20151070 Ver 1_USACE Permit_20151026

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action Id. SAW-2015-02155-SAW County: Craven U.S.G.S. Quad: NGNEW BERN
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Permittee:
Address:
Telephone Number
Size (acres)
Nearest Waterway
USGS HUC
Location description:
Carolina.
Norfollc Southern Railwav
Jackson Owens
1200 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA, 30309
404-527-2533
0.001 , Nearest Town New Bern
Trent River River Basin Lower Neuse
03020204 Coordinates Latitude:35.099673
Longitude: -77.041407
Brid�e EC-59.3 is a active rail bridge that crosses the Trent River iust south of New Bern, North
Description of projects area and activity: Five brid�e sections south of the swing span and three bridge sections north of the
swing span will be replaced within the alignment of the existing bridge. There are no imAacts to wetlands and there will be
0.001 acres of total open water permanent impacts.
Applicable Law:
Authorization:
� Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
� Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Regional General Peimit Number oi` Nationwide Permit Number: NWP3 '
SEE ATTACHED RGP or NWP GENERAL, REGIONAL AND SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Your work is authorized by the above referenced permit provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the attached
conditions and your submitted application and attached information dated 09 October 2015. Any violation of the- attached
conditions or deviation from your submitted plans may subject the permittee to a stop work order, a restoration order, a Class
I administrative penalty, and/or appropriate legal action.
This verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide authorization is modiiied,
suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expu•ation date identiiied below, the nationwide permit authorization is reissued and/or
modi�ied, this verification will reinain valid until the expiration date identified below, provided it complies with all requirements of
the modiiied nationwide peimit. If the nationwide permit authorization expu�es or is suspended, revolced, 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 conh�act 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 expu•ation, modification or revocation, unless
discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization.
Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also requu•e an individual Section 401 Water Quality Certification. You
should contact the NC Division of Water Quality (telephone [phone]) to determine Section 401 requvements.
For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA),
prior to beginning work you must contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Management in Washington, NC, at [phone].
This Department of the Army verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required Federal,
State or local approvals/permits.
If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Pennit, or the Corps of Engineers regulatory
program, please contact Robert Boone at 910-251-4610 or Robert.A.Boone a,usace.armv.mil.
Corps Regulatoiy Official: ��-�� ��'�� Date: 26 October 2015
Expiration Date of Veriiication: 18 March 2017

SA�Y-2015-02155-SAW
Determination of Jurisdiction:
A. � Based on preliminary information, there appear to be waters of the US including wetlands within the above described project
area. This preliminary detelmination is not an appealable action under the Regulatory Program Administrative Appeal Process
( Reference 33 CFR Part 331).
B. � There are Navigable Waters of the United States within the above described project area subject to the permit requirements of
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbois Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Unless there is a change in the law or our
published regulations, this determination may be relied upon for a period not to exceed five yeals fi•om the date of this
notification.
C. ❑ There are waters of the US and/or wetlands within the above described project area subject to the permit requu•ements of
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA)(33 USC § 1344). Unless there is a change in the law or our published regulations,
this determination may be relied upon for a period not to exceed five years fi�om the date of this notification.
D. ❑ The jurisdictional areas within the above described project area have been identified under a previous action. Please reference
jurisdictional determination issued . Action ID: SAW- .
Basis For Determination: US Armv Corps of En�ineers 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual and Atlantic and Gulf
Coast Re�ion Supplement
Remarks: Jurisdictional Information provided in application package.
E. Attention USDA Program Participants
This delineation/determination has been conducted to identify the limits of Coips' Clean Water Act jurisdiction for the particular site
identified in this request. The delineation/determination inay not be valid for the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security
Act of 1985. I�you or your tenant are USDA Progra��.participants, or anticipate participation in USDA programs, you should request
a certified wetland determination from the local office� �f the Natural Resources Conservation Service, prior• to starting work.
F. Appeals InfOrmation (This information applies only to approved jurisdictional determinations as indicated in B
and C above).
This correspondence constitutes an approved jurisdictional determination for the above described site. If you object to this
detennination, you may request an adminish•ative appeal under Corps regulations at 33 CFR Part 331. Enclosed you will find a
Notification of Appeal Process (NAP) fact sheet and request for appeal (RFA) form. If you request to appeal this determination you
must submit a completed'�RFA form to the following address:
US Army Corps of Engineers
South Atlantic bivision
Attn: Jason Steele, Review Officer
60 Forsyth Street SW, Room 1OM15
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8801
Phone: [phone]
In order for an RFA to be accepted by the Coips, the Corps must determine that it is complete, thaf it meets the criteria for appeal
under 33 CFR part 331.5, and that it has been received by the Division Of�ce within 60 days of the date of the NAP. Should you
decide to submit an RFA form, it must be received at the above address by NA.
'�*It is not necessary to submit an RFA foim to the Division Office if you do not object to the determination in this coirespondence.**
Coips Regulatory Ofiicial: �e�� %(�y�
Robert Boone '
Date of JD: 26 October 2015
Expu•ation Date of JD: 26 October 2020