20140046 Ver 3_Corps Approval_20150506

Ward, Garcy
From:Wheeler, Tracey L SAW <[e-mail]>
Sent:Wednesday, May 06, 2015 9:46 AM
To:Williams, Paul C; Ward, Garcy; Daisey, Greg
Cc:Willis, Thomas C
Subject:RE: Permit Modifications for Bridge #12 Replacement Project (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

Paul,
The project as described does not require authorization from the US Army Corps of Engineers. I have included a
copy of your email in the project file. Please notify this office of any changes to the project, as authorization may be
required.

Tracey L. Wheeler
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington Regulatory Field Office
2407 West 5th Street
Washington, North Carolina 27889
[phone]

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/.

-----Original Message-----
From: Williams, Paul C \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 8:40 AM
To: Wheeler, Tracey L SAW; Ward, Garcy; Daisey, Greg
Cc: Willis, Thomas C
Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Permit Modifications for Bridge #12 Replacement Project

Tracey, Garcy, and Greg,

Albemarle Electric has recently notified NCDOT that the temporary power line relocation would need to impact
additional area in jurisdictional wetlands on the Pasquotank Bridge #12 project site. An additional temporary pole is
proposed in the north quadrant of the bridge, for a total of two temporary poles for the project. Additionally, the utility
has now indicated both poles will each require a guy wire. The installation of the guy wires will impact wetlands,
resulting in a total of 420 sq. ft. of temporary hand clearing.

Each guy wire will require hand clearing an area 6' wide by 35' long in the understory of the wetlands. The areas are
shown in the attached photos. The guy wires will be placed in a manner that will not impact any mature trees in the
wetlands, only impacting the understory of the flooded swamp. Mats will be used in the wetland area of the maintained
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utility corridor to move the auger truck into position for pole and guy wire installation. The auger arm of the truck will
reach into the hand cleared areas from the maintained corridor to install the anchors for the guy wires. After bridge
construction, the power line will be relocated to its original alignment and the temporary poles and guy wires will be
removed. The hand cleared areas for the guy wires will not be maintained.

Due to the use of matting in the maintained wetland areas of the corridor, the 106 sq. ft. of wetland impacts for the
temporary pole from the previous utility permit drawings have been removed. The attached revised permit drawing
includes the 420 sq. ft. of temporary hand clearing for the guy wires and the additional temporary pole. With the
additional 420 sq. ft. (0.00964 acres) of temp. hand clearing, the total temporary hand clearing for the project will be
0.08864 acres. With the 0.005 acres of permanent fill and 0.006 acres of excavation, total wetland impacts will be
0.09964 acres.

Expedition of this permit modification request would be most appreciated, with the start of the bridge replacement
scheduled to begin the first of June. The utilities will need to be relocated before the bridge replacement can proceed.
Please let me know if there is any additional information you need, or any questions you may have about the request.

USACE SAW-2014-00391

NCDWR Project #14-0046 v.2

CAMA GP No. A64812

Thanks,

Paul C. Williams, Jr.

Environmental Specialist

NCDOT Division One

113 Airport Dr., Suite 100

Edenton, NC 27932

252-482-1861 office

252-482-8722 fax

252-333-9812 mobile

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Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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