20210872 Ver 1_USACE Correspondence_20210701

Strickland, Bev
From: Fuemmeler, Amanda J CIV (USA) <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 8:14 AM
To: Chris Daves
Cc: Homewood, Sue
Subject: [External] Foothills Airport / PN Comments
Attachments: Cherokee_comments.pdf; NOAA_comments.pdf
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Chris,
Attached are the comments received in response to the Public Notice for this project. I don't have any additional
comments/questions. We will need the Individual 401 issued before we can finalize/issue our permit.
Amanda Jones
Regulatory Specialist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-5006
828-271-7980 ext. 4225
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CHEROKEE NATIoN°
P.U. Box 948 • Tahlequah, OK 74465-0948
918-453-5000 • www.chei-Ace.org
June 21, 2021
Amanda Jones Fuemmeler
United States Army Corps of Engineers
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-5006
Re: SAW-2017-01033, Foothills Regional Airport Authority
Ms. Amanda Jones Fuemmeler:
Office of the Chief
Chuck Hoskin Jr.
PHncipal Chief
Bryan Warner
Depiso, Principal Chief
The Cherokee Nation (Nation) is in receipt of your correspondence about SAW-2017-01033, and
appreciates the opportunity to provide comment upon this project. Please allow this letter to serve
as the Nation's interest in acting as a consulting party to this proposed project.
The Nation maintains databases and records of cultural, historic, and pre -historic resources in this
area. Our Historic Preservation Office reviewed this project, cross referenced the project's legal
description against our information, and found no instances where this project intersects or adjoins
such resources. Thus, the Nation does not foresee this project imparting impacts to Cherokee
cultural resources at this time.
However, the Nation requests that the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) halt all
project activities immediately and re -contact our Offices for further consultation if items of cultural
significance are discovered during the course of this project.
Additionally, the Nation requests that the USACE conduct appropriate inquiries with other
pertinent Tribal and Historic Preservation Offices regarding historic and prehistoric resources not
included in the Nation's databases or records.
If you require additional information or have any questions, please contact me at your convenience.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Wado,
Elizabeth Toombs, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Cherokee Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Office
[e-mail]
918.453.5389

From:
Pace Wilber - NOAA Federal
To:
Fuemmeler. Amanda J CIV (USA)
Cc:
Fritz Rohde - NOAA Federal; Twvla Cheatwood - NOAA Federal
Subject:
[Non-DoD Source] NMFS response Re: US Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice Foothills Regional Airport
Authority
Date:
Friday, May 28, 2021 9:22:51 AM
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) reviewed the project described in public notice SAW-
2017-01033, dated May 27, 2021. Based on the information in the public notice, we confirm the District's
determination that the proposed work would NOT occur in the vicinity of essential fish habitat (EFH)
designated by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Mid -Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, or the NMFS. Present staffing levels preclude further analysis of the proposed work and no
further action is planned. This position is neither supportive of nor in opposition to authorization of the
proposed work. If further coordination on this action is needed, please let us know.
On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 9:14 AM Wallace, Nancy L CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
<Nancy.Wallacea.usace.army.mil> wrote:
As you requested, you are hereby notified that Wilmington District, United States
Army Corps of Engineers has issued a Public Notice. The text of this document can
be found on the Public Notices portion of the Regulatory Division Home Page. Each
Public Notice is available in ADOBE ACROBAT (.pdf) format for viewing, printing or
download at http://www.saw.usace.army.miI/Missions/Regulatory-Permit-
Program/Public-Notices/
As with anything you download from the internet, be sure to check for viruses
prior to opening. The current notice involves:
Corps Action ID#: SAW-2017-01033
Issue Date: May 27, 2021
Applicant: Foothills Regional Airport Authority
Expiration Date: 5:00 p.m., June 25, 2021
Point of Contact: Amanda Jones, 828-271-7980 Ext. 4225

Project Description: The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps) received
an application from the Foothills Regional Airport Authority seeking Department of
the Army authorization to discharge fill into 0.24 acre of wetlands and 1,534 linear
feet of stream channel, associated with the construction of a parallel taxiway, at
3566 Foothills Airport Road, Burke County, North Carolina.
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Nancy Wallace
USACE Wilmington District
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
151 Patton Avenue RM 208
Asheville, NC 28801
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HCD Atlantic Branch Supervisor
NOAA Fisheries Service
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Charleston, SC 29412
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