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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY D
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890
November 16, 1993
IN REPLY REFER TO
Regulatory Branch

NOV 2 g L3
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Action ID No. 199303579 and Nationwide Permit No. 12 (Utility Line Backfill
and Bedding)
Town of Southern Pines
Att: Mr. Alex Bowness, Mayor
140 Memorial Park Court
Southern Pines, North Carolina 28387
Dear Mr. Bowness:
Reference your application of November 2, 1993, for Department of the
Army (DA) authorization to replace the existing pump station, add a new force
main, and a gravity sewer line on Mill Creek for the Warrior Woods wastewater
collection system in Moore County, North Carolina.
For the purposes of the Corps of Engineers' Regulatory Program, Title 33,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 330.6, published in the Federal
Register on November 22, 1991, lists nationwide permits. Authorization,
pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, was provided for the discharge
of material for backfill or bedding for utility lines, including outfall and
intake structures, provided there is no change in pre-construction contours.
Your work is authorized by this nationwide permit provided it is
accomplished in strict accordance with the enclosed conditions and provided
you receive a Section 401 water quality certification from the North Carolina
Division of Environmental Management (NCDEM). You should contact Mr. John
Dorney, telephone [phone], regarding this water quality certification.
This nationwide permit does not relieve you of the responsibility to obtain
other required State or local approval.
This verification will be valid for two years from the date of this
letter unless the nationwide authorization is modified, reissued or revoked.
Also, this verification will remain valid for the two years if, during that
period, the nationwide permit authorization is reissued without modification
or the activity complies with any subsequent modification of the nationwide
permit authorization. If during the two years, the nationwide permit
authorization expires or is suspended or revoked, or is modified, such that
the activity would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the
nationwide permit, activities which have commenced (i.e., are under
construction) or are under contract to commence in reliance upon the
nationwide permit will remain authorized provided the activity is completed
within twelve months of the date of the nationwide permit's expiration,
modification or revocation, unless discretionary authority has been exercised
on a case-by-case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization.
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Questions or comments may be addressed to Mr. Jeffrey Richterr,
Wilmington Area Field Office, Regulatory Branch, telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
G. Wayne Wright
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Enclosure
Copy Furnished (without enclosure):
John Dorney
/Water Quality Section
Division of Environmental Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment, Health and
Natural Resources
Post Office Box 27687
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687
State of North Carolina
Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources ??.
Division of Environmental Management '?I
James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan B. Howes, Secretary
E H N
A. Preston Howard, Jr., P.E., Director
November 10, 1993
Mayor Alex Bowness
Town of Southern Pines
140 Memorial Park Court
Southern Pines, N.C. 28387
Dear Mr. Bowness:
Subject: Proposed fill in Wetlands or Waters
Sewer pump station and sewer lines
Moore County
DEM Project # 93934
Upon review of your request for 401 Water Quality Certification
to place fill material in 0.28 acres of wetlands or waters which are
tributary to Mill Creek for sewer pump station and sewer lines located
at Cherokee Road and N.C. 22 in Moore County as described in your
submittal dated 29 October 1993, we have determined that the proposed
fill can be covered by General Water Quality Certification No. 2664.
A copy of the General Certification is attached. This Certification
may be used in qualifying for coverage under Corps of Engineers'
Nationwide Permit No. 12.
If this Certification is unacceptable to you, you have the right
to an adjudicatory hearing upon written request within thirty (30)
days following receipt of this Certification. This request must be in
the form of a written petition conforming to Chapter 150B of the North
Carolina General Statutes and filed with the Office of Administrative
Hearings, P.O. Box 27447, Raleigh, N.C. 27611-7447. Unless such
demands are made, this Certification shall be final and binding.
If you have any questions, please contact John Dorney at 919-733-
1786.
Sincerely,
reston Howa Jr. P.E.
93934.1tr
Attachment
cc: Wilmington District C rps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Wilmington Field Office
Fayetteville DEM Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
Central Files
Ronald Huff; Hobbs, Upchurch and Associates
P.O. Box 29535, Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0535 Telephone [phone] FAX [phone]
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Mr. John Dorney
Water Quality Planning
Division of Environmental Management
NCDEHNR 401
P.O. Box 29535
Raleigh, NC 27626-0535
RE: Permitting and 401 Certification of Construction of Warrior Woods Pump Station and
Associated Line Work, Town of Southern Pines, North Carolina
HUA No. SP9225
Dear Mr. Dorney:
Enclosed please find seven copies of the permit application for this project. Also included
are several plan sheets showing the location and wetland disturbance areas. I have not sent
complete sets of plans. These are available if you need them. The amount of wetlands area
to be disturbed by the installation of the project is less than one-third of an acre. Please
furnish a 401 Certification if necessary.
