20050666 Ver 1_USACE Comments_20060720

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
151 PATTON AVENUE
ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006
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REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. 200331121
Mr. Ron Den Adel
General Growth Properties
110 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Dear Mr. Adel:
July 18, 2006
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Please reference the February 2, 2006 Nationwide Permit Verification we issued to you
authorizing the installation of culverts and placement of fill in approximately 316 linear feet of
intermittent stream channel, 1801inear feet of perennial stream channel, 0.24 acre of open water,
and 0.03 acre of wetlands associated with the construction of The Bridges at Mint Hill in Mint Hill,
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Also reference the email correspondence dated July 13,
2006, submitted on your behalf by Mr. Chris Huysman of Wetland & Natural Resource Consultants,
regarding changes in your plans to construct the proposed Bridges at Mint Hill.
Department of the Army authorization is only necessary when there is a discharge of fill
material into jurisdictional waters and/or wetlands. According to Mr. Huysman, your plans have
been revised such that the proposed road crossings will be constructed utilizing bottomless arch
culverts and/or bridges in a manner that entirely spans all jurisdictional features. Therefore, your
development, if constructed according to these new plans avoiding all discharges of fill into
jurisdictional areas, would not require DA authorization.
Please be reminded that temporary coffer dams, temporary construction crossings, stream
diversion structures, and any fill material placed into waters /wetlands is considered a discharge of
fill material. Our February 2, 2006 verification remains in effect until March 18, 2007. Any
discharge of fill material not included in the plans authorized by this verification would require
further coordination and would likely require additional DA authorizations.
Should you have any further questions related to Department of the Army permits for this
project, please contact Ms. Amanda Jones at 828-271-7980, extension 231.
Sincerely,
Tom Walker
Chief
Asheville Regulatory Field Office

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Copy Furnished:
Mr. Chris Huysman
Wetland & Natural Resource Consultants
115 Atwood Street, Suite 407
Sparta, North Carolina 28675
Mr. Peter McGrath
Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
100 N. Tryon Street, 47th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Mr. David Cox
N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission
1721 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1721
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
NC Division of Water Quality
401/Wetlands Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Mr. Brian Cole
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
160 Zillicoa Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801