20110934 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20111103

Strickland, Bev
From: Homewood, Sue
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 2:19 PM
To: Strickland, Bev
Subject: FW: Nichols and Curry, Wilkes - WRC comments
Attachments: Nichols and Curry 404_UTs Fishing Creek_WRC comments-Wilkes County.cloc
For file 11-0934
Sue Homewood
NC DENR Winston-Salem Regional Office
Division of Water Quality
585 Waughtown Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27107
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From: McHenry, David G.
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 1:58 PM
To: Monte Matthews (Monte. K.Matthews(& usace.army.mil) (Monte. K. Matthews(ausace.army.mil)
(Monte. K. Matthews(ftsace.army.mil)
Cc: Homewood, Sue
Subject: Nichols and Curry, Wilkes - WRC comments
Please accept these.
Thanks
Dave
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N North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 0
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
November 3, 2011
Mr. Monte Matthews
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
SUBJECT: WRC Comments on Nichols and Curry Application
Wilkes County, DWQ 20110934
Dear Mr. Matthews:
Mr. Jerry Nichols and Pamela Call Curry requested a permit for two culverts in tributaries to Fishing
Creek in Wilkes County. Comments from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) on
this regulatory action are offered for your consideration under provisions of the Clean Water Act of 1977
(33 U.S.C. 466 et. seq.) and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C.
661-667d).
This project should not harm trout and construction does not need to be avoided during the spawning
moratorium. We have no concerns with this project provided the culverts are properly bedded (Final
Regional Condition 3.6) and any bare soils along the streams are quickly stabilized to reduce erosion.
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this regulatory action. Please contact me at
[phone] extension 24 if you have any questions about these comments.
Sincerely,
I///I .
Dave McHenry
Mountain Region Coordinator, Habitat Conservation Program
Cc: Ms. Sue Homewood
Mr. Jerry Nichols and Pamela Call Curry
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721
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