20100747 Ver 1_Approval Letter_20101222

NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Eaves Perdue Coleen H, Sullins
m Director
December 22, 2010
Dr. Greg Thorpe, PhD., Manager
Project Development and Environmental Analysis
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27699-1548
Subject: Correction to 401 Water Quality Certification No. 3843, NCDWQ Project No. 20100747. TIP
U-3326 A and B
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
This letter is in regards to the Individual Water Quality Certification No. 3843 issued December 9, 2010.
Please note the changes to site 14 in the stream impact table for the Roanoke River Basin and to condition
5.
Stream Impacts in the Roanoke River Basin
Site Permanent Fill in
Intermittent Stream
(linear ft) Temporary
Fill in
Intermittent
Stream (linear
ft Permanent
Fill in
Perennial
Stream
linear ft Temporary
Fill in
Perennial
Stream
linear ft Total
Stream
Impact
(linear ft) Stream
Impacts
Requiring
Mitigation
linear ft
212 7 219 212
8 ( 56 31 87 0
9 117 20 137 0
10 161 56 217 161
11 75 11 86 0
12 175 33 208 175
13 194 21 215 0
14 1 165 12 177 165
15a 66 7 73 0
15b 207 17 224 207
1 5c 90 90 0
1 6 4 10 14 0
1 7 95 38 133 0
1 8 139 42 181 0

Total 575 81 1181 224 2061 920
Compensatory mitigation for 406 linear feet of impact to streams in the Cape Fear River Basin and 920
linear feet of impact to streams in the Roanoke River Basin are required. We understand that you have
chosen to perform compensatory mitigation for impacts to streams through the North Carolina
Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP), and that the EEP has agreed to implement the mitigation for
the project. EEP has indicated in a letter dated May 11, 2010 that they will assume responsibility for
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satisfying the federal Clean Water Act compensatory mitigation requirements for the above-referenced
project, in accordance with the Tri-Party MOA signed on July 22, 2003 and the Dual-Party MOA
signed on April 12, 2004.
Please keep a copy of this letter with the original certification. If we can be of further assistance, do not
hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
oleen H. 4Sullins
Director
cc: Andy Williams, US Army Corps of Engineers, Raleigh Field Office
Mike Mills, PE, Division 7 Engineer
Jerry Parker, Division 7 Environmental Officer
Chris Militscher, Environmental Protection Agency
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Beth Harmon, Ecosystem Enhancement Program
Wetlands/401-Transportation-Permitti_ng Unit
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