20090134 Ver 1_Application_20090328

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE EUGENE A. CONTt, JR.
GOVERNOR SECRETARY
March 17, 2009
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers R M ti
Regulatory Field Office MAR 3 ZQ0.9
Post Office Box 1000
DENR - WATER-OVALITy
Washington, NC 27889-1000 WET X40SANDSTORt.1WATERBRANCH
Attention: Mr. William Wescott O _ C) 1 3
NCDOT Coordinator
Subject: Revision to the Applications for Section 404 Individual Permit, Section 401
Water Quality Certification, and Tar-Pamlico Buffer Authorization for the
extension of SR 1537 (Daniel Street) from SR 1518 (Baker Street) to US 258,
Tarboro, Edgecombe County. State Project No. 8.2291201, WBS 34983.1.1, TIP
No. U-3826.
Reference: Individual Application dated February 4, 2009
Dear Sir:
The purpose of this letter is to revise the referenced application in the following sections.
On page 5, under section 12.1 Avoidance and Minimization, the last bullet reads: NCDOT proposes to
use sheet piles on smaller wetlands to sever the connection to the Tar River in order to avoid
impacts to anadromous fish. To clarify this minimization effort, NCDOT will install sheet piles
outside the moratorium to allow work during the moratorium. This was discussed and approved on
August 23, 2006 at the 4B meeting with the following conditions as required by the NC Wildlife
Commission:
1. It is installed when the conditions are dry, and it is not effected by'a moratorium.
2. There are no additional clearing limits due to installing the sheet piling.
3. If there is inundation inside the sheet piling, then BMPs (Best Management Practices) are used for
dewatering.
Revisions to the Compensation section (12.2) have also occurred. Changes are noted in bold in the
following paragraphs.
12.2 Compensation
The NCDOT has avoided and minimized impacts to jurisdictional resources to the greatest extent
possible as described above. The unavoidable impacts to jurisdictional wetlands will be, offset by
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compensatory mitigation provided by on-site mitigation and with assets from the NCDOT Onsite
Mitigation Debit Ledger. NCDOT will assume responsibility for satisfying the federal Clean Water
Act compensatory mitigation requirements for the unavoidable impacts to 1.48 acres of wetlands
resulting from the construction of U-3826. NCDOT is not proposing mitigation for 16 ft. of
impacts to a UT to the Tar River as agreed at the 4B field review on Oct. 16, 2006 because it is
intermittent.
NCDOT proposes to restore 0.86 acre of riparian wetland for this project (see the wetland drawings
and Daniel Street Extension Wetland Restoration Plan for details). The remaining 0.62 acre of
wetland will be offset with assets from the Mildred Wood Mitigation Site.
The Mildred Wood Mitigation Site was constructed as onsite mitigation for T.I.P. R-21I I/R-2112A
US 64 relocation in Edgecwmbe and Martin Counties. The 418-acre site is located in Edgecombe
County southeast of Tarboro and may be accessed from US 64 on its southern boundary. The site has
completed its monitoring period and met prescribed hydrologic and vegetative success criteria.
The Site was originally debited for R-2111, R-2112A, and R-509GB and has since been debited for
R-2112B, U-2218, U-2720, B-2980, B-4021, and B-4020. To offset the 0.62 acre of unavoidable
impacts to riparian wetlands associated with T.I.P. U-3826, the Mildred Wood Mitigation Site will be
debited 0.62 acre of riparian wetland restoration. These debits are reflected in the debit ledger below.

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As Built
Site name Site TIP HUC River Basin Division County Mitigation Type Amount

Riparian Wetland
Mil ed R-2111/ Restoration
W R-2112A 3020103 Tar-Pamlico 4 Edgecombe 395
Available Debit Debit Debit Debit Debit Debit Debit Debit Debit
R-509GB,
R-2111,
& R-
2112A
R-2112B
Alterations
U-2218
U-2720
B-2980
B-4021
B-4020
U-3826

99.67 217 23 23.5 21.5 6 3 0.25 0.46 0.62
A copy of this revised permit application will be posted on the DOT website at:
http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/pe/neu/pern-it.html.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Chris Underwood at
esunderwood&cdot.gov or [phone].
Sincerely,
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director, PDEA Branch
cc:
W/attachment
Mr. Brian Wrenn, NCDWQ (5 Copies)
Ms. Kathy Matthews, USEPA
W/o attachment (see website for attachments)
Dr. David Chang, P.E., Hydraulics
Mr. Greg Perfetti; P.E., Structure Design
Mr. Victor Barbour, P.E., Project Services Unit
Mr. Mark Staley, Roadside Environmental
Mr. Richard E. Greene, PE, Div. 4 Engineer
Mr. Chad Coggins, Div. 4 Environmental Officer
Mr. Scott McLendon, USACE, Wilmington
Mr. Gary Jordan, USFWS
Mr. Travis Wilson, NCWRC
Mr. Ron Sechler, NMFS
Ms. Anne Deaton, NCDMF
Mr. Jay Bennett, P.E., Roadway Design
Mr. Majed Alghandour, P. E., Programming and TIP
Mr. Art McMillan, P.E., Highway Design
Mr. Bryan Yamamoto, PE, PDEA
Mr. Drew Joyner, PE, Human Environment Unit Head
Mr. Clarence W. Coleman, P.E., FHWA
Ms. LeiLani Paugh, NEU
Mr. Randy Griffin, NEU

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