Please contact me if you need additional plan sheets or further information in order to
review the project and supply the necessary certification. Thank you for your attention in
this matter.
Sincerely,
HOBBS, UPCHURCH & ASSOCIATES, P.A.
Ronald S. Huff, P.E.
Enclosure
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290 S.W. Broad Street Telephone [phone] Fax [phone]

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DEM ID: IL C)
ACTION ID:
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401 ISSUED
JOINT APPLICATION FORM FOR
NATIONWIDE PERMITS THAT REQUIRE NOTIFICATION TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER.
NATIONWIDE PERMITS THAT REQUIRE SECTION 401 CERTIFICATION CONCURRENCE
NATIONWIDE PERMITS THAT REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL SECTION 401 CERTIFICATION
WILMINGTON DISTRICT ENGINEER
CORPS OF ENGINEERS
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON, NC 28402-1890
ATTN : CESAW-CO-E
Telephone [phone]
WATER QUALITY PLANK
DIVISION OF ENVIRONM
NC DEPARTMENT OF ENV
AND NATURAL RESO'
P.O. Box 29535
RALEIGH, NC 27626-0'
ATTN: MR. JOHN DORN
Telephone (919) 733-
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ONE (1) COPY OF THIS COMPLETED APPLICATION SHOULD BE SENT WATkI
to Tm'm
ENGINEERS. SEVEN (7) COPIES SHOULD Be SENT TO THE N.C. DIVISION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. PLEASE PRINT.
1. OWNERS NAME: Town of Southern Pines
2. OWNERS ADDRE33: 140 Memorial Park C
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3. OWNERS PHONE NUMBER (HOME): N/A (WORK): 219/692-7021
4. IF APPLICABLE: AGENT'S NAME OR RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE OFFICIAL, ADDRESS,
PHONE NUMBER: Alex Bowness Mayor
own of Solithern-Pingg
140 Mamnrial Park rt,
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6. NAME OF CLOSEST STREAM/RIVER:
LOCATION OF PLANNED WORK (ATTACH MAP).
COUNTY:
NEAREST TOWN OR CITY: _SourhPrn Pinuac
SPECIFIC LOCATION (INCLUDE ROAD NUMBERS, LANDMARKS,
RIVER BASIN: Cape Ye
8. IS THIS PROJECT LOCATED IN A WATERSHED CLASSIFIED AS TROUT, SA, HQW, ORW,
WS I, OR WS II? YES [ ] NO CX j
9. HAVE ANY SECTION 404 PERMITS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED FOR USE ON THIS
PROPERTY? YES [ ) NO [X J
IF YES, EXPLAIN.
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10. ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES OF WETLANDS LOCATED ON PROJECT SITE:
.28
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11. NUMRaR OF ACRES Of WATERS OF TILE U.s., INCLUDINQ WETLANDS, IMPACTED BY
THE PROPOSED PROJECT:
FILLEDi
DRAINED:
FLoODYD:
EXCAVATHDc _ 2$
TOTAL IKPACTSD:
12. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED WORK (ATTACH PLANS), ('n.,cf r,,,,} S.e? Um
station with aDF tPn^nt gr^vi t*, , ejWT ] in c and f L o Main
17. PURPOSE OF PROPOSED WORK: Provide sanitar
dev_el02-i of Cn„tl. .._ P- to
P-nes
14. STATZ REASONS WHY THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THAT THIS ACTIVITY MUST D$
CARRIED OUT IN WETLANDS. ALSO, NOTE MEASURg8 TAKEN TO KINIKILE WETLAND
IxPACTS. PUMP station m ict :,- i,.,._- -
16. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE U.B. FI3H AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
(USFWS) AND/OR NATIONAL MARINE FI9HERIYD 8ZRVIOE (NMFB) REOARDINO =3 PRESENCE
OR ANY FEDERALLY LISTED OR PROPOSED FOR LISTING ENDANORRED OR THRBATDN$D
SPECIES OR CRITICAL HABITAT IN Ttm PERMIT AREA THAT MAY BE AFFECTED MY THE
PROPOSED PROJECT. HAVE YOU DONE 807 YEN (X) NO ( )
RESPONQZS FROM THE USFW8 AND/OR NMFS SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO CORPS.
16. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONTACT THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OSFICSR
(SHPO) REaARDINC THE PRESENCE OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN THE PERMIT AREA WHICH
MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED PROJECT?
HAVE YOU DONE 607 YES (X) NO ( )
RESPONSE FROM THE SHPO SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO CORPS.
%• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY DEW:
A- W3TLAND DELINEATION MAP SHOWING ALL WETLANDS, STREAMS, AND LAKES ON
THS PROPERTY.
