External U-6010Start of Study Letter

Carpenter,Kristi
From: Bailey, David E CIV USARMY CESAW (US)
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Jackie and Brian,
Thank you for your Start of Study email, received via email 5/22/2018, for U-6010,
improvements to the US 70 (South Church Street) at SR 1311 (University Drive)
Intersection, including widening US 70 to a multilane roadway from SR 1311 (University
Drive) to Westbrook Avenue in Alamance County, North Carolina. You requested any
information that would be helpful in evaluating potential environmental impacts of the
projects, including any permits or approvals which may be required by the Corps. We
have reviewed the information you submitted, any information in our permitting
database, as well as remotely sensed resources including aerial photography, Guilford
County Soil Survey, LiDAR, and USGS topographic maps.
In general, based upon a review of the above referenced information, the construction
of this project is likely to impact streams and/or wetlands within the work corridor.
Please be aware that discharges of dredged or fill material into jurisdictional waters of
the United States are subject to our regulatory authority pursuant to Section 404 of the
Clean Water Act, and thus would require Department of the Army (DA) permit
authorization. The type of DA authorization required (i.e., general or individual permit)
will be determined by the location, type, and extent of jurisdictional area impacted by
the project, and by the project design and construction limits. If accompanied by
appropriate justification of avoidance and minimization , typical interchange
improvements/widening projects can be authorized by Nationwide Permits (NWPs) 14
or 23 (if accompanied by a CE), General Permit (GP 31), or an Individual Permit (if
proposed impacts are larger than NWP or GP thresholds).
The USGS topographic map shows that the study area crosses both Ingle Creek and an
unnamed tributary (UT) to Ingle Creek. Wetlands adjacent to these features are also
likely to occur within the study area. Further, Jurisdictional Determinations have been
completed, and permits issued, for private projects in the northwest and southeast
quadrants of the US 70/SR 1311 intersection (SAW-2018-00284, SAW-2017-00703, SAW-
2013-00847), which overlap portions of the U-6010 study area. Lastly, this project
corridor includes the eastern extent of U-2581B/R-2910 (SAW-2012-01543 / SAW-2011-
00749), and additional information would be required to justify U-6010 as a single and
complete project with logical termini.
Until additional data is furnished which details the extent of the proposed construction
limits of the proposed projects, and onsite inspections are completed with regard to

determinations of the present of jurisdictional waters on the project properties, we are
unable to provide specific comments concerning DA permit requirements or a
recommendation of alternatives. To assist you with determining permitting
requirements, we recommend that you perform a detailed delineation of the streams
and/or wetlands present on the project sites. When this information becomes available,
it should be forwarded to our office for review and comment, as well as a determination
of DA permit eligibility.
Hopefully this information is useful. If you have any additional questions please let me
know.
Sincerely,
Dave Bailey
David E. Bailey, PWS
Regulatory Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
CE-SAW-RG-R
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