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Home My WebLink About20190888 Ver 1_Turtle Pond Creek - Culvert Replacement - FHWA CE (Signed)_20190703Type I and II Ground Disturbing Categorical Exclusion Action Classification Form STIP Project No. WBS Element n/a 15314.1056012 Federal Project No. 15314 A. Project Description: (Include project scope and location, including Municipality and County. Refer to the attached project location map and photos.) Replacement (1) corrugated metal pipe with (2) 48" W x 75' L welded steel pipes utilizing trenchless installation and install 35 linear feet of riprap for bank stabilization. Culvert project will impact Turtle Pond Creek on Hwy. 106, Macon County North Carolina. B. Description of Need and Purpose: The project purpose is to replace a deteriorating and/or obsolete culvert on a paved secondary road. C. Categorical Exclusion Action Classification: (Check one) ❑X TYPE I A ❑ TYPE IB ❑ TYPE II A ❑ TYPE IIB D. Proposed Improvements 23. Federally -funded projects: a) That receive less than $5,000,000 (as adjusted annually by the Secretary to reflect any increases in the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Department of Labor) of Federal funds; or b) With a total estimated cost of not more than $30,000,000 (as adjusted annually by the Secretary to reflect any increases in the Consumer Price Index prepared by the Department of Labor) and Federal funds comprising less than 15 percent of the total estimated project cost. https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/projdev/FAST ACT Section1314 Final Me mo.asp https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/projdev/FAST ACT Section1314 Implemen tation Guide.asp Updated 4/25/17 E. Special Project Information: (Provide a description of relevant project information, which may include: vicinity map, costs, alternative analysis (if any), traffic control and staging, and resource agency/public involvement). A combination Non -Notification Nationwide Permit Cover Letter and Natural Resource Review document is available in the project file. 2 Updated 4/25/17 F. Project Impact Criteria Checklists: Type I & II - Ground Disturbing Actions FHWA APPROVAL ACTIVITIES THRESHOLD CRITERIA If any of questions 1-7 are marked "yes" then the CE will require FHWA approval. Yes No 1 Does the project require formal consultation with U.S. Fish and Wildlife ❑ ❑X Service (USFWS) or National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)? 2 Does the project result in impacts subject to the conditions of the Bald and ❑ ❑X Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGPA)? 3 Does the project generate substantial controversy or public opposition, for any ❑ ❑X reason, following appropriate public involvement? 4 Does the project cause disproportionately high and adverse impacts relative to ❑ ❑X low-income and/or minority populations? 5 Does the project involve a residential or commercial displacement, or a ❑ ❑X substantial amount of right of way acquisition? 6 Does the project require an Individual Section 4(f) approval? ❑ ❑X Does the project include adverse effects that cannot be resolved with a 7 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) under Section 106 of the National Historic ❑ ❑X Preservation Act (NHPA) or have an adverse effect on a National Historic Landmark (NHL)? If any of questions 8 through 31 are marked "yes" then additional information will be required for those questions in Section G. Other Considerations Yes No Does the project result in a finding of "may affect not likely to adversely affect" 8 for listed species, or designated critical habitat under Section 7 of the ❑ ❑X Endangered Species Act (ESA)? 9 Is the project located in anadromous fish spawning waters? ❑ 0 Does the project impact waters classified as Outstanding Resource Water 10 (ORW), High Quality Water (HQW), Water Supply Watershed Critical Areas, ❑ 0 303(d) listed impaired water bodies, buffer rules, or Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV)? 11 Does the project impact waters of the United States in any of the designated ❑X ❑ mountain trout streams? 12 Does the project require a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Individual ❑ 0 Section 404 Permit? 13 Will the project require an easement from a Federal Energy Regulatory ❑ 0 Commission (FERC) licensed facility? 14 Does the project include a Section 106 of the NHPA effects determination ❑ 0 other than a no effect, including archaeological remains? Updated 4/25/17 Other Considerations (continued) Yes No 15 Does the project involve hazardous materials and/or landfills? ❑ ❑X Does the project require work encroaching and adversely affecting a 16 regulatory floodway or work affecting the base floodplain (100-year flood) ❑ elevations of a water course or lake, pursuant to Executive Order 11988 and 23 CFR 650 subpart A? Is the project in a Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) county and ❑ 17 substantially affects the coastal zone and/or any Area of Environmental Concern (AEC)? 