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September 4, 2019
MEMORANDUM TO: Jerry Parker – NCDOT Division 7 Environmental Officer
FROM: David Cooper – VHB
SUBJECT: Protected Species Update:
Replace Bridge 584 on SR 3412 (Tabernacle Church Road)
over Big Alamance Creek
Guilford County, NC
WBS 17BP.7.R.138,
This memo serves to update the status of federally protected species for the above‐referenced
projects.
Species: Schweinitz’s sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii)
Survey Date: 9/04/2019
Survey Information: Surveyed for Schweinitz’s sunflower on 9/4/2019. Study area surveyed: 750’
along the roadway on each side of Bridge No. 584, 250’ from the centerline of Tabernacle Church
Road. Survey results: Marginally suitable habitat within gas line ROW and roadside within study
area. No specimens of targeted plants observed within study area. No known occurrences within
1.0 mile per NCNHP records dated July 2018.
Length of Survey: 2.5 Person Hours
Biological Conclusion: No Effect
Investigators:
David Cooper, Senior Environmental Scientist – VHB
Heather Smith, LSS, Senior Environmental Scientist – VHB
If you have any questions, please contact David Cooper at dcooper@vhb.com or (919) 741‐5784.
Sincerely,
VHB
David G. Cooper
Senior Environmental Scientist