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03f 26f 2009 14:12 9197153060 NCDENR PACE 05f 16 ~ ~'a. ~arc~lir~a ~Vi~~.~ife ~sa~.rces ~an~.n~ss~on ~ Gordon ~.lviyezs, Executive Dirc~Coi' >~z~~vt~ ?t7: Melba McGee, Environmental Coordinator' - Ofl3ce of Legislative and Tntergovernrnental Ai~'$irs pB,QM; Shari )r. Bryant, Piedmont Region Coordinator -~~°"'~ I~ahitat Conservation 1'ragram DATE; l.3 Mauch 20t)9 SI~37EiCT: E>xvironmental AsseSSrnent for Solid Waste Transfer Station. Grange t",ounty, No+~ CamIina, T)T3NR Project Na, o9-G2~8• i ~ rertssion {NGvUItC}have reviewed the Biologt9ts with d1c Alorth;Caro6ina Wildlife Resources Co , ,. subject document and we ere familiar witty the habiiritvalues ttf the are~• clot comments are provided in arcordanee with previsions of the 1~ish and Wildlife Coordination Act (4$ Stat. QIJ1, as amended; lfi U.S.C. fi61 eC seq.), North Carolina Fatvimnmerttai Policy Aot {G.S.113A-1 through 113A•10; i NCAC 25), and North ~rglirra General Statutes {G.S.113-13I et s~~.). Change County Proposes to conswct a solid w~te transfer station o» a 149 acre site. 'r'otor disturbed area would be less than 2U aCi`CS, The proposed project includes eonstnrctiott bf act enclosed metal boilding, scale ]cause, equipment storage, roads and P~$ areas. Ranoff froth developed areas of the site would flow to a i 4 y~ stormwater pond. Wastewater generated at the site would be hurled to die local wastewater t1'88ttttent plant, and. sanitary wastes treated with. an on-site septic system. The purpose of the ptdj ect is tit provide a transfer facility from which to haul the Cgtrnty's wastes to a landfill facility outside of rite Cauttty This transfer station rs ono eleitl~Crtt of the County's Overall plan for managing waste. Th$ site drains to Colons Creek in the Cage Fear Itivor basin. There are records for the federal gpeeies of concern and state endangered bcaak floater (.41asr~J~anrAV~'lcosa} in Collins Creek. The Significant Natural )<iEritage firua-1~aVvRivet' flgrsatic Idabitat-~ located on Collins Cr'eck downstream of the proposed site. It appears a portion ofthe situ may drain to Cane Cr~eelc. There are t'ea,~rds for the state threatened creeper (Straphirus uncfulafus) and the state special concern notched rainbow [Tr~llvse constrJcta} in Cane CC~k. Itt addition, the Significant Natural Heritage ,P-.rea-Lower Cane Creek Slopes and Bottom - is located on Cane Creek downstream of the proposed site. The applicant indicates the site is forested and five features wvore identified ~ subject to the County zoning stream buffer ordinance which requites a 65 tit 84 foot undisturbed buffer along bosh sides of a watEr featttre. No perennial streams wvere idenfified in the project area. In addition, a site specific flora rend fauna survey will be conducted ott the site. zf the survey indicates the proposed pit-ject would ~ IY~ailing Addre,+ts: Division of Inlaitid Fisheries ° 1721 Mai Service Center ' Raleigh, NC 27G99-1721 Telephones (919} ?07-022a ° FeR~ (919'707.0028