RE_ [External] RE_ R-3300B - Contractor Off Clearing Limits

From:Lane, Stephen
To:Shaver, Brad E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); Farrell, Sean C; Sprinkle, Hannah H
Cc:Westphal, Anneliese
Subject:RE: [External] RE: R-3300B - Contractor Off Clearing Limits
Date:Wednesday, July 20, 2022 10:30:30 AM
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Thanks for the notification. Glad to see the contractor realized something was wrongbefore he went too far and that additional measures are being implemented to try toavoid future episodes. Yes, let’s plan to review and discuss at the next ride thru. Stephen
From: Shaver, Brad E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
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Subject: [External] RE: R-3300B - Contractor Off Clearing Limits

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Its too bad it occurred but at least it was noted before any mechanized land clearing began.

Ill stick this exchange in the file.

Brad

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Subject: [Non-DoD Source] R-3300B - Contractor Off Clearing Limits

Brad, Hannah, and Stephen,

The contractor at R-3300B mistakenly went outside their clearing limits with a logging skidder within
the teardrop area of the US-17 interchange (Y32LPA2) wetland (Site 19). The clearing limits had been
flagged and orange safety fence installed which correctly delineated the limit of the wetland impact,
but the silt fence around the tear drop area was not yet installed. Where the orange fence stopped,
the equipment entered the Y32LPA2 in highground, but then went into and through wetlands within
the teardrop shaped area in an attempt to find a more direct path to the area where they were
processing logs. It sounds like the operator realized that he was in the wrong place when he saw the
safety fence on the other side of the loop and then turned the equipment and exited through
another area of wetlands. The wetland vegetation was pushed down by the equipment, but luckily
the area was pretty dry and the equipment was wheeled as opposed to tracked. Anneliese walked
the site and there did not appear to be any disturbance to the wetland substrate.

The contractor is going to go ahead and install the silt fence around the entire teardrop area as per
the EC plans and this should help to act as a barrier to keep equipment from entering the area
through high ground. The contractor is also going to flag the interior wetland boundary with high
visibility flagging. NCDOT construction and the contractor are reviewing similar areas that have
unimpacted wetlands within interchange loops to determine additional areas for high visibility
flagging and silt fence as appropriate to provide a physical barrier.

We are happy to meet out onsite or review this area at the next ride-through.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sean Farrell
Division Environmental Officer
Division 3
NCDOT- Division of Highways

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