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February 4, 2016
Renee Gledhill-Earley
Environmental Review Coordinator
NC State Historic Preservation Of�ce
4617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 2 7699-46 1 7
RE: Stouts Siding Extension/CSX-SF line Project
Union County, North Carolina
WBS #46398.1.1 / TIP No. P-5704
Project Initiation and Area of Potential Effects Coordination
Dear Ms. Gledhill-Earley:
PAT MeCRC)RY
Governnr
NICHOLAS J. TEN�IYSON
Secrefary
The North Carolina Deparnnent of Transportation (NCDOT) is evaluating tlie extension of Stouts
Siding (also lcnown as the CSX-SF line) in Union County, Narth Carolina (Figure l, p. 3). CLn-rently,
the CSX SF-line consists of a single maiu track with a short (approxiinately 3,600-foot lon�) section
of siding on the north side of the inain line. The current project involves the construction of a 10,000-
foot long extension of this segment of siding, located to the north of the existing siding track and to
the north of the extant rail (Figure 2—Figtu'e 5, pp. 4-7). The new siding extension conunences just
south of Lndian Trail Road (SR 1008) and terininates north of Hayes Road (SR 1378). The planned
unprovements include:
• rebuilding the existing parallel siding hack from milepost SF-312.8 to milepost SF-313.4 on
the existing Uallast and within the existing footprint, a distance of approximately 3,600 feet;
• constructing the new siding track extension, extending for approxunately 10,000 feet from
nulepost SF-313.4 to inilepost SF-315.3;
• installing new powered turnouts in the inain track at either end of fl1e project and raili-oad
signals to support the new control points within tlie existing rail footprint/ballast; and
• grading and culvert improveinents thai will extend an e�sting culvert to the north side of the
existing main track.
No roadwork or new rail structures are anticipated as part of tl�is work. Given this scope, the Limits of
Disturbance (LOD) for the extension improvements encompass all areas where ground disturbances
are possible, including a 40-foot wide area along the 10,000 foot new siding track. This buffer will
encompass the rail improvement area as well as the grading and culvert improvements. All other
modifications will involve repairs to existing rail elements within the same footprint and on extant
�Nothing Compar�s�_
Sta[e of North Carolina I Dep�rtinent of Transportation I Rail Divisioi�
I South Wilmin�non Streel � 1553 Mail Scrvicc Ccnter I Ralcigh. N.0 27699-1553
919 707 4700 T
Ms. Renee Gledhill-Earley Page 2
February 4, 2016
ballast. The general environmental study corridor established for the project includes the LOD plus a
study buffer to evaluate current conditions. This buffer measures 16,300 feet in length and 350 feet in
width: 200 feet north and 150 feet south of the existing rail.
Currently, the project is state funded; however, the NCDOT Rail Division may pursue federal funding
through the Federal Rail Administration (FRA) or Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) at some
point in the future. Therefore, NCDOT will prepare two National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
documents in order to satisfy both state and potential federal requirements: an FRA Categorical
Exclusion (CE) checklist and an FHWA Programmatic Categorical Exclusion (PCE) checklist. Due
to the potential involvement of several federal entities and the NEPA component, the undertaking
requires compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), as amended.
If the proj ect becomes a federal undertaking, a lead federal agency will be designated at that time.
The purpose of this letter is to formally initiate the project review process with the North Carolina
State Historic Preservation Office (HPO), as required by 36 CFR 800 and its implementing
regulations. In addition, this correspondence seeks to define the undertaking's Area of Potential
Effects (APE) in consultation with the HPO as required by 36 CFR 800.4(a)(1). The APE defined
herein will guide historic property identification efforts conducted on this proj ect and be used to
assess the effect of this undertaking on histaric properties through the Section 106 process. Based on
the project parameters, it is recommended that the APE for subsurface resources include the project
LOD as outlined above. It is further recommended that the APE for above-ground resources
comprises the environmental study area, as defined above, plus any areas where alterations to a
resource's setting and feeling may occur (the project viewshed). It is recognized that the APE may
need to be adjusted based on field documentation and as project development proceeds; this is
particularly notable for above-ground properties.
We invite your agency to concur with this APE recommendation within 30 days of receipt of this
letter. If you have questions about the APE or cultural resource studies for this project, please do not
hesitate to contact me at 919-707-4705 or via email at mhamel@ncdot.gov. Our cultural resource
consultants, Dovetail Cultural Resource Group, can also answer questions on the project. Kerri Barile,
Dovetail's President, is the point of contact for this work, and she can be reached at 540-899-9170 or
kbarile@dovetailcrg.com.
Sincerely,
q"'�_ �`t �1
Marc Hamel
Rail Project Development Manager
NCDOT Rail Division
Environmental and Planning Branch
Cc: Arthur Petteway, NCDOT
Craig Young, Three Oaks Engineering
Kerri Barile, Dovetail Cultural Resource Group
Ms. Renee Gledhill-Earley Page 3
February 4, 2016
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