In the course of planning Carolina North, the new campus planned on the Horace Williams Airport property, UNC is applying for a 50 year permit from the Corps of Engineers. The Corps has responsibility for changes affecting wetland, streams and rivers.<\/p>\n
The period for public comment ends 5 pm Monday May 9th.\u00a0 Any comments received will be considered by the Corps to determine whether to issue, modify or deny a permit for the proposal. Comments are used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, and to assess the need for a public hearing. UNC must receive a permit approval before proceeding with construction for Carolina North.<\/p>\n
Friends of Bolin Creek is drafting comments on the application.\u00a0 We are particularly concerned about the location of a water reuse line which crosses Bolin Creek and disturbs the riparian area next to the creek.<\/p>\n
Study the maps<\/a> as there are many water courses affected by the project.\u00a0 The permit application affects Bolin Creek and 12 unnamed tributaries, Crow Branch and 5 unnamed tributaries, and 1 unnamed tributary to Booker Creek.<\/p>\n Click on the file in this table to see the Corp’s public notice<\/a>.\u00a0 See the entire voluminous permit application<\/a> at the UNC web site.<\/p>\n Comments can be sent by email before Monday at 5 pm to Andrew Williams, at\u00a0 andrew.e.williams2@usace.army.mil<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the course of planning Carolina North, the new campus planned on the Horace Williams Airport property, UNC is applying for a 50 year permit from the Corps of Engineers. The Corps has responsibility for changes affecting wetland, streams and rivers. The period for public comment ends 5 pm Monday May 9th.\u00a0 Any comments received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,79,87,60],"tags":[88],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bolin-creek","category-bolin-creek-watershed","category-carolina-north-army-corps-permit-application","category-riparian-buffers","tag-comment-period-on-unc-permit-request"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t