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Pre - Construction Notification: NWP- 12 /WQC 3884
Line T -01 Pipeline Replacement Project

September 23, 2015
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Attention: Mr. David Brown, P.G.
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N.C. Division of Water Resources
401 Wetlands Unit
512 North Salisbury Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Attention: Ms. Karen Higgins
Reference: Pre - Construction Notification: NWP No. 12/WQC No. 3884
Line T -01 Pipeline Replacement Project
Polk, Henderson and Buncombe Counties, North Carolina
S &ME Project No. 7335 -15 -005
Dear Mr. Brown and Ms. Higgins:
On behalf of our client, PSNC Energy (PSNC), S &ME, Inc. (S &ME) is pleased to submit this application for
impacts to Waters of the U.S. in accordance with Nationwide Permit (NWP) No. 12 and the corresponding
North Carolina Water Quality Certification (WQC) No. 3884. The proposed project will involve
replacement of approximately 26 miles of natural gas pipeline with a new line that is compliant with
current federally- mandated requirements.
This PCN is being provided to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for approval, and complies with
all applicable conditions of NWP No. 12. Written concurrence from the North Carolina Division of Water
Resources (NCDWR) is also required in part because the proposed project does not meet condition
numbers 10 and 16 of WQC No. 3884, as specified below:
Condition No. 10: The proposed gas line will not cross all streams within the project corridor at a near -
perpendicular angle because a majority of the project will be installed within the existing Line T -01 utility
easement. Because the existing utility easement does not cross all streams within the tolerance identified
in the aforementioned WQC, the proposed project will also not meet this requirement.
Condition No. 16: The proposed project will require a combined temporary and permanent construction
easement greater than 40 -foot wide at stream and wetland crossings where the pipe will be installed. In
upland areas, the work will occur within a 75 -100 foot corridor, which will be narrowed to the
aforementioned 50 feet at stream /wetland crossings. In these areas, a 50 -foot wide easement is required
to safely accommodate the equipment and work space necessary to install the 20 -inch pipe. Up to two
other existing pipelines are present within portions of the existing maintained easement. The 50 -foot
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