20120707 Ver 2_WRC Comments_20121219

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FW: Nobel Creek - Pitt Co.
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Karen Higgins
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From: Dunn, Maria T.
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:41 AM
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Cc: Scheller, Roberto
Subject: Nobel Creek - Pitt Co.
Karen,
Please accept the attached comments for the above project. If you have any questions, please call.
Thank you.
Maria
Maria T. Dunn, NE Permit Coordinator
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 9
Gordon S. Myers, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Karen Higgins
401 /Wetlands Unit, Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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FROM: Maria T. Dunn, Northeast Coastal Region Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: December 19, 2012
SUBJECT: PCN — Nobel Canal Enhancement, Town of Winterville, Pitt County, North Carolina.
DWQ No. 20120707V2
Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission ( NCWRC) reviewed the
application with regard to impacts of the project on fish and wildlife resources. The project site is located
in Winterville, NC within Nobel Creek, a tributary to Swift Creek near Good Hope Baptist Church. Our
comments are provided in accordance with provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat.
401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661 et. seq.) and the Clean Water Act of 1977 (as amended).
The applicant proposes to the 602' of Nobel Creek to address an ongoing bank erosion concern.
Impacts to jurisdictional resources include 602' of stream, 0.21 acre of wetlands, 36,120 ft2 of Zone 1
buffer, and 12,040 ft2 of Zone 2 buffer. Two 60" pipes will contain 502' of stream with the remaining
100' contained within a 72" pipe. Nobel Creek is classified C NSW by the Environmental Management
Commission and is subject to the Neuse Basin Buffer Rules.
In general the NCWRC does not support tiling of surface waters. We understand the Town's
concern for ongoing erosion to residential and church buildings but also believe that tiling this portion of
the system will only move the current problem further downstream. Tiling of this reach would remove
what habitat resources are available to the urban system as well as remove the ability of the riparian area
to treat any runoff prior to entering the system. If it is determined any portion of the project could be
permitted once avoidance and minimization is demonstrated, appropriate mitigation should be applied.
We appreciate the opportunity to comment on this permit application. If you have further
comments, questions, or concerns, please contact me at (252) 948 -3916.
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699 -1721
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