20141090 Ver 1_project correspondance_20141015

Ridings, Rob
From:Ridings, Rob
Sent:Wednesday, October 15, 2014 10:42 AM
To:'Alsmeyer, Eric C SAW'; Montague, Heather W
Cc:Phipps, Dawn
Subject:RE: Non-reporting NWP verification for Capital Blvd in Wake County; AID SAW-2014-01887
(UNCLASSIFIED)
Agreed. This work can be covered by the General Certifications for NW 3 and 13. All standard conditions for GC 3687
and 3689 apply.

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

From: Alsmeyer, Eric C SAW \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 9:39 AM
To: Montague, Heather W; Ridings, Rob
Cc: Phipps, Dawn
Subject: RE: Non-reporting NWP verification for Capital Blvd in Wake County; AID SAW-2014-01887 (UNCLASSIFIED)

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
Heather: On October 9, 2014, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District received your written notification
that you intend to repair a failed slope on the southeast side of US 401/Capital Boulevard, at 1390 Capital Boulevard,
approximately 1,100 feet northeast of Fairview Road, north of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Your notification
indicated that you intend to re-set the fill slope in the original location and stabilize the area with either rip rap and/or
sheet piling up to 130 linear feet. Additionally the stream may be realign only as necessary by removing sandbar and
stabilizing the resulting far bank with coir fiber matting and/or rip rap. The stream repair and de-watering will impact
130 linear feet of stream.

Based on the information provided in your application, your work is authorized by Nationwide Permit (NWP) 3 for
Maintenance Activities, and NWP 13 for Bank Stabilization, and does not require a pre-construction notification (PCN)
provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the attached conditions and your submitted description. Any
violation of the attached conditions or deviation from your submitted description may subject the permittee to a stop
work order, a restoration order and/or appropriate legal action. Attached is a copy of the NWP’s 3 and 13. and the
applicable permit conditions. If the nationwide permit authorization expires or is suspended, revoked, or is modified,
such that the activity would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the nationwide permit, activities which
have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or are under contract to commence in reliance upon the nationwide
permit, will remain authorized provided the activity is completed within twelve months of the date of the nationwide
permit’s expiration, modification or revocation, unless discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case
basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization. The Action Identification Number for this project is SAW-2014-
01887.

Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality
Certification. You should contact the NC Division of Water Quality (telephone [phone]) to determine Section 401

requirements.
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This response to your notification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required

Federal, State or local approvals/permits.
Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this permit or the conditions. You can call me
at telephone [phone], ext 23 or contact me via e-mail at [e-mail].
The Wilmington District is committed to providing the highest level of support to the public. To help us ensure
we continue to do so, please complete the Customer Satisfaction Survey located at
http://regulatory.usacesurvey.com/.

Eric Alsmeyer
Project Manager
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105, Wake Forest, NC 27587
Tel: [phone], x23
Fax: [phone]
Regulatory Homepage: http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/RegulatoryPermitProgram.aspx
(If you need information that is not yet available on our new website, please let me know)

From: Montague, Heather W \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 3:02 PM
To: Ridings, Rob; Alsmeyer, Eric C SAW
Cc: Phipps, Dawn
Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Non-reporting NWP with corresponding WQC on Capital Blvd in Wake County

Rob and Eric-

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Wake County Maintenance has a slope failure in need of repair on Capital Blvd, in Raleigh 35.79949N, 78.63550W, see
attached pictures and mapping. NCDOT proposes to re-set the fill slope in the original location and stabilize the area with
either rip rap and/or sheet piling up to 130 linear feet. Additionally the stream may be realign only as necessary by removing
sandbar and stabilizing the resulting far bank with coir fiber matting and/or rip rap, see attached EC plan – permit drawing.
The stream at this site is subject to the Neuse River Riparian Buffer Rules, but since activity will be within the inner banks of
the stream and what would be riparian buffers is now roadway and a parking lot, a written buffer authorization would not be
necessary. Although this area is mapped as having hydric inclusions, there are no wetlands within the proposed project limits.
Additionally no habitat for any federally protected species exists at this location.

Sequence of Repair
-Dewater segment of stream next to the failed fill slope using sand bags and pump around set up.
-Remove sandbar to allow for channel re-alignment and armor resulting far bank with coir fiber matting and/or rip rap.
-Repair near slope by highway using rip rap and/or sheet piling.
-Remove dewatering measures.

I wasn’t sure if this activity would be covered by NWP 3 and NWP 13/WQC No. 3687 and WQC. No. 3689? If not and a
NWP 14 and corresponding WQC is warranted, please use WBS to process this application, see attached PCN
5.209211A
form. Pending approval, this work is scheduled to begin within the next several weeks.

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Heather W. Montague
NCDOT DIV 5 Environmental Specialist
[e-mail]
[phone] office
[phone] cell

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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
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