20151158 Ver 1_USACE Permit_20160112

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WII,MINGTON DISTRICT
Action Id. SAW-2016-00065 County: Beaufort U.S.G.S. Quad: NC-PANTEGO
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Pennittee
Address:
Telephone Nuinber:
Size (acres)
Nearest Waterway
USGS HUC
Location description:
NC Deuartment of Transuortation
Richard Hancock
1598 Mail Service Center
Ralei�h, NC, 27699-1598
1.0 Nearest Town Pantego
Pantego Creek River Basin Pamlico
03020104 Coordinates Latitude:35.5875368069596
Longitude: -76.6627293966185
Bridge 55 over Pantego Creek on US 264 in Pantego, Beaufort County, North Carolina.
Description of projects area and activity: Auulicant urouoses to reulace structurallv deiicient and functionallv obsolete 75'
bridge with a 95' long x 42' wide double suan bridge on existing location utilizing an offsite detour. New auuroach roadwav
imurovements will extend 230' to the south and 174' to the north. Zero imuacts to wetlands and less than 0.01 acres of
uermanent impacts to surface waters for new bridge uiers and 0.01 acres of temporarV impacts for removal of existing piers
are authorized bv this verif"ication.
Applicable Law
Authorization:
Exclusions.
� Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
� Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Regional General Pennit Ntunber or Nationwide Pennit Ntunber: NWP 23 Auuroved Categorical
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 12/15/2015. 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 reinain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide authorization is inodified,
suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expiration date identified below, the nationwide pennit authorization is reissued and/or
inodified, this verification will reinain valid until the expiration date identified below, provided it coinplies with all requireinents of
the inodified nationwide pennit. If the nationwide perinit authorization expires or is suspended, revoked, or is inodified, such that the
activity would no longer coinply with the terins and conditions of the nationwide pennit, activities which have coininenced (i.e., are
under construction) or are under contract to coininence in reliance upon the nationwide pennit, will reinain authorized provided the
activity is coinpleted within twelve inonths of the date of the nationwide perinit's expiration, inodification or revocation, unless
discretionary authority has been exercised on a case-by-case basis to inodify, suspend or revoke the authorization.
Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) inay also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality Certification. You
should contact the NC Division of Water Resources (telephone [phone]) to detennine Section 401 requireinents.
For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area Manageinent Act (CAMA),
priar to beginning work you inust contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Manageinent in Morehead City, NC, at [phone].
This Departinent of the Anny verification does not relieve the pennittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required Federal,
State or local approvals/pennits.
If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Pennit, or the Corps of Engineers regulatory
prograin, please contact Thomas Steffens at 910-251-4615 or Thomas.A.Steffensna usace.armv.mil.
STEFFENS.THOMAS.ANCRU M.1284706273
Corps Regulatory Official:�n� h_n� _� 4 ��•54•54 -ns�nn� Date: O1/12/2016
Expiration Date of Verification: 03/18/2017

Determination of Jurisdiction:
A. � Based on preliininary infonnation, there appear to be waters of the US including wetlands within the above described project
area. This preliininary detennination is not an appealable action under the Regulatory Prograin Adininistrative 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 pennit requireinents of
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. Unless there is a change in the law or our
published regulations, this detennination inay be relied upon for a period not to exceed five years from the date of this
notification.
C. ❑ There are waters of the US and/or wetlands within the above described project area subject to the pennit requireinents 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 deterinination inay be relied upon for a period not to exceed five years from 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 deterinination issued . Action ID: SAW- .
Basis For Determination: This waterbody exhibits an Ordinary High Water Mark as indicated by changes in soil
character and absence of terrestrial vegetation and is hydrologically connected to the Pungo River, a traditionally navigable
waterway.
Remarks:
E. Attention USDA Program Participants
This delineation/detennination has been conducted to identify the liinits of Corps' Clean Water Act jurisdiction for the particular site
identified in this request. The delineation/detennination inay not be valid for the wetland conservation provisions of the Food Security
Act of 1985. If you or your tenant are USDA Prograin participants, or anticipate participation in USDA prograins, you should request
a certified wetland detennination from the local office of the Natural Resources Conseroation 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 deterinination for the above described site. If you object to this
detennination, you inay request an adininistrative 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) fonn. If you request to appeal this deterinination you
inust subinit a coinpleted RFA form to the following address:
US Ariny Corps of Engineers
South Atlantic Division
Attn: Jason Steele, Review Officer
60 Forsyth Street SW, Rooin 1OM15
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8801
Phone: [phone]
In order for an RFA to be accepted by the Corps, the Corps inust detennine that it is coinplete, that it ineets the criteria for appeal
under 33 CFR part 331.5, and that it has been received by the Division Office within 60 days of the date of the NAP. Should you
decide to subinit an RFA fonn, it inust be received at the above address by .
**It is not necessary to subinit an RFA form to the Division Office if you do not object to the deterinination in this correspondence.**
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DateofJD: oli12i2o16 201 �n�s�t�f�'�:54:19 -05�00�
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Action ID Number: SAW-2016-00065 County: Beaufort
Permittee: NC Denartment of Transnortation
Richard Hancock
Project Name: NCDOT B5300 Brid�e 55 US 264 Pante�o Creek
Date Verification Issued: O1/12/2016
Project Manager: Thomas Steffens STEFFENS.THOMAS.ANCRUM.1284706273
2016.01.14 13:53:37 -05'00'
Upon completion of the activity authorized by this permit and any mitigation required by the permit,
sign this certification and return it to the following address:
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Attn: Thomas Steffens
Washington Regulatory Field Office
2407 West 5th Street
Washington, North Carolina
27889
Please note that your permitted activity is subject to a compliance inspection by a U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers representative. Failure to comply with any terms or conditions of this authorization may
result in the Corps suspending, modifying or revoking the authorization and/or issuing a Class I
administrative penalty, or initiating other appropriate legal action.
I hereby certify that the work authorized by the above referenced permit has been completed in
accordance with the terms and condition of the said permit, and required mitigation was completed in
accordance with the permit conditions.
Signature of Permittee Date