20140851 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20140903

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action Id. SAW- 2014 -01609 County: Surry U.S.G.S. Quad: NC -M OUNT Al RY SOUTH
INCOMPLETE APPLICATION
Prouerty Owner: City of M ount Airy Agent: Michael Baker I nternational, LLC
Mitch Williams, CE Jacob Byers
Address: 440 East Pine Street Address: 797 Haywood Road, Suite 201
M ount Airy, NC 27030 Asheville, NC 28806
Location/Description of Proposed Activity: The site is located along a 2.2 mile segment of Lovills Creek and the
Ararat River near the Newsome Street, State Highway 52 intersection in Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
Latitude 36.482646 Lonaitude - 80.607806. This off mit aaalication is for the off manent imoactsto
M urisdictional wetlands associated with the construction of a 2.2 mile greenway trail along LovilIs Creek and
the Ararat River asfollows Crossing #1 ( Impact #W1, 36.4824, - 80.6075): Wetland WF -0.03 acre of
off manent fill for areenwav construction. Crossina #2 (1 moact #W2.36.4798. - 80.6006): Wetland WC -0.006
acre of permanent fill for greenway construction.
Type of Pennit Applied For (check one): IP ❑ NWP ® GP ❑
Applicable law: Section 404 of the Clean Water Act®; Section 10, Rivers and Harbor Act ❑
YOUR APPLICATION IS INCOMPLETE AND CANNOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION IS RECEIVED (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY):
❑ Your application form has not been completed and /or signed (see remarks)
❑ Under the conditions of the Nationwide Pennit, mitigation is required for your project. The mitigation
proposal submitted with your application is insufficient. (see remarks.)
❑ Your application did not include a statement explaining how avoidance and minimization for losses of waters
of the U.S. were achieved on the project site. (see remarks)
❑ Your submitted project plans or maps were insufficient, too large, or not legible (see remarks).
❑ Your application did not include a delineation of affected special aquatic sites, including wetlands, vegetated
shallows, and riffle and pool complexes as required.
® You must submit a copy of your application to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) since your
proposed work is in a designated trout water county (see remarks section below for the address of your WRC
representative)
® Other (see remarks below).
REMARKS:
Please provide the following information:
1. Your plans indicate there are also two (2) stream crossings. Please indicate if these will be bridged and /or
if there will be any jurisdictional impacts, either permanent or temporary associated with the construction of
the crossings. If there will be jurisdictional impacts, you should indicate the amount on the PCN and provide
the appropriate plan view and cross section drawings. Even if there will be no jurisdictional impacts, you may
want to provide additional drawings indicating the method of crossing at these locations.
2. Please provide a copy of the application to the North Carolina Wildlife Commission (NCWRC). The
contact information is:
Marla J. Chambers
Western NCDOT Projects Coordinator
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
206 Charter Street
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Albemarle, NC 28001
Ms. Chamber's email address is: marla.chambers(clncwildlife.or
3. Currently, the only agencies with approved categorical exclusions that can be authorized by a Nationwide
Permit #23, are: 1)Bureau of Reclamation; 2) Federal Highway Administration and 3) The U.S. Coast Guard.
Please provide a copy of the Final Categorical Exclusion, completed by one of these agencies, for this project.
If you cannot provide a copy of the Categorical Exclusion or if it was not conducted by one of the agencies
listed above, we may still be able to approve this request using Nationwide Permit #14, for linear
transportation projects. This final determination will depend upon the final impacts to jurisdictional waters
(see number 1 above).
4. Based on the information provided in you Pre - Construction Notification (PCN), there are federally listed
threatened and endangered species that might be affected or in the vicinity of the project. Specifically, the
species you indicated that might be in the vicinity is Helianthus schweinitzii ( Schweinitz's Sunflower).
Condition #18 of the Nationwide Permits states that, No activity is authorized under any NWP which "may
affect" a listed species or critical habitat, unless Section 7 consultation addressing the effects of the proposed
activity has been completed. We have informally consulted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding
the site specific survey you indicated that you will be conducting for the Schweinitz's Sunflower, in
September /October of 2014. In order for us to make a determination regarding the potential effects, we will
need the completed survey. Please provide this survey as soon as possible.
Please submit the above information within 30 days of receipt of this Notification or we will
consider your application withdrawn and close the file. Please call or email
(Anckew.E.Williams2(g�isace armymil) me if you have any questions.
Date: September 2, 2014
Corps Regulatory Official: Andrew Williams Telephone No: 919 -554 - 4884 x26
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Corps Regulatory Field Office Address:
3331 Heritiage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
Copy furnished:
Sue Homewood
North Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
585 Waughtown Street
Winston - Salem, NC 27107
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