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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality -
Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H. Sullins
Governor Director
May 26, 2011
Dr. Greg Thorpe, PhD., Branch Manager
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation .
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27699-1598
Subject: Correction to 401 Water Quality Certification for NC 211
1208 (traffic circle) in Moore County, DWQ Project No. 20110136.
WQC No. 003854.
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Dee Freeman
Secretary
from north of NC 73 in West End to east of SR
This letter is in regards to the 401 Water Quality Certification (WQC) issued on April 27, 2011 for NC 211 from north
of NC 73 in West End to east of SR 1208 (traffic circle) in Moore County (DWQ Project No. 20110136; WQC No.
003854). Corrections to this certification are outlined below.
Condition No. I l(a) contains the following language:
"Compensatory mitigation for 374 linear feet of impact to streams at a 1:1 ratio is 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 revised letter dated April 26, 2011 that they will assume responsibility for
satisfying the federal Clean Water Act compensatory mitigation requirements for the above-referenced project, in
accordance with the Tri-Party MCA signed on July 22, 2003 and the Dual-Party MCA signed on April 12,
2004"
This language is hereby corrected to read as follows:
Compensatory mitigation for 374 linear feet of impact to streams is 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 April 26, 2011 that they will assume responsibility for satisfying the federal Clean
Water Act compensatory mitigation requirements for the above-referenced project, in accordance with the North
Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program In-Lieu Fee
Instrument signed July 28, 2010.
Condition No. I l(b) contains the following language:
"Compensatory mitigation for impacts to 1.90acres riparian wetlands is required. A total of 1.82 acres shall be
mitigated for at a 2:1 ratio. The remaining 0.08 acres, associated with Site 2, shall be mitigated at a 1:1 ratio.
Total credits required for mitigation equal 3.72. We understand that you have chosen to perform
compensatory mitigation for impacts to wetlands 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 revised letter dated April 26, 2011 that they will assume responsibility for satisfying the federal Clean Water
Act compensatory mitigation requirements for the above-referenced project, in accordance with the Tri-Party
MCA signed on July 22, 2003 and the Dual-Party MCA signed on April 12, 2004."
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This language is hereby corrected to read as follows:
"Compensatory mitigation for impacts to 1.90acres riparian wetlands is required. We understand that you have
chosen to perform compensatory mitigation for impacts to wetlands 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 April 26, 2011 that they will assume responsibility for satisfying the federal Clean
Water Act compensatory mitigation requirements for the above-referenced project, in accordance with the North
Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program In-Lieu Fee
Instrument signed July 28, 2010."
Please attach a copy of this letter with any copies of the original Water Quality Certification. All other conditions
written into the previous Water Quality Certification for this project dated April 27, 2011 still apply except where
superseded by this correction. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any questions
please contact David Wainwright at [phone].
Since ely, f/p
Peen H. Sullins,
rector
cc: Ronnie Smith, US Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington Field Office
Art King, Division 8 Environmental Officer
Chris Militscher, Environmental Protection Agency (electronic copy only)
Travis Wilson, NC Wildlife Resources Commission (electronic copy only)
Mason Herndon, Fayetteville Regional Office
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