20180537 Ver 4_Agent Authorization Letter-Phase III_20190827

Dominion Energy North Carolina
800 Gaston Road, PO Box 1398
Gastonia, NC 28063
DominionEnergyNC.com
May 31, 2019
Ms. Amanda Fuemmeler, Regulatory Specialist
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
151 Patton Avenue, Room 208
Asheville, NC 28801-2714
0 Dominion
Energy°
Subject: Agent Authorization Letter
Dominion Energy North Carolina - M-64 Natural Gas Pipeline - Phase III
McDowell County
Dear Ms. Fuemmeler:
Vaughn & Melton Consulting Engineers has been retained by d/b/a Dominion Energy North Carolina (PSNC
Energy) to survey, design, conduct environmental evaluations, obtain right of way, and permit approximately
39 linear miles of 12 -inch coated steel natural gas transmission pipeline and approximately 7,400 linear feet
of 8 -inch steel natural gas distribution main in Rutherford and McDowell counties. The pipelines will be
installed by a combination of existing easement, NCDOT encroachment and new pipeline easement/right of
way. The project corridor is approximately 50 -feet wide. The proposed project is planned in three phases
and each phase has independent utility as determined by the USACE during our meeting conducted on
December 20, 2017.
Phase III begins at the new regulator station at the terminus of Phase lI B at the intersection of Old US 221
and Ashworth Road and proceeds in a westerly direction along NCDOT right of way along Ashworth Road to
the intersection of I-40, then along 1-40, then across 1-40 cross country behind the Wal-Mart Shopping Center
to Mill Road, then along Mill Road to the intersection of Sugar Hill Road, then along Sugar Hill Road to the
intersection of Veterans Drive, then along Veterans Drive to the dead end and then cross country in a
northerly direction to Old Greenlee Road, then along Old Greenlee Road to the end of the project at a new
regulator station connecting into the existing main M -Line near the Catawba River. The completion of Phase
III will tie the transmission, distribution systems together between Forest City and Marion and provide low
cost energy alternatives to many new potential customers along this 6.75 -mile route.
As part of this project, PSNC will be submitting a Pre -Construction Notification (PCN) seeking authorization
under Section 404 Nationwide Permit 12 and Section 401 General Water Quality Certification No. 4133 for
impacts to jurisdictional features associated with this project. For this effort, Dominion Energy North
Carolina authorizes Mark S. Davis, Environmental Specialist, with Vaughn & Melton Consulting
Engineers, to act on our behalf and take all actions necessary for the processing, issuance, and
acceptance of this permit.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at [phone] or William
(Mike) Lewis at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Engineer IV
Dominion Energy Southeast Services, Corporate Environmental
cc: Mr. Mark Parris, PLS, Project Manager, Vaughn & Melton, Inc., Asheville Office
Mr. Mark S. Davis, Environmental Specialist, Vaughn & Melton, Inc., Sylva Office
Mr. William (Mike) Lewis, PE, Dominion Energy North Carolina, Asheville Operations