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State of North Carolina
Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
512 North Salisbury Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
James G. Martin, Governor
July 25, 1988
Mr. R. Paul Wilms, Director
Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Dear Mr. Wilms:
S. Thomas Rhodes, Secretary
The attached U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Notice No. 0426 dated
7/21/88 describing a project proposed by VA Elec. & Power Co.
is being circulated to interested state agencies for comments on applicable
Section 404 and/or Section 10 permits.
Please indicate below your agency's position or viewpoint on the proposed
project and return this form by 8/5/88
Very sincerely,
John R. Parker, Jr.
404 Coordinator
REPLY This office objects to the project as proposed.
Comments on this project are attached.
This office supports the project proposal.
No comment.
Signed
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Agency
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P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 Telephone [phone]
An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
SAWC088-N-042-0426
July 21, 1988
PUBLIC NOTICE
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, Post Office Box 26666, Richmond,
Virginia 23261, has applied for a Department of the Army permit TO INSTALL A
34.5kv AERIAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINE OVER ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE (ROANOKE RIVER)
NEAR THELMA, Halifax and Northampton Counties, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant. Plans submitted with the application show the proposed
installation of a 34.5kv aerial transmission line west of and adjacent to an
existing 500kv aerial powerline. The proposed powerline is to span from high
ground poles on either side of the lake to a single pole on Clements Island,
providing minimum clearances of 35 feet and 44 feet above the maximum high
water elevation of 136 feet. The purpose of the work is to provide improved
power transmission facilities. Plans showing the work are included with this
public notice.
The State of North Carolina will review this public notice to determine
the need for the applicant to obtain any required State authorization. No
Department of the Army permit will be issued until the coordinated State
viewpoint on the proposal has been received and reviewed by this agency, nor
will a Department of the Army permit be issued until the North Carolina
Division of Environmental Management has determined the applicability of a
Water Quality Certificate as required by PL 92-500.
This application is being considered pursuant to Section 10 of the River
and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403). Any person may request, in writing
within the comment period specified in the notice, that a public hearing be
held to consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state,
with particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
The District Engineer has consulted the latest published version of the
National Register of Historic Places for the presence or absence of registered
properties, or properties listed as being eligible for inclusion therein, and
this worksite is not registered property or property listed as being eligible
for inclusion in the Register. Consultation of the National Register
constitutes the extent of cultural resource investigations by the District
Engineer, and he is otherwise unaware of the presence of such resources.
Presently, unknown archeological, scientific, prehistorical, or historical
data may be lost or destroyed by work under the requested permit.

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The District Engineer has determined, based on a review of data furnished
by the applicant and onsite observations, that the activity will not affect
species, or their critical habitat, designated as endangered or threatened
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of
the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed activity
and its intended use on the public interest. Evaluation of the probable
impacts which the proposed activity may have on the public interest requires a
careful weighing of all those factors which become relevant in each particular
case. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the
proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. The
decision whether to authorize a proposal, and if so the conditions under which
it will be allowed to occur, are therefore determined by the outcome of the
general balancing process. That decision should reflect the national concern
for both protection and utilization of important resources. All factors which
may be relevant to the proposal must be considered including the cumulative
effects thereof. Among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general
environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values,
flood hazards, flood plain values, land use, navigation, shore erosion and
accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy
needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership, and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people. For
activities involving the placement of dredged or fill materials in waters of
the United States, a permit will be denied if the discharge that would be
authorized by such permit would not comply with the Environmental Protection
Agencies' 404(b)(1) guidelines. Subject to the preceding sentence and any
other applicable guidelines or criteria, a permit will be granted unless the
District Engineer determines that it would be contrary to the public interest.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will
be received in this office, Attention: Ms. Kathy Trott, until 4:15 p.m.,
August 5, 1988, or telephone [phone] (Raleigh Field Office).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-1890
SAWC088-N-042-0426
July 21, 1988
PUBLIC NOTICE
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, Post Office Box 26666, Richmond,
Virginia 23261, has applied for a Department of the Army permit TO INSTALL A
34.5kv AERIAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINE OVER ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE (ROANOKE RIVER)
NEAR THELMA, Halifax and Northampton Counties, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant. Plans submitted with the application show the proposed
installation of a 34.5kv aerial transmission line west of and adjacent to an
existing 500kv aerial powerline. The proposed powerline is to span from high
ground poles on either side of the lake to a single pole on Clements Island,
providing minimum clearances of 35 feet and 44 feet above the maximum high
water elevation of 136 feet. The purpose of the work is to provide improved
power transmission facilities. Plans showing the work are included with this
public notice.
The State of North Carolina will review this public notice to determine
the need for the applicant to obtain any required State authorization. No
Department of the Army permit will be issued until the coordinated State
viewpoint on the proposal has been received and reviewed by this agency, nor
will a Department of the Army permit be issued until the North Carolina
Division of Environmental Management has determined the applicability of a
Water Quality Certificate as required by PL 92-500.
This application is being considered pursuant to Section 10 of the River
and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403). Any person may request, in writing
within the comment period specified in the notice, that a public hearing be
held to consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state,
with particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
The District Engineer has consulted the latest published version of the
National Register of Historic Places for the presence or absence of registered
properties, or properties listed as being eligible for inclusion therein, and
this worksite is not registered property or property listed as being eligible
for inclusion in the Register. Consultation of the National Register
constitutes the extent of cultural resource investigations by the District
Engineer, and he is otherwise unaware of the presence of such resources.
Presently, unknown archeological, scientific, prehistorical, or historical
data may be lost or destroyed by work under the requested permit.

