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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ROY COOPER JAMES H. TROGDON, III
GOVERNOR SECRETARY

July 31, 2017

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-5006

ATTN: Ms. Loretta Beckwith
NCDOT Coordinator

Subject: Application for Section 404 Nationwide Permit 13 for the Proposed Replacement
of Bridge 148 on SR 1127 over Persimmon Creek in Cherokee County, Federal Aid
Project No. BRZ-1127(12); TIP B-4462, Division 14; Work Order WBS Element
38376.1.2.

Dear Madam:

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) proposes to replace bridge number 148 on
SR 1127 (Bell Hill Road) over Persimmon Creek in Cherokee County with a single span, 70 feet long
cored slab bridge to the north of the existing alignment. The existing bridge will be utilized as an onsite
detour during construction. This action will result in 20 lf feet of permanent impacts resulting from bank
stabilization and there will be < 0.01 acres (50 lf) of temporary impacts to surface waters from bank
stabilization installation and temporary shoring. Impacts are considered not a loss of waters; therefore, no
mitigation will be acquired for this project.

Please see enclosed copies of the Pre-Construction Notification (PCN), Stormwater Management Plan,
Permit Drawings, and Roadway Plansheets. A Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (PCE) was completed
in October 2016 and distributed shortly thereafter. Additional copies are available upon request.

This project is not located in a trout watershed according to USACE Designated Trout Watershed
mapping; therefore comments from the NCWRC will not be required for authorization by the USACE or
NCDWR.

This project calls for a letting date of December 19, 2017 and a review date of October 31, 2017.

Mailing Address:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT SECTION
1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1598
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968
Website: www.ncdot.gov
Location:
1020 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE
RALEIGH NC 27610

A copy of this permit application and its distribution list will be posted on the NCDOT Website
at: http://connect.ncdot.gov/resources/Environmental. If you have any questions or need
additional information, please call Jeff Hemphill at [phone].
Sincerely,
Philip S. Harris, P.E., Manager
Environmental Analysis Unit
cc:
NCDOT Permit Application Standard Distribution List