20161083 Ver 1_Bridge 254 T&E UT South Prong Stinking Quarter Creek_20161103

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTIV�NT OF TRANSPORTATION
PAT MCCRORY
GOVERNOR
Memorandum to
From:
ANTHONY 7. TATA
SECRETARY
January 13, 2014
Pam Williams, Transportation Program Management Unit
Jerry Parker, Division 7 Environmental Supervisor
Jared Gray, Environmental Program Supervisor
Natural Environment Section, Biological Surveys Group
Subject: Protected species screening memo associated with the
replacement of Bridge No. 254 over UT South Prong Stinking
Quarter Creek on SR 3121; Guilford County; Design Build
Project; WBS 17BP.7.R.73.
Proposed Bridge Replacement Project
The proposed project calls for the replacement of Bridge No. 254 on SR 3121
(Fergerson Road) over UT South Prong Stinking Quarter Creek, in Guilford County. No
federally listed aquatic species have been recorded for Guilford County. UT South Prong
Stinking Quarter Creek is located in the Cape Fear River Basin where federally listed
Cape Fear Shiner is known to occur. From the project site, UT South Prong Stinking
Quarter Creek flows 0.75 mile before entering the South Prong Stinking Quarter Creek.
A map of the project site is attached.
NCDOT Biologist Jared Gray from the Biological Surveys Group did a review of
the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program (NHP) database on December 31, 2013, to
determine if there were any records of listed aquatic species within the proposed project
study area or receiving waters. Furthermore, the nearest record of any federally listed
aquatic species is 31 miles away in the Haw River for the Cape Fear Shiner in
Chatham County. Therefore the biological conclusion for the replacement of Bridge
No. 254 over UT South Prong Stinking Quarter Creek is No Effect for aquatic species.
File: 17BP.7.R.73
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