20140769 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_20140805

9 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 9
Gordon Myers, Executive Director
July ls`, 2014
Ms. Tasha Alexander
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulatory Branch
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, North Carolina 28801 -5006
SUBJECT: WRC Comments on Blowing Rock Country Club — Facilities Expansion Permit
Application, Middle Fork New River, Watauga County
Dear Ms. Alexander:
Representatives of Blowing Rock Country Club requested a permit to permanently impact 0.04 acres of
wetland by conveying flow through 48 -in RCP draining into Middle Fork New River, Watauga County,
NC. Comments from the NCWRC on this application are offered for your consideration under provisions
of the Clean Water Act of 1977 (33 U.S.C. 466 et. seq.) and Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (48 Stat.
401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661- 667d).
We do not object to this permit application. We have records of a wild population of brook downstream
from the proposed project location; however, that population is below the golf course pond that this
project would drain into. As a result, we do not request that the brook trout spawning moratorium be
required as a condition of this permit.
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on this regulatory action. Please contact me at
(828) 659 -8684 ext. 221 if you have any questions about these comments or need further assistance.
Sincerely,
Doug Besler
Mountain Region Fishery Supervisor
ec: Mr. Kevin Yates, McAdams Company
Mr. Kin Hodges, NCWRC
Mailing Address: Division of Inland Fisheries • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699 -1721
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