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Home My WebLink About20030909 Ver 1_More Info Received_20031024A.~ sTAr[ ~ /~w STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MICHnEL F. EASLL'Y LYNDO TIPPETT GOVERNOR SECRETARY October 24, 2003 North Carolina Department of Environment d~~~ and Natural Resources ~~ Division of Water Quality -Wetlands/401 Unit Q~, `S/~ Attention: IV1r. John Dorney ~9~~ ~~ 1~, 1621 Mail Service Center ~QG V ~~ ~~G,o Raleigh, NC 27699-1621 '~lj~ ~,,~ s Subject: Conditions of 401 Water Quality Certificatio~~uilford County, Greensboro Western Urban Loop, from I-85 souf~{of Groometown to south of I-40 interchange; Federal Aid Project No. STPNHF-NHF-124- 1(1); State Project No. 8.U492101; TIP No. U-2524 AB & AC; USACE Action Id 199403906; WBS Element 34820.1.2. Dear Sir: As you are aware, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ) issued a 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC), dated October 6, 2003, to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the construction of the Greensboro Western Urban Loop from I-85 south of Groometown to south of I-40 interchange. The purpose of this letter is to request NCDWQ to modify Conditions 1, 3 and 15 in the 401 WQC. Your staff requested information about relocations and station numbers. This information can be found in the permit drawings provided with the original Section 404/401 permit application from July 2003. However, attached to this letter are summary sheets for the stream impacts with the relocations noted with an asterisk ("*"). The station numbers for the corresponding sheets are also located on sheets. ,iConditions 1 and 3. The NCDOT requests NCDWQ to include the new language regarding these "standard" conditions. Condition 15. Under the first bullet of wetland mitigation section for this condition, it states the North Carolina Wetland Restoration Program (NCWRP) with a payment sheet attached to the WQC. The NCUO"t has already paid the NCWRP for this mitigation under the Section 404/401 permit for TIP No. I-2402 (as noted in the permit application). t11AILING /IDDRESS: TEU_Prror+r-: 913-793.3141 LOCATION: NC Drar.r+rrn[r+r O~ Tr~Fr+;r~r,;.n•m,r+ FAX' '117-793-9794 T.~Fr•,r-o~u;•n~,r+ 1;~;,~_r,~r+n P.•r,~r_r r Dr vr~rc-rnrr+r r.rro [~+r~..r,rnnl:r+r,a P+u: r r,r, 1 SLVn i Yl,r rmr+ ,;~,r+ C rart_r 1 X59 ~Aa~~ Sri>•n ;.. Cr.r+rF' VY.+:i:':ITE: VVI~/b^/ DOT ORG Pr i ~ r.i+ t7~; fir-i t i~,ii rl~ 27r.'~'~ 1 ;'e%i ,~j'I'lie NCDOT has attached a copy of this payment with this letter. The NCDOT asks NCDWQ to modify this condition stating the: NCWRP will provide the mitigation and NCDOT has already provided payment to them. Additionally, the payment sheet for the impacts to the Randleman Buffer is needed. The NCDOT will be paying into the N.C. Wetland Restoration Program (NCWRP) for the Division of Ecosystem Enhancement.~DEE) to do the work. This payment sheet was not included with the origina1401 WQC issued for the project. Finally, based on various conversations about stream mitigation for this road project, the NCDOT understands it is most prudent to use the stream mitigation originally proposed in the Section 404/401 permit application from July 2003. This proposal included Woodlyn Way, Tick Creek and UT Bear Creek. Attached to this letter are mitigation plans for the three stream projects as well as 100% design plans for the Woodlyn Way and Tick Creek sites. The NCDOT commits to providing 100% design plans for UT Bear Creek within three months of the issuing of the modified 401 WQC. Table 1 summarizes mitigation provided for this road project. --.__...~_~-_..________.F~_ _ _____-- ---R~.,.~____..~,~ m _ ~___....~~_~_.