20130568 Ver 1_Application_20130523

S TATE OF N ORTH C AROLINA
D EPARTMENT OF T RANSPORTATION
P AT L. M C C RORY A NTHONY J. T ATA
G OVERNOR S ECRETARY

MAILING ADDRESS:
NC D EPARTMENT O F T RANSPORTATION
P ROJECT D EVELOPMENT & E NVIRONMENTAL A NALYSIS U NIT
1598 M AIL S ERVICE C ENTER
R ALEIGH NC 27699-1548

T ELEPHONE : 919-707-6000
FAX: [phone]

W EBSITE :NCDOT .GOV
LOCATION:
C ENTURY C ENTER , B UILDING B
1020 B IRCH R IDGE D RIVE
R ALEIGH NC 27610

May 23, 2013

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Field Office
3331 Heritage Trade Drive Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587

ATTN: Mr. Monte Matthews
NCDOT Coordinator

Subject: Application for Section 404 Nationwide Permit 13 for the proposed
replacement of Bridge No. 5 over Little Hunting Creek on SR 2418
(Mitchell Mill Road) in Wilkes County, Federal Aid Proj ect No.
BRZ-2418(1); Division 11; WBS No. 38616.1.1; TIP No. B-4846

Dear Sir:

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDO T) proposes to replace Bridge
No. 5 over Little Hunting Creek with an 82-foot long, sing le-span bridge with a 33-inch
box beam superstructure. There will be 30 linear feet of permanent impacts to Little
Hunting Creek from streambank stabilization (10 linear feet of impact at each of three
locations).

Please see enclosed copies of the Pre-Construction Not ification (PCN), Stormwater
Management Plan, permit drawings, and design plans. A Pr ogramatic Categorical
Exclusion (PCE) was completed in September 2012 and distri buted shortly thereafter.
Additional copies are available upon request.

Comments from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources C ommission (NCWRC) will be
required prior to authorization by the Corps of Engineers. By copy of this letter and
attachments, NCDOT hereby requests NCWRC review. NCDOT requests that NCWRC
forward their comments to the Corps of Engineers and th e NCDOT within 30 calendar
days of receipt of this application.

This project calls for a letting date of January 21, 2014 and a review date of December 3,
2013; however, the let date may advance as additional fun ding becomes available.