20140998 Ver 1_COE Place Project On Hold_20141008

Ridings, Rob
From:Ridings, Rob
Sent:Wednesday, October 08, 2014 9:19 AM
To:'Steffens, Thomas A SAW'; Rivenbark, Chris; [e-mail]
Cc:Coggins, Tony C
Subject:RE: B-5124 Bridge 85 141 151 App Incomplete
As with all IP projects, as long as the Corps deems the project as Incomplete---and has not
issued a Public Notice---the project's 401 application is thus also On Hold until these
issues are resolved. (For future reference, this project has been assigned DWR project
number 20140998.)

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Steffens, Thomas A SAW \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 3:10 PM
To: Rivenbark, Chris; [e-mail]
Cc: Ridings, Rob; Coggins, Tony C
Subject: B-5124 Bridge 85 141 151 App Incomplete

Chris/John,

Review of the IP application for the B-5124 project has determined that the proposed
mitigation through NCEEP is unacceptable, and as such, the application is considered
incomplete until another mitigation plan can be provided.

The Corps agrees that the Gregory Site is located in the appropriate HUC for the proposed
impacts. However, the Gregory Site has not officially attained "closed out" status with the
Corps and is considered unavailable for debiting. Correspondence from Leilani Paugh has
indicated that it would be closed out in 2014, but I have no verification of that activity.
The NCEEP website indicates that it has been closed out, but that information is in conflict
with the Corps records.

As previously proposed and discussed, I am agreeable to using in-kind/adjacent HUC mitigation
for this specific project. The Grimesland Bridge Phase I and II sites would be acceptable
substitutes for the Gregory Site in this situation.

Please call with questions or comments.

Thomas Steffens
Regulatory Project Manager
Washington Regulatory Field Office
2407 West 5th Street
Washington, NC 27889
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f) (252)-975-1399

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