within 15 days of receipt, either determine the
application to be complete and issue a Public Notice, or determine the application to be
incomplete and notify you of the information necessary to complete the application. You should
contact Mr. Andrew Williams at 919-554-4884 extension 26 if you have any questions regarding
this process.
Sincerely,
Jean B. Gibby
Chief, Raleigh Regulatory
Field Office
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Copy Furnished:
Mr. Ian McMillan
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality 401 Unit
2321 Crabtree Blvd.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Mr. Pete Benjamin
US Fish and Wildlife Services
Raleigh Field Office
P.O. Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
Ms. Shari Bryant
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Habitat Conservation Program
P.O. Box 129
Sedalia, North Carolina 27342-0129
Ms. Renee Gledhill-Earley
Environmental Review Coordinator
NC State Historic Preservation Office
4617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4617