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Transportation
7anuary 4, 2017
US fu7ny Corps of Engineers
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Attn: Mr. David Bailey
3331 Heritage Trade Dr., Ste. 105
Walce Forest, NC 27587
Attention: Mr. Dave Bailey and Mr. Dave Wanucha
ROY COOPER
Covernor
MICHAEL L. HOLDER
ActingSeo�etary
NC Division of Water Resources
Winston-Salem Regional Office
Attn: Mr. Dave Wanucha
450 W. Hanes Mill Rd., Ste. 103
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Subject: Notification for the replacement of Bridge #39 over Jacobs Creek on SR
2316(Bethany Road) in Rockingham County. WBS # 17BP.7.R.101
Dear Mr. Bailey and Mr. Wanucha,
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is scheduled to replace Bridge #39 with a uew
bridge at the same location. I have included the Attachments G& L with a project description
and a set of the project plans. A stormwater management plan is also attached. Please review this
project for compliance by your Division.
We plan to begin consti2iction as soon as possible. If further informatiov is required, please
contact 7erry Parker at [phone]. Your early review and consideration will be appreciated.
Enclosures
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7.M. Mills, P.E.
Division Engineer, Division 7
Tiin Powers, NCDOT (e]ectronic copy)
Kim Whitley, Roadside Environmental Field Operations Engineer
7eremy Wan�en, NCDOT
Bobby Nonis, Dishict 3Engineer, NCDOT
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Attachment L: Low Impact Bridge Replacement Process
Low Impact Bridge Project No.: B-N/A County: Rockinqham
Bridge No. 39 over Jacob's Creek on SR 2316 (Bethanv Rd)
WBS Element Number: 17PB.7.R.101
This project is subject to the Low Impact Bridge Process as agreed to on
October 6, 2009. This project meets the documentation requirements and
approval procedures under NEPA, as defined by FHWA, for Low Impact Bridge
Replacements. This project meets the standards of NCDOT's Minimum Criteria
Rules.
Date: January 4, 2017
Applicant Name: NCDOT
Applicant Address: 1584 Yanceyville Street
Greensboro NC 27415
Primary Contact far Project: Jerry A. Parker
Phone No.: 336-256-2063
Is this an after-the-fact application: Yes X No
River Basin: Roanoke Basin/Dan River (HUC 03010103�
Stream Classification: C; 22-32-(0.51: 03-02-02
Regulatory Authorization Options for this Activity
Federal: USACE Nationwide General Permit 3—Maintenance
State: General Water Quality Certification #3883 and/or Buffer Authorization
Local: None
Project Description — The project consists of replacing Bxidge #39 over Jacobs Creek on SR
2316 (Bethany Road) and improving roadway approaches. The existing 160' long X 22' wide,
reinforced concrete deck on steel I-beams, supported by reinforced concrete caps and timber
piles with reinforced concrete posts and beams, four span bridge is structurally deficient and will
be replaced with a new, triple span 160' L X 30' W, cored slab, box beam bridge at the same
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location. An off-site detour will be utilized during construction. The project only proposes 35 LF
of temporary stream impacts associated with a temporaiy causeway to remove the existing
concrete bent in the stream. Deck drains are installed only above the floodplain areas to
promote infiltration prior to stormwater reaching the surface stream; there are no deck drains
directly over the channel. Stormwater runoff will also be captured at a proposed drop inlet and
discharged to a rip rap pad on the south west side of the bridge and outlets at non-erosive
velocities. Exisring roadside ditches will be retained and lined with toe protecUon using PSRM
along the fill slopes. These ditches outlet in wooded areas in excess of 100 feet from the stream
and therefore becomes diffuse flow before entering the channel. 30aks personnel surveyed
Jacobs Creek on August 30, 2016 for the James Spinymussel (Pleurobema collina) and the
Roanoke Logperch (Percina rex). No specimens of either species were found and NHP has no
record of them occuiring within 1 mile of the project site. A"no effect" determination was made
and concurred upon by Mr. Gary Jordan (USFWS) for the mussel; his biological conclusion for
the logperch was "may affect, not likely to adversely affecY' and is documented in the attached
letter. Robert Lepsic conducted the habitat suiveys for the Smooth Coneflower (Echinacea
laevigata) on 7une 28, 2016. He determined that there is habitat for the named species within the
project area, however, no species were found. Therefore, the biological conclusion is "No effect,
Habitat presenY'. The Bald Eagle is protected in every county in North Carolina under the Bald
and Gold Eagle Protection Act; however, no suitable feeding/water source is located within one
mile of the project study area to suppart Bald Eagle habitat. Also, Mr. Gary Jordan (USFWS)
recently released the Programmatic Conference Opinion (PCO) for the recently listed Northern
Long Eared Bat (NLEB). This opinion, states in part, that ".., it is the Service's conference
opinion that NCDOT activities in eastern North Carolina (Divisions I-8), as proposed, are not
lilcely to jeapardize the conttnued existence of the NLEB. "
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