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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROY COOPER JAMES H.TROGDON,III GOVERNOR SECRETARY Mr.Stephen Lane—Field Representative NC Division of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Coastal Management 400 Commerce Avenue Morehead City,NC 28557 Mr.Garcy Ward—Field Representative NC Division of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Resources,Washington District Office 943 Washington Square Mall Washington,North Carolina 27889 Mr.Tom Steffens—Field Representative U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Field Office 2407 W.5th St. Washington,N.C.27889 4/6/2021 Subject: Beaufort Bridge#249 permit modification to allow changes to the mitigation plan CAMA permit 85-I8 DWR project number 201 80542 USACE permit SAW-2018-00993 Dear Mr.Lane,Mr.Ward,Mr. Steffens Regarding the bridge replacement Beaufort 249,The NCDOT is requesting a permit modification to allow changes to the mitigation plan. The following is a timeline of events provided by Sarah Lentine that have taken place onsite. 10/22/19—Temporary fill removed 11/20/19—Final inspection(Steven Lane invited and could not attend) 01/2020—Steven Lane contacted Heather Lane regarding the coastal species to be planted.The list was provided,he asked for some changes,and those were made. 3/2020—Steven Lane questioned the elevation of the temporary fill area.A meeting was held and he suggested matching the lowest elevation on the existing grassy area around where fill will be placed. 5/2020—Fill was placed by NCDOT Maintenance forces and confirmed the target elevation. 6/2020—Plants were ordered. 6/16/2020—Steven Lane was informed that the area had been filled and the plantings still needed to be done. The following is a continued timeline of events provided by Matt Green: 7/27/2020--Div.2 Roadside completed marsh grass planting with Black Needle Rush and Big Cordgrass within CAMA area. At the time of planting,site had approximately 6 inches of water. Div.2 made the call to proceed with planting since the Hurricane was approaching with more rain in the forecast and we were already outside of the marsh grass planting window. (Div.2 Roadside had been keeping an eye on this site since June 4 but the water level never went down much.) 9/10/2020--REU performed Year 1 monitoring. 404 area: partial tree survival noted,CAMA area: no marsh grass survival noted. Mailing Address: Telephone:(252)775-6100 Location: NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Fax:(252)830-3352 2815 ROUSE ROAD EXT DIVISION TWO Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968 KINSTON,NC 28504 2815 ROUSE ROAD EXT KINSTON,NC 28504 Website:www.ncdot.gov We had a meeting onsite 3/24/21 to discuss options with the mitigation area.It was noted during the meeting that although fill material had been placed within the temporary impact area to bring it up to grade it had either settled,been washed out or a combination of the two.The water levels remained relatively high throughout the monitoring process and there was very little success with the CAMA area plantings. Most of the mitigation area has reestablished with a vast amount of(SAV).Travis Wilson(WRC)noted the permit condition requirements for mitigation planting but spoke in favor of the current SAV habitat over the refilling/replanting of an already great established habitat.Tom Steffens(COE)and Garcy Ward (DWR)were in concurrence. Stephen Lane was to review within his agency my proposal to not destroy an established SAV habitat to take another chance at replanting the whole mitigation area. Instead leaving the site as and replanting a 4-foot fringe of sawgrass to parallel the shoreline for shoreline protection. 3/29/21 Stephen Lane informed me of proposal approval with a formal permit modification request. NCDOT proposes to recheck elevations on existing sawgrass populations and establish a target elevation on 80 linear feet of shoreline and replant a 4 ft flat width of Sawgrass totaling 320 sq ft.(Refer to drawing attached)The normal monitoring procedures will follow the planting.A turbidity curtain will be in place during any filling or disturbance to the open water to contain any offsite erosion or sediment loss. There is a in water work moratorium in effect from February 15th—September 30th.NCDOT is requesting a waiver to allow this proposed work to be done along the shoreline.Turbidity curtains will remain in place while this work is being done. The planting window for this season is April 15—May 15.Plants have been ordered.We would like to have all permit mods and moratorium waiver in place to meet the planting window. Please find attached the revised plans. WBS number for this project is 17BP.2.R.85. Should you have additional questions please give me a call at 252-439-2821 or 252-341-9802. Sin • •ly, '�. 7aolm Cc,Kristi Carpenter COMPANY INC. \\\. CLASS B' RIP—RAP .*/ ± EST. 1 TONS ��/ ET. S SYGF* ' * / ±.-. 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