20160541 Ver 1_WRC Comments_20160603

Carpenter,Kristi
From:Wilson, Travis W.
Sent:Friday, June 03, 2016 10:00 AM
To:Wrenn, Brian L
Subject:RE: SAW-2016-01079 NWP #3 NCDOT Guilford County Bridge #247 (LIBP)
I don't have any specific concerns.

By the way, welcome back.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wrenn, Brian L
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 9:42 AM
To: Wilson, Travis W. <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: FW: SAW-2016-01079 NWP #3 NCDOT Guilford County Bridge #247 (LIBP)

Good Morning,
Just wanted to check in with you to make sure you didn't have any concerns on the subject bridge replacement. DWR is
providing written concurrence due to buffer impacts.

Thanks,
Brian Wrenn
919-707-8792

-----Original Message-----
From: Bailey, David E SAW \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 10:24 AM
To: Nicole Thomson <[e-mail]>; Parker, Jerry A <[e-mail]>
Cc: Mills, James M <[e-mail]>; Carpenter,Kristi <[e-mail]>; Wrenn, Brian L
<[e-mail]>
Subject: SAW-2016-01079 NWP #3 NCDOT Guilford County Bridge #247 (LIBP)

Nikki and Jerry,

On May 25, 2016 the US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District received your written notification that you intend
to replace NCDOT Bridge # 247 with a new bridge at the same location. The specific location where the work is planned
is on SR 3088 (Thacker Dairy Road) over Big Alamance Creek in Guilford County, North Carolina. The geographic
coordinates (in decimal degrees) are 35.99883° N and -79.64286° W. Your notification indicated that you intend to
permanently place fill material within 28 linear feet (<0.01 acre) of jurisdictional stream channel associated with rip rap
bank stabilization and temporarily place fill material within 30 linear feet (<0.01 acre) of jurisdictional stream channel
associated with construction access and dewatering.

Based on the information provided in your application, including Attachment G (Low/Minimum Impact Bridge Project
Data Sheet) of the 2010 Low Impact Bridge Replacement Document, your work is authorized by Nationwide Permit
(NWP) 3 for Maintenance Activities 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 3 and the applicable permit conditions.

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Also, note the following Permit Special Condition:

This USACE permit does not authorize you to take a threatened or endangered species, in particular, the Northern Long-
eared Bat (NLEB) (Myotis septentrionalis). In order to legally take a listed species, you must have separate authorization
under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (e.g., a Biological Opinion (BO) under the ESA, Section 7, with "incidental take"
provisions with which you must comply). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (USFWS's) Programmatic BO titled
"Northern Long-eared Bat (NLEB) Programmatic Biological Opinion for North Carolina Department of Transportation
(NCDOT) Activities in Eastern North Carolina (Divisions 1-8)," dated March 25, 2015, and adopted on May 4, 2015,
contains mandatory terms and conditions to implement the reasonable and prudent measures that are associated with
"incidental take" that are specified in the BO. Your authorization under this USACE permit is conditioned upon your
compliance with all the mandatory terms and conditions (incorporated by reference into this permit) associated with
incidental take of the BO. Failure to comply with the terms and conditions associated with incidental take of the BO,
where a take of the listed species occurs, would constitute an unauthorized take, and would also constitute non-
compliance with your USACE permit. The USFWS is the appropriate authority to determine compliance with the terms
and conditions of its BO and with the ESA.

This verification is valid until the NWP is modified, reissued, or revoked. All of the existing NWPs are scheduled to be
modified, reissued, or revoked prior to March 18, 2017. It is incumbent upon you to remain informed of changes to the
NWPs. We will issue a public notice when the NWPs are reissued. Furthermore, if you commence or are under contract
to commence this activity before the date that the relevant nationwide permit is modified or revoked, you will have
twelve (12) months from the date of the modification or revocation of the NWP to complete the activity under the
present terms and conditions of this nationwide permit. The Action Identification Number for this project is SAW-2016-
01079.

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 Resources (telephone: [phone]) to determine Section
401 requirements.

This response to your notification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required
Federal, State or local approvals/permits.

This electronic copy is your official Department of the Army Notification; no paper copy will be mailed, unless specifically
requested.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this permit or the conditions. You can call me at telephone
[phone], ext 30 or contact me via e-mail at [e-mail].

Sincerely,

Dave Bailey

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David E. Bailey, PWS
Regulatory Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
CE-SAW-RG-R
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
Phone: [phone], Ext. 30.
Fax: [phone]
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Email: [e-mail]

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