S. IF AVAILADLQ, REPAZOENTATIVB PHOTOGRAPH OF WETLANDS TO HE IMPACTED BY
PROJECT.
C. IF DELINEATION WAS PBRFOR= By A CONSULTANT, INCLUDE ALL DATA SHEETS
RELEVANT TO THE PLACEMENT OF THS DELINEATION LINE.
D. IF A STOR WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN 28 RBQVIR$D FOR THIS PROJECT, ATTACH
COPY.
E. WHAT is LAND USE OF SURROUNDING PROPERTY? Residential development
F. IF APPLICA9L8, WHAT 23 PROPOSED METHOD OF SEA z DISPOSAL?
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BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES
UPGRADING OF WARRIOR WOODS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM,
MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
401 ISSUEC)
Prepared By
Dr. J.H. Carter III and Ms. Patricia Purcell
Dr. J. H. Carter III and Associates
Environmental Consultants
P.O. Box 891
Southern Pines, N.C. 28388
Submitted 10 July 1993
To
Hobbs, Upchurch and Associates
Consulting Engineers
P.O. Box 1737
Southern Pines, N.C. 28388

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES
UPGRADING OF WARRIOR WOODS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM,
MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
INTRODUCTION
The Town of Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina, proposes to
add to its wastewater collection system in the Warrior Woods section of Southern
Pines. The primary improvements will involve replacing the existing pump station,
adding a new force main, and a gravity sewer line. This assessment was prepared to
address potential impacts to species listed as threatened or endangered, or proposed
for such listing, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). State listed species
were also taken into account.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposed project will abandon the existing pump station in the Warrior
Woods subdivision and construct a new pump station (site approximately 50 by 30
feet), extend a gravity sewer line (2284 linear feet) to the new pump station from
N.C. Highway 22, and add a new force main (1605 linear feet) to tie into an existing
force main at N.C. 22 and Mill Creek. The purpose of the project is to provide
better wastewater service in an expanding development area.
PROJECT AREA
The project area is located about 0.5 miles south of Moore County Airport,
just east of Highway 22, just north of Mill Creek and just southwest of the Warrior
Woods residential development (Figure 1). The project runs parallel to, and north
of, Mill Creek in order to avoid impacts to wetlands as much as possible. Most of
the habitat impacted consists of second-growth longleaf pine (Pines palustris) and
turkey oaks (Quercus laevis). The ground-cover was sparse due to past logging and
the exclusion of fire. The right-of-way crosses forested wetlands vegetated with
loblolly pines (Pines taeda) and pond pines ( Pines serotina) in the overstory, and
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shrubs and vines such as fetterbush (Lyonia lucida) , gallberry (ilex glabra), and
catbrier (Smilax sp.) in the understory.
METHODS
Surveys were conducted for 4 species listed as threatened or endangered, or
formally proposed for such listing, by the USFWS. They were the red-cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) (RCW), rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia
asperulaefolia), Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii) , and chaffseed (Schwalbea
americana). State listed species were also included in the search. All appropriate
plant and RCW habitats on the new pump station site, and within 100 feet on both
sides of the survey lines where the sewer mains will be constructed, were surveyed
on foot on 11 and 12 June 1993. Potential RCW habitats within one-half mile of the
construction area were also surveyed on these dates, but the majority of the one-half
mile radius was surveyed on 7 July 1993. Some of that area was also surveyed
between 17 and 22 September 1992 for another project (the updating of the 201
Facilities Plan for the Town of Carthage in Moore County). Two RCW colony sites
are known from the N.C. State University (NCSU) RCW study (SOPI 30 and SOPI
87). Both sites were checked on 12 June 1993 and both were inactive. SOPI 30 has
been abandoned for more than 12 years, and SOPI 87 has been inactive since 1989
(NCSU data).
All jurisdictional wetlands and waters within the project corridor were
identified and delineated on 11 and 12 June 1993, and confirmed by the Army Corps
of Engineers on 30 June 1993.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The proposed construction right-of-way passes mostly through longleaf pine-
scrub oak stands, with approximately 250 feet passing through a streamhead pocosin
wetland. Approximately 478 feet of the right-of-way parallels Highway 22, and falls
within the existing right-of way in disturbed, previously cleared wetlands.
No listed plant species (state or federal) were found in, or adjacent to, the
project site. Potential rare plant habitats were very limited due to extended fire
exclusion that has resulted in dense shading and litter accumulation.
Although the right-of-way contains good foraging habitat for the RCW, there
is little potential for cavity trees in the immediate project area due to the age of the
pine trees. Surrounding areas also contained good RCW foraging habitat and some
potential cavity trees, but no unknown cavity trees were found. The two RCW
colony sites (SOPI 30 and 87) within the one-half mile radius were inactive when
checked.
