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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER J. ERIC BOYETTE
GOVERNOR SECRETARY
Mailing Address:
NC Department of Transportation
Division 14
253 Webster Road
Sylva NC 28779
Telephone: (828) 586-2141
Fax: (828) 586-4043
Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968
Website: www.ncdot.gov
Location:
NC Department of Transportation
Division 14
253 Webster Road
Sylva NC 28779
September 8, 2021
To: Dr. Wenonah Haire, THPO
Catawba Indian Nation
1536 Tom Steven Road
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Elizabeth Toombs, THPO
Cherokee Nation
PO Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Russell Townsend and Stephen Yerka, THPO
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
2077 Governors Island Road
Bryson City, NC 28713
LeeAnne Wendt, THPO
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
PO Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
James Hartley, THPO
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
PO Box 1245
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Subject: No Archaeological Survey Required Form Transmittal and Comment Request
Haywood Bridge 430237 Replacement (State Project 17BP.14. R.177)
Haywood County, North Carolina
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) requests your review and any
comments on our archaeological screening that was conducted for the replacement of bridge no.
430237 over Sorrell Creek on SR 1129 (Little East Fork Road) in Haywood County, North
Carolina (see maps). The project area has approximate center coordinates of -82.897838 W,
35.400767 N. The project will be state-funded project with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
serving as the lead for compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
The project has been reviewed under NCDOT’s programmatic agreement between the FHWA,
NC Historic Preservation Office, US Forest Service, and others. Qualified NCDOT
archaeological staff rendered a determination of “No Archaeological Survey Required” as noted
in the attached report form.
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Please contact me at dgmchenry@ncdot.gov or (828)586-2141 if you have any questions about or
comments on the report or the overall project. We request your comments by October 8, 2021
and greatly appreciate your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Dave McHenry
Division 14 Environmental Specialist
Cc:
M. Wilkerson, NCDOT Human Environment Unit
C. Amschler, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Asheville
Attach:
Haywood Bridge 430237 Maps
Haywood Bridge 430237, No Archaeological Survey Required Form, Project Tracking
No. 16-02-0082
89:X430237HAYWOODJACKSONBUNCOMBESWAINTRANSYLVANIAHENDERSONMACONMADISONNCDOT GIS Unit¯Haywood 237100 0 10050Feet-82.897838 35.400767 Decimal Degrees