20210554 Ver 1_B-5717 Cover Letter_20220128

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

January 28, 2022

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

ATTN: Mr. David Bailey
NCDOT Regulatory Coordinator

Subject: Application for Section 404 Regional General Permit 50, and Section 401
Water Quality Certification for the Proposed Replacement of Bridges 109 and
121 on East Gate City Boulevard / E. Lee Street (SR 4240) over South Buffalo
Creek in Guilford County, Division 7, TIP No. B-5717, Debit $240 from WBS
45673.1.2.

Dear Sir:

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to replace Bridges 109 and 121 on
East Gate City Boulevard / E. Lee Street (SR 4240) over South Buffalo Creek with new bridges in the same
locations. The bridges will be replaced-in-place sequentially while maintaining two-way traffic on one
bridge during construction.

As a result of replacing the two existing bridges, there will be 0.07 acre (145 linear feet) of reported
temporary stream impacts from causeways needed for removal of the existing bridge and construction of
the new one. There will be 0.17 acre of wetland impacts (0.03 ac of permanent fill, 0.01 ac. of excavation,
and 0.13 ac. of mechanized clearing.

Mitigation for the 0.017ac. of wetland impact will be provided from NCDOT’s On-site Debit Ledger for
use within HUC 03030002 (NCDOT On-site Debit Ledger letter attached).

There will be a total of 14,342 square feet of allowable impacts (non-mitigable) to the Jordan River Buffer;
8,450 square feet in Zone 1 and 5,605 square feet within Zone 2.

Please see enclosed copies of the Pre-Construction Notification (PCN), which includes the following
attachments: a Historic Architecture Form, Archaeological Form, Tribal Letter (Catawba Nation) Pre-
Filing Document, an NCDOT On-site Debit Ledger letter, PJD Application, Stormwater Management
Plan, Permit (Wetlands) Drawings, and Buffer Drawings.

A Type I or II Categorical Exclusion (CE) Action Classification Form was completed in May 2021 and
distributed shortly thereafter.

This project calls for a letting date of May 3, 2022, and a review date of March 15, 2022.

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 Bill Barrett at [e-mail] or [phone].

Sincerely,

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

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