20150955 Ver 1_USACE Correspondence_20120321

Wainwright, David
From Shaver Brad E SAW [Brad E Shaver @usace army mil]
Sent Wednesday March 21 2012 1 05 PM
To Cox Charles R James Michele L
Cc Beter Dale E SAW McLendon Scott C SAW Mathis Stonewall D Herndon Mason Gary
Jordan Wainwright David Militscher Chris @epamail epa gov Wilson Travis W Gledhill
earley Renee Stanton Tyler P Sollod Steve
Subject B 4929 EA comments
Michelle,
The Corps will be submitting our comments to the subject EA through this email
correspondence If you find that a hard copy letter is necessary please advise as one will be
drafted and mailed out If a hardcopy is necessary it will take several days for processing
and may miss the April 2, 2012 deadline for comment
The comments are referenced by sections below
Section 5 1 2 3 EWaters of the United States0, this section states that Onone of the
detailed study alternatives would result in impacts to riparian wetlands, however on figures
5 -1 through 5 3, riparian wetlands fall within the graphical representation of the project
- Section 5 1 2 3, Figures 5 1 through 5 -7 don t seem to exactly match the effort by
NEU covered by the preliminary ID approved on 622/2011 by the Corps The CAMA line and
riparian wetland line appears to come further up gradient than approved Also the study area
appears much broader in the Figure 5 displays as compared to the preliminary JD study area
- Section 5 1 2 3, during a recent enforcement action pursued by the Corps additional
wetlands were discovered in the NE quadrant of the study area NES (former NEU) has been
given a estimation of these wetland additions
Section 5 1 2 4, a statement is made that Elif on -site opportunities are not
sufficient to mitigate for potential wetland and stream impactsE than the mitigation would
come from NCEEP I would encourage the Dept to aggressively pursue on site mitigation options
since the project is located in the 03030001 HUC Most of the mitigation to date in this HUC
is centered around the Richlands area and does not directly empty into Topsail Sound To the
Corps knowledge, there have been very few attempts at mitigation east of Hwy 17 in this area
The parcels along Hwy 210 dust west of the bridge have been aggressively pursued for
development for a number of years Most of these parcels have either been involved in an
enforcement action or permit scenario with the Corps The Corps believes there may be some
opportunities for on site mitigation within the study area to include preservation of
undeveloped parcels that are in imminent threat of future development
Section 5 1 2 5, are there any current projections per alternative of utility
relocations and potential impacts to jurisdictional resources?
Section 5 3 2 2, the Department is reminded that potential Section 4(f) impacts would
not preclude the Corps from selecting those corridors with 4(f) impacts as the LEDPA The
Department is encouraged to not use Section 4(f) impacts as the sole basis for eliminating
alternatives
The Corps will continue to participate within the guidelines of the Merger process If you
have any questions pertaining to these comments please don t hesitate to give me a call
Brad
Brad E Shaver
Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
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