20210553 Ver 1_U-5896 Permit Application Cover Letter_20211011

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER J. ERIC BOYETTE
GOVERNOR SECRETARY

Mailing Address:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS UNIT
1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1598
Telephone: [phone]

Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968
Website: www.ncdot.gov
Location:
1000 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE
RALEIGH NC 27610

October 12, 2021

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

ATTN: Mr. David Bailey, NCDOT Regulatory Coordinator

Subject: Application for Section 404 Nationwide Permit, Section 401 Water Quality
Certification, and Randleman Buffer Authorization for the Proposed Reconstruction of
the U.S. 29-70/ I-85 Business and S.R. 1009 (South Main Street) Interchange in High Point,
Guilford County, Federal Aid Project No. BRSTP-0070(120); TIP U-5896, Division 7,
Debit $570 from WBS Element 44674.1.2

Dear Mr. Bailey:

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes the reconstruction of the existing
U.S. 29-70/ I-85 Business and S.R. 1009 (South Main Street) Interchange in High Point, Guilford County
into a diamond interchange. This action will result in 210 lf of permanent (loss of waters) impacts to
streams, 248 lf feet of permanent impacts resulting from bank stabilization, 0.05 acre of permanent impacts
to wetlands and there will be 0.04 acre of temporary impacts to surface waters from temporary construction
impacts. Mitigation will be acquired from NCDMS for 210 LF of permanent stream impacts and for 0.05
acres of permanent wetland impacts from this project.

There will be 15,025 square feet of allowable impacts and 33,678 square feet of mitigable impacts to the
Randleman Lake Buffer from roadway fill. Mitigation will be acquired from NCDMS for the mitigable
buffer impacts from this project.

Please see enclosed copies of the Pre-Construction Notification (PCN), Stormwater Management Plan,
Permit Drawings, and Buffer Drawings. A Categorical Exclusion (CE) was completed in February 2019
and is included in the ePCN.

This project calls for a letting date of February 15, 2022 and a review date of December 28, 2021.

A copy of this permit application and its distribution list will be posted on the NCDOT Website at:
https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/pdea/PermApps/. If you have any questions or need additional information,
please contact Jeff Hemphill at [phone].

Sincerely,

Philip S. Harris III, P.E., C.P.M.
Environmental Analysis Unit Head

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