20161221_NCWRC EA Comments_20131230

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North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission F:71
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
MEMORANDUM
TO: Lyn Hardison, Environmental Assistance Coordinator
Division of Environmental Assistance and Outreach, DENR
FROM: Travis Wilson, Highway Project Coordinator
Habitat Conservation Program
DATE: December 30, 2013
SUBJECT: North Carolina Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the proposed improvements to NC 11 and US 13, Hertford
County, North Carolina. TIP No. R -5311, SCH Project No. 14- 0235.
Staff biologists with the N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission have reviewed the subject
EA and are familiar with habitat values in the project area. The purpose of this review was to
assess project impacts to fish and wildlife resources. Our comments are provided in accordance
with certain provisions of the,National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(c)) and the
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661- 667d).
NCDOT is proposing to improve NC 11 and US 13 from just south of the NC 561
intersection with NC 11 to the US 13 interchange at US 158 and NC 45. This project is being
planned under the NEPA/Section 404 Merger 01 process. WRC is represented in this process and
comments provided in conjunction with this process have been documented. We do not have
any specific comments on the document; however we will continue to assess the impacts
associated with the remaining alternatives in preparation for the selection of the LEDPA and for
further avoidance and minimization measures. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on
this EA. If we can be of any further assistance please call me at (919) 707 -0370.
cc: Gary Jordan, USFWS
David Wainwright, DWQ
Tracy Wheeler, USACE
Chris Militscher, USEPA
Cathy Brittingham, DCM
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699 -1721
Telephone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]