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14 . :12 NCDENFZ PAGE 05/16 � Worth Carolina Wildlife Resources Coami ssi.... n � Gofdou S. Myers, Executive Director ............ m4mmmvmr&� MEMORANDUM TOR Melba MoGee, Environmental oe rd'Hi for ffli a of LogIslat'We and Interg v rm- rental Affairs FROM; Shari L, Brynt., Piedmont Regioti Coordinator Habitat Conservation Pro ram DAT t 13 M =h 2009 SUBJECT`: Ehvironrneotai Assumneat b r Solid Wam Tcomsfer Station, Orange County, Ngrtl Carolina, WNR Project No. 09-0228. Biologists with Vic Werth Carolina Wildlife Resource,% Commission (NCVRC) have reviewed the subject d. cu Brit, and we am farnilia,r with the habitat values of tho arep. Our oomments are pro -Tided in zwoordano o with pro f along of the F Isb and Wi l di l e Coordination Act (48 $tat, 40 1, as amondod.; 16 U, TC, 661 et seq .), Norte Carol ina Environmental Pol icy Act (G.S , 113 A-1 1 throug 113 -w 1. 0; 1 NCAC 25), and North Carolina. General ta,�tutes �G3:,- 113 -131 et .), mange Calunty proposes to construct a soi id waste tmnsfier sUtion on a 149 acre site. Total disturbed area would be less than 20 acres~ The propose pro "ect includes construction of at enclosed metal bnildiu , scale house, equipment stGra e, roads and parking areas* Runoff from develope,74 areas of the ft would flow to a 1 G -yvar stormvmter pond.. WaM ater gmeratod at the site VmUld b9' hauled to the Local wastewater tteatr ent Plant, arid. eanitary wades trcated with. an on - ,site septiq system. The p r pwe of fie lar d ect is to provide a transfer facility from i'cb t howl tha Cov nt !s wastes to a landfill 'acili� c tside of the Cov. t } his transfer` stt "on is one eleMont of the County" overall plan for managing waste, Do site d ITis to Collins Creek In the Cape Few Fiver basin, T$ere are rceords l`or the federal species of concern and state endangered brook floater las ido to varicosa) In Collins Creek. The Significant Natural Heritage Area — Haw River Aquatic 14a. itat — is located on Collins CY oc dmm,str 'a of the proposed site, It appeon a pordon of the site may drain to Cane Creek. There arc tecords for the state threatened crt (Serophitus un lar x ) and the sote special concern notched rainbow ( lips° constricts) anic Creok. In addition, the Significant Natural Heritage Area — Lower Cann Creek Slopes and B tte — fi located on Cane Creek downstream of tbe p lie -sed site. The applicant i di oases the site 'is fore tad and Bye fbalurw wore identified as subject to the County zo-oing stream buffer ordinance which requires a 65 to 80 foot undirnirbed buffer along both sid of a water feature. No perennial stroams were id nt;fied in the pr�'ect area. to additions a site pe ifi flora i0d farna survey will be condurud on flip, C ;Ae. If the survey 'indicates ttte propowd project would f a.i Ug A d , eu! i Vi;Si an Of fnla-jid F iBho i 1 721. MaD Service Cenwr w Rateigk NC 27699-1721 Telephone 4- 1 707 -0220 is Fax: 19 ) 707a00