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®North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Melba McGee
Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, DENR
FROM: Travis Wilson, Highway Project Coordinator if/J ~/`-
Habitat Conservation Program ~i[/
DATE: July 22, 2011
SUBJECT: North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) State Finial
Environmental Impact Statement (SFEIS) for the proposed widening of US 158
from Weldo^ to the Murfreesboro bypass, Halifax and Northampton Counties,
North Carolina. TII' No. R-2582 and R-2584, SCH Project No. 11-0316
Staff biologists with the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission have reviewed the subject
SFEIS and are familiar with habitat values in the project area. The purpose of this review was to
assess project impacts to fish and wildlife resources. Our comments are provided in accordance
with certain provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)) and the
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667d).
NCDOT proposes to improve US 158 for 34.6 miles from Interstate 95 at Weldon to the
Merfreesboro Bypass: As a member of the Section 404/NEPA Merger Team, NCWRC does not
object to the selected Least Environmentally Damaging Alternative.
We have reviewed the data provided in the SFEIS. The SFEIS reflects NCWRC comments
from prior meetings and coordination. This project will continue to go through the Section
404/NEPA Merger process. Specifically agency coordination will continue through concurrence
point 4b and 4c in the Section 404/NEPA Merger process. Thank you for the opportunity to
comment. If we can be of any further assistance please call me at [phone].
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries 1721 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone]

' R-2582/2584 2 July 22,2011
cc: Gary Jordan, USFWS
David Wainwright, DWQ, Raleigh
Bill Biddlecome, USACE, Washington
Chris Militscher, USEPA