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Ridings, Rob
From:Ridings, Rob
Sent:Monday, September 08, 2014 8:34 AM
To:Montague, Heather W; [e-mail]
Cc:Murray, Christopher A; Bell, Kathleen J; Pearson, Donald R
Subject:RE: Non-reporting NWP 3 and NWP 13 with corresponding WQC No. 3883 and WQC No.
3885 on SR 1390 (Optimist Farm Road) in Wake County
Heather,
I agree the proposed work can fall under the GC’s 3883 and 3885 and are exempt from getting a Buffer Authorization.
Proceed as planned.
Thanks,

Rob Ridings
Transportation Permiting Unit,
Division of Water Resources, Wetlands Branch
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Phone: [phone]

From: Montague, Heather W
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 1:54 PM
To: Ridings, Rob; [e-mail]
Cc: Murray, Christopher A; Bell, Kathleen J; Pearson, Donald R
Subject: Non-reporting NWP 3 and NWP 13 with corresponding WQC No. 3883 and WQC No. 3885 on SR 1390 (Optimist
Farm Road) in Wake County

Rob and Eric-

Wake County Maintenance/Bridge Maintenance has a cross line in need of replacement on SR 1390 (Optimist Farm
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Road), north of Fuquay-Varina 35.65803N, 78.72339W. The pipe site involvesThis
an existing 48” CMP that is 47ft long.
structure has deteriorated causing the roadway to fail. The replacement structure will be at 12’-3” X 4’-5” Aluminum Box
Culvert that is 54ft long with headwalls.
Rip rap will be installed underlined with geotextile along the stream banks
surrounding the pipe ends and adjacent to the new headwall for long term stability. Note site will be temporarily dewatered (20ft
upstream and 17ft downstream) of existing pipe to maintain dry work area, while stream flow will be pumped around the site.
This cross line is within the Neuse River Basin, but the minimal activity here is EXEMPT from buffer rules. Work will be
done from the roadway with new disturbance in buffers limited to rip rap armoring on the stream banks for long term
stabilization. Although this crossing is mapped as having hydric soils (Wo), no wetlands exists within the construction
footprint. under a non-reporting NWP 3 and NWP 13 with corresponding WQC No. 3883 and WQC
We propose to work
No. 3885.

For maintenance sites such as this one, NCDOT Division 5 has a procedure in place to provide our construction crews
with print outs of the general conditions along with a letter head cover sheet explaining the intent to operate under a
non-reporting permit as long as all applicable conditions are meet. Oversight from both the Environmental Staff and REU
Field Operations Unit will ensure compliance with the permit conditions are met and that standard BMPs are followed.
This work is scheduled to begin sometime within the several weeks. I’ll let you know once this work is underway.

Heather W. Montague
NCDOT DIV 5 Environmental Specialist
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