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108 <br /> 9 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 9 <br /> Ingram Cameron, Executive Director <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Lyn Biles,Environmental Assistance and SEPA Coordinator <br /> NCDENR Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Services <br /> FROM: Olivia Munzer,Western Piedmont Coordinator <br /> Habitat Conservation <br /> DATE: 26 March 2024 <br /> SUBJECT: Environmental Assessment for the Judea Reform Congregation Cemetery in Orange <br /> County,North Carolina. DEQ No. 24-0231. <br /> Biologists with the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission(NCWRC)have reviewed the subject <br /> document. Comments are provided in accordance with provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination <br /> Act(48 Stat. 401, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 661-667e) and North Carolina General Statutes(G.S. 113-13 1 <br /> et seq.). <br /> Judea Reform Congregation Cemetery Corporation is proposing to establish additional graves sites within <br /> the existing cemetery. The sites will consist of a mixture of natural wooded and lawn plots placed within <br /> a forested site and served by a gravel driveway. The cemetery is located at 2560 Jones Ferry Road in <br /> Chapel Hill, Orange County,North Carolina. The project will involve approximately 1.0 acre of grading <br /> for lawn burial plots and edge conditions, and 1.5 acres for the driveway corridor. <br /> Unnamed tributaries to Phils Creek in the Cape Fear River Basin flow through the southern portion of the <br /> site. We have no known current records for rare,threatened, or endangered species at or adjacent to the <br /> site. We have known records for the state endangered and federal proposed endangered tricolored bat <br /> (Perimyotis subflavus)in Orange County and potentially suitable habitat may occur on the site. <br /> This project is unlikely to significantly impact rare,threatened,and endangered species. However,we <br /> recommend maintaining the larger oaks or hickories, and not clearing trees during the maternity season <br /> for tricolored bats(June—July).Also,erosion control matting made of plastic mesh or twine should not <br /> be used within the project area because it can injure or kill wildlife. <br /> Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh,NC 27699-1721 <br /> Telephone: (919) 707-0220 • Fax: (919) 707-0028 <br />