20190593 Ver 1_SAW-2009-00556-PublicNotice_20190530

US Army Corps PUBLIC NOTICE
Of Engineers
Wilmington District
Issue Date: May 30, 2019
Comment Deadline: July 1, 2019
Corps Action ID Number: SAW-2009-00556
The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application from
the North Carolina Department of Transportation(NCDOT), Environmental Analysis
Unit, seeking Department of the Army authorization to discharge fill material into waters
of the United States associated with the proposed 12.8 miles of widening of and
improvements to I-40 from the I-40/I-440/US64 interchange in Wake County to just
north of SR 1525 (Cornwallis Road) in Johnston County,North Carolina (TIPS 1-5111
and I-4739; Federal Aid Project No. IMNHF-040-4(139)301). The improvements would
include modifying the interchanges and replacing the bridges along 1-40. The project
impacts 1.18 acres of wetlands, 7,939 linear feet(lf) of tributaries, and 0.58 acre of
ponds, regulated under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Specific location information is described below. Construction plans are not attached to
this Public Notice due to the large amount of pages. However, electronic copies of this
Public Notice and the construction plans can be found at:
http://www.saw.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulator_y-P ermit-Program/Public-Notices/.
Applicant: North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)
Environmental Analysis Unit
Attn: Philip S. Harris,PhD
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,NC 27699-1548
Authority
The Corps evaluates this application and decides whether to issue, conditionally issue, or
deny the proposed work pursuant to applicable procedures of the following Statutory
Authorities:
VI Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344)
n Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403)
n Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972
(33 U.S.C. 1413)
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