~_ ,'Cstblc_1 - Mitit;atinn Sites for Stream lmpact5 Sltl: Nl11IC ~ ~vailaf)lc ~ l~'~1tl~iltl011 ~ ~ lYltti~!:)1it)i~t `~)';L`(I ~ ~~titi~,:lti~-il ~~t!III:IIIII)I~,T, Woodlyn Way 1,195 1,195 0 Tick Creek 4,190 4,190 0 UT Bear Creek 3,850 1,806 2,044 Total 9,235 7,191 2,044 ,Attached to this letter is a letter from the DEE stating it is withdrawing its acceptance of performing the stream mitigation on NCDOT's behalf. The NCDOT is not sure if another payment is needed to modify the 401 WQC because the stream mitigation, as now proposed, was included in the original Section 404/401 permit application from July 2003. If a payment is needed, please debit electronically from our account using the ~VBS element number for road project. Tlie NCDOT appreciates the assistance NCDWQ has providcd with issuing the ~0l WQC for this project. If you have any further questions about this permit application, please contact Mr. Phillip Todd of my staff at (919) 71 ~-1.167. Sincerely, ~~ v- Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Environmental IVlanagement Director Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch cc: Mr. David Franklin, USACE IVir. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE Mr. Gary Jordan, USFWS Mr. Travis Wilson, NCWRC Table 6. Impacts to Streams and Ponds for TIP No. U-2524 AB Part I 3~ ~~ ~- Permit Site Stream Name Drainage Type Surface Water Impact (ac) Surface ~'Vater Impact (Pond) (ac) Existing Length (ft) Relocated Length (ft) Channel Loss (ft) Mitigation Required (ft) 7 UT Hickory Creek Perennial 0.57 n/a 2402 952 1450* 171 17 UT Hickory Creek Perennial 0.15 n/a 676 n/a 676 676 25 UT Hickory Creek Perennial 0.07 n/a 346 n/a 346* n/a 25b Pond n/a 0.07 n/a n/a n/a n/a 28 UT Hickory Creek Perennial 0.17 n/a 1100 935 165* (-33) Totals 0.96 0.07 4525 1887 2637 814 "*" mitigation for channel loss originally provided by NC~'VRP under TIP No. I-2402 A. Table 7. Impacts to Streams and Ponds for TIP No. U-2524 AB Permit Site Stream Name Drainage Type Surface ~'Vater Impact (ac) Surface Water Impact (Pond) (ac) Existing Length (ft) Relocated Length (ft) Channel Loss (ft) Mitigation Required (ft) 2 UT South Buffalo Creek Intermittent 0.05 0.48 213 0 213 0 3 UT #3 Reddick's Creek Perennial 0.26 n/a 958 692 266 532 4 UT Reddick's Creek Perennial 0.18 n/a 591 n/a 591 1182 6 Reddick's Creek Perennial 0.03 n/a 233 n/a 233 466 7 UT #1 Reddick's Creek Perennial 0.01 n/a 318 n/a 318 636 Intermittent n/a 184 n/a 184 184 l0 UT #10 Bull Run Intermittent 0.04 n/a 381 n/a 381 n/a Totals 0.57 0.48 2877 692 2186 3000 ~tic~N ~ ( 3 ~ctcE, ~ ~ t I -+ la o zo I t t- low - t1o sQ~ - ~~ttorJ At3 P~ I I 51T'~ t~I Fstc.-tZar! AB ~ s-t~ 3~ t !too 'To (~i-oo - ~a ~'st3 E'~l - 34-+oa -~ 3~-+- l o - L - August 13, 2003 Table 8. Impacts to Streams and Ponds for TIP No. U-2524 AC ~ - ~- Permit Site Stream Name Drainage Type Surface Water Impact (ac) Surface Water Impact (Pond) (ac) Existing Length (ft) Relocated Length (ft) Channel Loss (ft) Mitigation Required (ft) 1 UT # 9 Bull Run Perennial 0.02 n/a 239 199 40 80 2 UT # 7 Bull Run UT # 6 Bull Run Perennial Intermittent 0.03 0.03 n/a n/a 398 424 n/a n/a 398 424 796 424 3 UT # 5 Bull Run Intermittent 0.03 n/a 317 60 257 257 4 Pond n/a 2.10 n/a n/a n/a n/a 5 Pond n/a 0.32 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6 UT #4 Bull Run Intermittent/ Perennial 0.03 n/a 281 n/a 281 562 7 Bull Run Perennial 0.05 n/a 343 n/a 343 686 8 Pond n/a 4.04* n/a n/a n/a n/a 10 Pond and UT #2 Long Branch Intermittent n/a 0.04* n/a n/a n/a n/a 11 UT Long Branch Perennial 0.02 0.54 243 n/a 243 486 1BA UT #3 Long Branch Perennial 0.02 0.42 43 n/a 43 86 2BA Long Branch Perennial 0.27 n/a 1772 1772 0 0 Totals 0.52 3.37 4058 2031 2029 3377 "*" denotes temporary impact Table 9. Impacts to Streams and Ponds per Proiect Section Project Section Surface Water Impact (ac) Surface ~'Vater Impact (Pond) (ac) Existing Length (ft) Relocated Length (ft) Channel Loss (ft) Mitigation Required (ft) AB Part I 0.96 0.07 4525 1887 2637 814 AB 0.57 0.48 2877 692 2186 3000 AC 0.52 3.37 4058 2031 2029 3377 Totals 2.05 3.92 11525 4610 6852 7191 Note: Mitigation Required is from NCDOT for impacts less mitigation previously provided by NCWRP with TIP No. I-2402 project. ~~e~loN ac. N '~1T c.. 1 ~ s~- ~- 6o VT -ro ~~3t s"~- i2-Z' - d. - August 13, 2003 5 t h Z $A ~ ~ 01 t~ -- L- -~ l Z t Zo - ~ru-' D-