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Home My WebLink About20120517 Ver 1_USACE Correspondence_20120625z REPLY TO ATTENTION OF. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 151 PATTON AVENUE ROOM 208 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801 -5006 June 22, 2012 Regulatory Division Action ID: SAW- 2012 -00518 Mr. David Gibbons Minkles, LLC 400 South Record Street, Suite 1250 Dallas, Texas 75202 Dear Mr. Gibbons: QK - O'S 1 I ISC�j� JUN 2 -5 2012 DENR - G. __R QUALITY B{lawk sc d_ —_ Reference is made to your April 24, 2012, Department of the Army permit application in which you requested a permit for impacts to 614 linear feet of stream channels and 0.006 acre of wetlands for the expansion of the existing Electrolux facilities in Fletcher, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The purpose of this letter is to provide you with comments received in response to the Public Notice dated May 16, 2012 and request that additional information be submitted to continue the review of your permit request. By letter dated May 29, 2012, the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission ( NCWRC) provided comments in response to the Public Notice which are attached for your review. NCWRC noted that the French Broad River near the airport location supports a cool water fishery to include smallmouth bass and muskellunge. NCWRC acknowledged that the stream channels proposed for impact are generally in poor condition due to storm water run -off from watershed development. NCWRC requested that effective storm water detention and treatment be incorporated with the expansion. We also received comments from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ( USFWS) by letter dated June 12, 2012. USFWS acknowledged that the stream channels are degraded and incised and have been impacted by past construction. Due to the proximity of the project to aquatic environments, sediment and erosion control measures should be installed before any ground disturbing activities occur and the existing vegetation should be retained where possible. The USFWS also noted that no federally listed species or their habitat occurs on the project site and that your obligation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act has been fulfilled. We have reviewed your mitigation plan and believe it is adequate to compensate for the proposed impacts. As proposed, your mitigation plan is in accordance with the Wilmington District's Interagency Stream Mitigation Guidelines (2003) and the recently published federal rule entitled Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources (33 CFR Part 332). -2- If you would like to respond to these comments please do so within 14 days from the date you receive this letter. We have no further outstanding questions or comments regarding your application. If you have any questions, please contact me at (828)- 271 -7980, extension 226. Enclosures Copy furnished w %enclosures: Ms. Ana Saylor Altamont Environmental, Inc. 231 Haywood Street Asheville, North Carolina 28801 Copies Furnished w/o enclosures: i Mr —Ian M_ c_Millan North Carolina Division of Water Quality 401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1650 Mr. Bryan Tompkins U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 160Zillicoa Street Asheville, North Carolina 28801 Mr. David McHenry Mountain Region Coordinator 20830 Great Smoky Mountain Expressway Waynesville, North Carolina 28786 Sincerely, 7k asha McCormick Project Manager Asheville Regulatory Field Office