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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Pat McCrory Charles Wakild, P. E. John E. Skvada, III
Governor Director Secretary
January 11, 2013
DWQ# 12- 0072V2
Mecklenburg County
Mr. Adam Long
Piedmont Natural Gas
4720 Piedmont Row Drive
Charlotte, NC 28273
Subject: Request for revision of crossing method; Stream 3.1 (Piedmont Natural Gas)
This Office is in receipt of your request to change the method of stream crossing at
stream 3.1 from a jack and bore to open cut. In your original permit application, Stream
crossing number 3.1 was permitted as a jack and bore, with a 70 -foot construction corridor (30
feet permanent and 40 feet temporary) to account for removal of stream bank vegetation,
potential bank grading and piling placement to accommodate a temporary equipment bridge.
Due to the extremely incised stream channel, it is our understanding that the contractor
determined that the bore pit would - require a depth and width exceeding that which could be
accomplished practicably. Therefore you have requested that stream crossing No. 3.1 be
changed from a jack and bore to a conventional (trenched) crossing as an amendment to the
existing 401 permit and NWP -12. This Office has no objection to this request and it is hereby
granted. It is our understanding that no additional impacts will be incurred as a result of this
change in crossing method.
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Burkhard in the Mooresville Regional
Office at 704 - 663 -1699 or Ms. Karen Higgins in the Central Office in Raleigh 919 - 807 -6360.
Sincerely,
for Charles Wakild, P.E.
cc: Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville
Karen Higgins, Wetlands Unit
Joey Lawler, S &ME
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1617
Location 512 N Salisbury St Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
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