US 13/US 158 (14)

Wainwright, David
From Michael Wood [mwood @thecatenagroup com]
Sent Tuesday February 07 2012 10 15 AM
To Chris Militscher Bill Biddlecome Wilson Travis W Gary Jordan Wainwright David
Bnttingham Cathy Lane Stephen
Cc Tina Swiezy Mike Merritt Ivy Kimbrough Mark Osenbaugh Tommy Peacock Keith
Skinner Matthew Cook Zerman William S Willis Thomas C James Amy E Young
Andrew P John Roberts
Subject R 2507A Field Review Meeting Minutes
Attachments R2507A Agency Field Review Minutes pdf
Please find attached the minutes from the Field Review You will note that the questions raised during the field review
that needed additional research are noted along with responses if you have any questions or comments on the
minutes please send them to me and we will address them Once again we appreciate your participation and
assistance with the project
Michael Wood LSS
The Catena Group
4106 Millstone Drive
Hillsborough NC 27278
919 732 1300

Memorandum of Meeting
Date January 26 2012
Place/Time US 13/ US 158/ NC 45 Interchange parking area 10 00 A M
Participants Bill Biddlecome — USACE
Travis Wilson — NCWRC
David Wainwright — NCDWQ
Stephen Lane NCDCM
Amy James — NCDOT NES
Clay Willis — NCDOT Division 1 Environmental Officer
Mark Osenbaugh — E V Williams
Michael Wood — The Catena Group
John Roberts — The Catena Group
Ivy Kimbrough — The Catena Group
Subject NEPA/404 Merger Team — Agency Field Review
R 2507A — US 13/ US 158 Widening Hertford and Gates Counties
The Agency Field Review was held in order to visit the impact sites that had been discussed during the
previous Concurrence Point 4B and 4C meetings The discussion for each site is summarized and
outstanding questions and requests for additional information in included
UTILITY SITE 1 Michael Wood noted that the wetland was considered a partial take and there would
be temporary hand clearing impacts to allow for directional boring of utilities Bill Biddlecome
questioned the area noted for temporary impact included an area with no apparent utility line on the
drawing
Answer The area in question was originally slated to be a staging area for the bore However per
discussions with the utility companies this impact area has been revised (sheet attached) and reduced as a
different angle will be used to directionally bore and the staging area relocated
SHOUPS LANDING ROAD This road is located about 3000 from the north side of the Chowan
River in the stretch of wetland on the east side of the project where AT &T will be relocating their long
distance phone line conduit Michael Wood explained that although directional bore method will be used
several staging areas (100 by 50 hand cleared) will be required to tie the new utility line in with the
existing line Since the exact length of each bore is expected to slightly vary due to various blockages
(trees rocks etc ) and issues (boring geometry etc ) that will inevitably be encountered the exact
location of each staging area is unknown Stephen Lane noted that the boring is shown at a depth of 5 6
and questioned if boring deeper would allow for longer bores and less potential blockages thereby
reducing the number of staging areas Also what determines the length of each bore was questioned
Bill Biddlecome asked how many staging areas were anticipated between Shoups Landing Road and the
Chowan River

Answer AT &T will use a larger boring machine to cross under the Chowan River and they will continue
the bore up to Shoups Landing Road This will eliminate the need for any staging areas in the wetlands
located between the Chowan River and Shoups Landing Road Once they come out of the ground on the
north side they will continue their directional boring using smaller equipment Smaller equipment will
be used as it will reduce the footprint of each staging area is more maneuverable and costs less The
smaller equipment is limited to approximately 5 6 boring depth However this depth is sufficient such
that the chance of blockages does not markedly change by going deeper As built plans will be
distributed when work is completed
PUBLIC BOAT ACCESS RAMP The alignment of the proposed bridge over the Chowan River was
discussed and all clearances will be either the same or greater than the current bridge It was asked if the
bridge drainage will drain to both the north and south end of the bridge or if drainage will be directed
towards one end of the bridge
Answer There is a high point in the profile at L 64 +28 33 No drainage comes off the south end of the
bridge It all goes to the north end
SITE 27 Michael Wood explained the existing ditch that runs through a portion of a wetland before
ending in it will be relocated away from the roadway Since the ditch dimensions will be kept the same
no drainage impacts are anticipated The group followed the ditch from where it entered the right of way
to where it spread out into the wetland The question was asked where the water was coming from and
how far back the ditch goes
Answer This drainage is from overland flow in the area of the ditch The drainage area extends up
towards Sand Banks Road over 2000 upstream
SITE 29, 30, 31 These are wetland sites that will be hand cleared to relocate Roanoke EMC s overhead
power lines Michael Wood explained where the overhead line will be relocated and where the line will
cross the road to tie back in with the existing pole During the 4C meeting mitigation for this area was
discussed due to long term maintenance via herbicide During the field review Bill Biddlecome
determmed that mitigation will not be necessary as there is not anticipated to be a marked change in the
current wetland functions It was also discussed at this site that the permit application drawings would
not have to include areas that will be hand cleared to install ROW fencing
S &M BORROW SITE Maps including NWI delineations the NCWRC Game Lands property and in
progress wetland delineations were reviewed Michael Wood and Mark Osenbaugh explained the plan of
using the uplands not only as a borrow site but also as a repository for the wetland muck in an effort to
create wetlands The upland borrow would be excavated up to the existing wetland boundary then the
muck from the roadway undercut would be filled in to match the adjacent wetland elevation Once
construction was complete the favored option was to donate the 165 acre site to NCWRC to incorporate
into the Game Lands
It was discussed if this would result in potential wetland mitigation for the project However due to the
multiple issues that would need to be resolved it was agreed that the permit application would be
submitted with mitigation being provided by EEP and the use of the site for mitigation re visited once the
site details were known It was noted that this borrow /fill methodology would eliminate the need to

consider potential draw down effects of the borrow site on the adjacent wetlands Travis Wilson stated he
would investigate as to whether NCWRC would want the site since the Game Lands connect to the
wetlands on the property Because the exact acreage of wetlands on the borrow site is not known at this
time it was concluded that mitigation through EEP would be optimal for expediting the permit
application submittal
HARRELL BORROW SITE There were no questions or concerns about this site

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