HomeMy WebLinkAboutRE_ [External] RE_ Pender R-3300B Hampstead Bypass - Report of Losses and Compliance IssuesFrom:Farrell, Sean C
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Subject:RE: [External] RE: Pender R-3300B Hampstead Bypass - Report of Losses and Compliance Issues
Date:Thursday, August 25, 2022 8:20:40 AM
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Brad,
Ben Meyer though it would be difficult for them to effectively retrieve the deposits with the current
water levels but that the low flow water levels that they have seen at that stream would likely
expose the deposits. Also going to be hard to get a wattle in there due to the high flows and
sandbags would back up the water. Hannah and I discussed yesterday about waiting for the water
levels to drop but monitoring to make sure the sediment isn’t migrating. It appears to be well settled
out at the moment and the water is clear. We can certainly send them in now though if that is what
everyone wants.
I’ve attached some photos of the wetland restoration efforts they made yesterday. We asked them
to native riparian seed and coir fiber mat to hopefully prevent washing from any additional rains we
may be getting.
Thanks,
Sean Farrell
Division Environmental Officer
Division 3
NCDOT- Division of Highways
910-341-2033 office
910-599-1184 mobile
scfarrell@ncdot.gov
5501 Barbados Blvd
Castle Hayne, NC 28429
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From: Shaver, Brad E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <Brad.E.Shaver@usace.army.mil>
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You may just need to get what you can get between storms and then re assess once the waters
drops and we are in a drier period.
If we wait till the end I’m afraid it will all wash downstream.
Brad
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From: Farrell, Sean C <scfarrell@ncdot.gov>
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Thanks, Hannah we will definitely make this site a top priority for the ride-through.
A few updates from my site visit yesterday. There is a large rut that I asked to be filled in with some
of the good organic material that I saw available onsite. Then I asked that they native riparian seed
and coir fiber mat the area. I am hopeful that this will be able to be satisfactorily restored. I still
haven’t received the marked up permit drawing with the polygon of the impact area but I will push
to get that today.
The water looked really clear downstream and I was able to mark the extent of where I was seeing
sediment deposits ~ 60’ downstream of our permitted impacts. I didn’t want to send the bucket
brigade down there to retrieve without concurrence from you all that retrieval would be the best
action right now. If we were to do this I would want to temporarily install a few wattles or sandbags
at that location since will likely stir things up. We can always wait and see if the water level drops
some but we are expecting more rain. If you all would like us to move on this now we surely will.
I will be out onsite again today to monitor progress. Feel free to call me on my mobile.
Thanks,
Sean Farrell
Division Environmental Officer
Division 3
NCDOT- Division of Highways
910-341-2033 office
910-599-1184 mobile
scfarrell@ncdot.gov
5501 Barbados Blvd
Castle Hayne, NC 28429
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Subject: RE: Pender R-3300B Hampstead Bypass - Report of Losses and Compliance Issues
Sean,
Thanks for the report, I’ll add this to the file. I will also want to see these on our next ride through.
I appreciate the update.
Hannah
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Subject: Pender R-3300B Hampstead Bypass - Report of Losses and Compliance Issues
Brad, Hannah, and Stephen,
I am reporting some compliance issues out at R-3300B Site # 3 Culvert # 10 at Harrisons Creek. The
project received over 4.5” or rain over the weekend which caused erosion around the inlet of the
temporary diversion pipe and the temporary diversion channel that the contractor had just finished
prior to the weekend (this was all constructed within the originally permitted impacts but the
contractor will still need the additional impacts that we submitted in our recent modification request
for the wing wall installation phase). The diversion channel also received sediment from
undermining of the silt fence that was installed along the top of the bank of the diversion channel. I
did not see any deposits of sediment downstream but it looked more turbid and it is safe to assume
a good amount of sediment made it’s way offsite. We will keep our eye out as the water level drops
for anything that we may be able to retrieve.
Part of the undermining of the silt fence was due runoff from a large a stockpile site (spoils from the
digging of the channel and the adjacent basin) that was located less than 50’ from the diversion
channel. I asked the contractor to relocate the material and informed them that they need to treat
the diversion channels as if they were active streams with regards to stockpiling material. The
contractor installed a fill burrito (fill wrapped in geotextile fabric) to dike off the temporary diversion
channel and reroute water back through the JS since they had not yet grubbed the banks. The water
looked clear running through the JS and I did not see any erosion. I also informed the contractor that
they needed to use sheet pile or another approved impervious dike method while they fix the pipes
and diversion channel as the fill burrito is not an approved method.
Last but not least, the contractor made a bad situation worse. In an effort to dike off the inlet of the
temporary diversion channel, the contractor drove their excavator across an area of wetland where
we are not permitted for any impacts. The safety fence was laying to the side and had been caught
in the tracks of the excavator. Evidently the contractor did not think about what they were doing in
their urgency to dike off the temporary diversion channel. Our initial estimates of this unpermitted
wetland impact area is approximately 657 square feet (Y30RPA ~16+00 98L). They had their
surveyors out this evening and we will send an accurate square footage and marked up permit
drawing of the area tomorrow. Ben Meyer was able to send me a photo of their restoration efforts
of where the contractor tried to place the material back in the ruts. I will be onsite again tomorrow
to get some additional photos and monitor how they are proceeding. I will provide updates. I am
pretty sure a good portion of the unauthorized impacts are in the area of additional temporary
impacts that we recently submitted a modification request for, so that is something else we need to
consider.
I am very sorry to have to report this and I am pretty disappointed in the many compliance issues
that transpired so quickly at this site. We are going to have to monitor this contractor’s activities
more closely to make sure they our meeting our expectations for environmental compliance.
Thanks,
Sean Farrell
Division Environmental Officer
Division 3
NCDOT- Division of Highways
910-341-2033 office
910-599-1184 mobile
scfarrell@ncdot.gov
5501 Barbados Blvd
Castle Hayne, NC 28429
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