18 Does the project require a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) permit? ❑ 0 19 Does the project involve construction activities in, across, or adjacent to a ❑ designated Wild and Scenic River present within the project area? 20 Does the project involve Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) resources? ❑ 0 21 Does the project impact federal lands (e.g. U.S. Forest Service (USFS), ❑ 0 USFWS, etc.) or Tribal Lands? 22 Does the project involve any changes in access control? ❑ 0 23 Does the project have a permanent adverse effect on local traffic patterns or ❑ community cohesiveness? 24 Will maintenance of traffic cause substantial disruption? ❑ 0 Is the project inconsistent with the STIP or the Metropolitan Planning 25 Organization's (MPO's) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) (where ❑ 0 applicable)? Does the project require the acquisition of lands under the protection of Section 6(f) of the Land and Water Conservation Act, the Federal Aid in Fish 26 Restoration Act, the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, Tennessee Valley ❑ 0 Authority (TVA), or other unique areas or special lands that were acquired in fee or easement with public -use money and have deed restrictions or covenants on the property? 27 Does the project involve Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ❑ 0 buyout properties under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program HMGP ? 28 Does the project include a de minimis or programmatic Section 4(f)? ❑ 0 29 Is the project considered a Type I under the NCDOT's Noise Policy? ❑ 0 30 Is there prime or important farmland soil impacted by this project as defined by ❑ 0 the Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA)? 31 Are there other issues that arose during the project development process that ❑ 0 affected the project decision? G. Additional Documentation as Required from Section F Question 11: A USACE Non -Notification Permit NWP 3 has been complete. Project will adhere to USACE NWP 3 Conditions and NCDWR 4132 Conditions 4 Updated 4/25/17 H. Project Commitments Macon County, North Carolina Replace and extend culvert with double 48" x 75' welded steel pipe & Rip -Rap for Bank -stabilization in Turtle Pond Creek Under Hwy. 106 near Highlands, N.C. WBS Number: 15314.1056012 Federal Project Number: 15314 • NWP 3 & NWP 13 (Non -Notification). • Project will comply with the standard 2017 NWP 3/2017 GC 4132 Special Conditions: 1. The NCDOT shall ensure that all in -stream work is conducted in the dry. A stream diversion device will be utilized. 2. The NCDOT shall ensure that all culvert replacement work that entails any soil disturbance in a specific area (e.g., streambank disturbance, culvert extraction, bedding, placement of new culvert, bank/stream disturbance, etc.) is completed in one workday. 3. The NCDOT shall ensure that any disturbed streambanks or other disturbed areas will be seeded and stabilized with anchored coir matting (700/gm/yd.) immediately following culvert installation. This seeding and stabilization must occur by the end of the workday on which an area is disturbed. 4. The NCDOT shall ensure welded steel pipe will not exceed 75 linear feet and placement of rip -rap not exceed 35 linear feet. Categorical Exclusion Approval STIP Project No. n/a WBS Element 15314.1056012 Federal Project No. 15314 Prepared By: pDocuSignedby: r � bVv " " - 4/5/2019 A2DAC8979C7943D... Date Patrick Breedlove, Environmental Specialist II NCDOT Division 14 Prepared For: NCDOT Division 14 Organization Reviewed By: p DocuSigned by: � bVv A "- 4/5/2019 r A2DAC8979C7943D.... Date Patrick Breedlove, Environmental Specialist II NCDOT Division 14 If all of the threshold questions (1 through 7) of ❑X Approved Section F are answered "no," NCDOT approves this Categorical Exclusion. If any of the threshold questions (1 through 7) of ❑ Certified Section F are answered "yes," NCDOT certifies this Categorical Exclusion. DocuSigned by: 4/8/2019 PD64FF019B5DF4A6 6tt �jVwvu ... Date Alan Brown Division 14 — Assistant District Engineer (District 3) On behalf of Brian Burch, P.E., Division 14 Engineer North Carolina Department of Transportation FHWA Approved: For Projects Certified by NCDOT (above), FHWA signature required. Date John F. Sullivan, III, PE, Division Administrator Federal Highway Administration 6 Updated 4/25/17