CONCLUSIONS
We conclude. that this project will have no effect on species listed as
threatened or endangered, or proposed for such listing, by the USFWS.

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BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR TOWN OF SOUTHERN PE14M
UPGRADING OF WARRIOR WOODS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM,
MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Prepared By
Dr. J.H. Carter III and Ms. Patricia Purcell
Dr. J. H. Carter III and Associates
Environmental Consultants
P.O. Box 891
Southern Pines, N.C. 28388
Submitted 10 July 1993
To
Hobbs, Upchurch and Associates
Consulting Engineers
P.O. Box 1737
Southern Pines, N.C. 28388

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOR TOWN OF SOUTHERN PINES
UPGRADING OF WARRIOR WOODS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM,
MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
INTRODUCTION
The Town of Southern Pines, Moore County, North Carolina, proposes to
add to its wastewater collection system in the Warrior Woods section of Southern
Pines. The primary improvements will involve replacing the existing pump station,
adding a new force main, and a gravity sewer line. This assessment was prepared to
address potential impacts to species listed as threatened or endangered, or proposed
for such listing, by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). State listed species
were also taken into account.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The proposed project will abandon the existing pump station in the Warrior
Woods subdivision and construct a new pump station (site approximately 50 by 30
feet), extend a gravity sewer line (2284 linear feet) to the new pump station from
N.C. Highway 22, and add a new force main (1605 linear feet) to tie into an existing
force main at N.C. 22 and Mill Creek. The purpose of the project is to provide
better wastewater service in an expanding development area.
PROJECT AREA
The project area is located about 0.5 miles south of Moore County Airport,
just east of Highway 22, just north of Mill Creek and just southwest of the Warrior
Woods residential development (Figure 1). The project runs parallel to, and north
of, Mill Creek in order to avoid impacts to wetlands as much as possible. Most of
the habitat impacted consists of second-growth longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and
turkey oaks (Quercus laevis). The ground-cover was sparse due to past logging and
the exclusion of fire. The right-of-way crosses forested wetlands vegetated with
loblolly pines (Pinus taeda) and pond pines ( Pinus serotina) in the overstory, and
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FIGURE 1. PROJECT SITE, WARRIOR WOODS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM

shrubs and vines such as fetterbush (Lyonia lucida) , gallberry (Ilex glabra), and
catbrier (Smilax sp.) in the understory.
METHODS
Surveys were conducted for 4 species listed as threatened or endangered, or
formally proposed for such listing, by the USFWS. They were the red-cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) (RCW), rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia
asperulaefolia), Michaux's sumac (Rhus michauxii) , and chaffseed (Schwalbea
americana). State listed species were also included in the search. All appropriate
plant and RCW habitats on the new pump station site, and within 100 feet on both
sides of the survey lines where the sewer mains will be constructed, were surveyed
on foot on 11 and 12 June 1993. Potential RCW habitats within one-half mile of the
construction area were also surveyed on these dates, but the majority of the one-half
mile radius was surveyed on 7 July 1993. Some of that area was also surveyed
between 17 and 22 September 1992 for another project (the updating of the 201
Facilities Plan for the Town of Carthage in Moore County). Two RCW colony sites
are known from the N.C. State University (NCSU) RCW study (SOPI 30 and SOPI
87). Both sites were checked on 12 June 1993 and both were inactive. SOPI 30 has
been abandoned for more than 12 years, and SOPI 87 has been inactive since 1989
(NCSU data).
All jurisdictional wetlands and waters within the project corridor were
identified and delineated on 11 and 12 June 1993, and confirmed by the Army Corps
of Engineers on 30 June 1993.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The proposed construction right-of-way passes mostly through longleaf pine-
scrub oak stands, with approximately 250 feet passing through a streamhead pocosin
wetland. Approximately 478 feet of the right-of-way parallels Highway 22, and falls
within the existing right-of way in disturbed, previously cleared wetlands.
No listed plant species (state or federal) were found in, or adjacent to, the
project site. Potential rare plant habitats were very limited due to extended fire
exclusion that has resulted in dense shading and litter accumulation.
Although the right-of-way contains good foraging habitat for the RCW, there
is little potential for cavity trees in the immediate project area due to the age of the
pine trees. Surrounding areas also contained good RCW foraging habitat and some
potential cavity trees, but no unknown cavity trees were found. The two RCW
colony sites (SOPI 30 and 87) within the one-half mile radius were inactive when
checked.
CONCLUSIONS
We conclude. that this project will have no effect on species listed as
threatened or endangered, or proposed for such listing, by the USFWS.