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<br /> North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission <br />Ingram Cameron, Executive Director <br /> <br />Mailing Address: Habitat Conservation • 1721 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-1721 <br />Telephone: (919) 707-0220 • Fax: (919) 707-0028 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Lyn Biles, Environmental Assistance and SEPA Coordinator <br /> NCDENR Division of Environmental Assistance and Customer Services <br /> <br />FROM: Olivia Munzer, Western Piedmont Coordinator <br /> Habitat Conservation <br /> <br />DATE: 01 November 2024 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Scoping for the Cedar Ridge High School Conditional Rezoning for the Outdoor <br />Agricultural Lab in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina. DEQ No. 25-0071. <br /> <br /> <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. 113-131 <br />et seq.). <br /> <br />Orange County Schools is applying for Conditional Rezoning for the Cedar Ridge High School Outdoor <br />Agricultural Lab located at 1225 New Grady Brown School Road in Hillsborough, Orange County, North <br />Carolina. The project involves the construction of a 1350 sf pole barn shelter and a new pedestrian <br />connection to the new shelter from the existing school entrance. <br /> <br />Sand Branch, a tributary to the Eno River in the Neuse River Basin, flows adjacent to the site. We have <br />no current records of federal or state rare, threatened, or endangered species at the site, or critical habitats. <br /> <br />It is unlikely the project will affect protected species or other sensitive environmental resources. As such, <br />we have no objections to the conditional rezoning for this project. Thank you for the opportunity to <br />provide input in the early planning stages for this project. If I can provide further assistance, please call <br />(336) 269-0074 or email olivia.munzer@ncwildlife.org. <br /> <br />75