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The District Engineer has determined, based on a review of data furnished
by the applicant and onsite observations, that the activity will not affect
species, or their critical habitat, designated as endangered or threatened
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of
the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed activity
and its intended use on the public interest. Evaluation of the probable
impacts which the proposed activity may have on the public interest requires a
careful weighing of all those factors which become relevant in each particular
case. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the
proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. The
decision whether to authorize a proposal, and if so the conditions under which
it will be allowed to occur, are therefore determined by the outcome of the
general balancing process. That decision should reflect the national concern
for both protection and utilization of important resources. All factors which
may be relevant to the proposal must be considered including the cumulative
effects thereof. Among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general
environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values,
flood hazards, flood plain values, land use, navigation, shore erosion and
accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy
needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership, and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people. For
activities involving the placement of dredged or fill materials in waters of
the United States, a permit will be denied if the discharge that would be
authorized by such permit would not comply with the Environmental Protection
Agencies' 404(b)(1) guidelines. Subject to the preceding sentence and any
other applicable guidelines or criteria, a permit will be granted unless the
District Engineer determines that it would be contrary to the public interest.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will
be received in this office, Attention: Ms. Kathy Trott, until 4:15 p.m.,
August 5, 1988, or telephone [phone] (Raleigh Field Office).

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Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers
Post Office Box 1890
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402-,1890
WC088-N-042-0426- _ July 21, 1988
PUBLIC NOTICE
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, Post Office Box 26666, Richmond,
Virginia 23261, has applied for a Department of the Army permit TO INSTALL A
34.5kv AERIAL POWER TRANSMISSION LINE OVER ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE (ROANOKE RIVER)
NEAR THELMA, Halifax and Northampton Counties, North Carolina.
The following description of the work is taken from data provided by the
applicant. Plans submitted with the application show the proposed
installation of a 34.5kv aerial transmission line west of and adjacent to an
existing 500kv aerial powerline. The proposed powerline is to span from high
ground poles on either side of the lake to a single pole on Clements Island,
providing minimum clearances of 35 feet and 44 feet above the maximum high
water elevation of 136 feet. The purpose of the work is to provide improved
power transmission facilities. Plans showing the work are included with this
public notice.
The State of North Carolina will review this public notice to determine
the need for the applicant to obtain any required State authorization. No
Department of the Army permit will be issued until the coordinated State
viewpoint on the proposal has been received and reviewed by this agency, nor
will a Department of the Army permit be issued until the North Carolina
Division of Environmental Management has determined the applicability of a
Water Quality Certificate as required by PL 92-500.
This application is being considered pursuant to Section 10 of the River
and Harbor Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403). Any person may request, in writing
within the comment period specified in the notice, that a public hearing be
held to consider this application. Requests for public hearing shall state,
with particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
The District Engineer has consulted the latest published version of the
National Register of Historic Places for the presence or absence of registered
properties, or properties listed as being eligible for inclusion therein, and
this worksite is not registered property or property listed as being eligible
for inclusion in the Register. Consultation of the National Register
constitutes the extent of cultural resource investigations by the District
Engineer, and he is otherwise unaware of the presence of such resources.
Presently, unknown archeological, scientific, prehistorical, or historical
data may be lost or destroyed by work under the requested permit.
-2-
The District Engineer has determined, based on a review of data furnished
by the applicant and onsite observations, that the activity will not affect
species, or their critical habitat, designated as endangered or threatened
ursuant to the Endangered Sgecies Act of-1973.
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of
the probable impacts, including cumulative impacts, of the proposed activity
and its intended use on the public interest. Evaluation of the probable
impacts which the proposed activity may have on the public interest requires a
careful weighing of all those factors which become relevant in each particular
case. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the
proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. The
decision whether to authorize a proposal, and if so the conditions under which
it will be allowed to occur, are therefore determined by the outcome of the
general balancing process. That decision should reflect the national concern
for both protection and utilization of important resources. All factors which
may be relevant to the proposal must be considered including the cumulative
effects thereof. Among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general
environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values,
flood hazards, flood plain values, land use, navigation, shore erosion and
accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy
needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of
property ownership, and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people. For
activities involving the placement of dredged or fill materials in waters of
the United States, a permit will be denied if the discharge that would be
authorized by such permit would not comply with the Environmental Protection
Agencies' 404(b)(1) guidelines. Subject to the preceding sentence and any
other applicable guidelines or criteria, a permit will be granted unless the
District Engineer determines that it would be contrary to the public interest.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will
be received in this office, Attention: Ms. Kathy Trott, until 4:15 p.m.,
August 5, 1988, or telephone [phone] (Raleigh Field Office).
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