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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
September 10, 2010
Mr William Biddlecome
Washington Regulatory Office ACOE
P O Box 1000
Washington, NC 27899 1000
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EUGENE A CONTI 7R
SECRETARY
Re Scuppernong Road Mitigation Site Washington County State Project No 6 149001T,
TIP No R 2548C, Action ID No 199703132, DWQ WQC Project No 000980mod,
DCM Permit No 166 00
Mr Biddlecome
As you are aware the Department has monitored the Scuppernong Road Mitigation Site since its
construction in March of 2004 Located in Washington County the site is the old US 64 road
bed at the intersection of US 64 Bypass and Benson Road The mitigation encompasses
approximately 1 26 acres of wetland restoration which included 0 20 acres for filling activities
and 1 06 acres for hand clearing activities associated with the R 2548C project The ACOE and
DCM permits required monitoring for the 0 20 acre restoration portion of the site but monitoring
was not required for the 106 acre portion that was constructed due to the hand clearing activity
The restoration consisted of removal of the existing US 64 roadbed to an elevation similar to the
adjacent wetland and was planted with the appropriate wetland species According to permit
conditions the sites were to be monitored annually with an update provided at the NCDOT
wetland mitigation monitoring meeting At a minimum the annual update must consist of
photographs provided during the monitoring report meeting and a brief report on the success of
the wetland restoration area Hydrologic monitoring was not required for this site After each
growing season annual monitoring reports were submitted to the appropriate regulatory agencies
via the Natural Environment Unit s (NEU) website
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MAILING ADDRESS
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699 1598
TELEPHONE [phone]
FAX [phone]
WEBSITE WWW NCDOT ORG
LOCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER
4701 ATLANTIC AVENUE
SUITE 116
RALEIGH NC 27604

After two years of vegetation monitoring the Scuppernong Road Mitigation Site monitoring
indicates that the planted species are surviving Individual annual monitoring data is provided
within the monitoring reports available on NEU s websrte between 2008 and 2009
A site visit was conducted on August 26th, 2010 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT
personnel present It was determined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been met
and that no further monitoring would be required NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource
agencies provide documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site is
closed If you have any questions about this project please contact Mr Randy Griffin at (919)
431 -6529
Sincerely,
Philip S Hams III P E Unit Head
PDEA Natural Environment Unit
cc Mr
Doug Huggett, DCM
Mr
David Wainwright, DWQ
Mr
Travis Wilson WRC
Mr
Chris Mihtscher EPA
Mr
Gary Jordan, USFWS
Mr
Scott McLendon ACOE
Mr
Brian Wrenn, DWQ
Ms
Cathy Bnttmgham DCM
Mr
David Hams P E, NCDOT REU
Mr
Clay Willis NCDOT DEO1
Mr
Randy Griffin, NCDOT NEU