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Home My WebLink About20011274 Ver 1_Mitigation Information_20120605A L s NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Wakild Governor Director Philip S Harris III P E Unit Head Project Development and Environmental Analysis Natural Environment Unit North Carolina Department of Transportation 1598 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1548 Natural Resources Subject UT to Adams Crook Mitigation Site Cabarrus County TIP No R 2533B Dear Mr Harris Dee Freeman Secretary June 5 2012 Cabarrus County DWQ No 2001 1274 This correspondence is in reference to your e-mail request received May 31 2012 regarding the unnamed tributary (UT) to Adams Creek Mitigation site located in Cabarrus County North Carolina This site is being utilized by the North Carolina Department of Transportation as compensatory mitigation for stream impacts associated with project R 2533B the widening of NC 49 By copy of this letter we are notifying you that no further monitoring of the site will be required since the construction and success criteria of the mitigation site have been met Thank you for your time and cooperation If you have any questions please contact Polly Lespinasse at 704 663 1699 Sincerely Charles Wakild Director cc Liz Hair Asheville Regulatory Field Office US Army Corps of Engineers (electronic copy) Chris Militscher USEPA (electronic copy) Marla Chambers NCWRC (electronic copy) File Copy Mooresville Regional Office Location 610 East Center Ave Suite 301 Mooresville NC 28115 Phone (704) 663 -16991 Fax (704) 663 60401 Customer Service 1- 877 -623 -6748 Internet htto Iloortal ncdenr oralweb1wa An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer 50/ Recycled /10/ Post Consumer paper NocorlhCarohna Naturally ST M 01MM STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE GOVERNOR May 23, 2012 Ms Liz Hair Asheville Regulatory Office ACOE 151 Patton Avenue, Room 208 Asheville, NC 28805 EUGENE A CONTI 7R SECRETARY Re UT to Adams Creek Mitigation Site, Cabarrus County State Project # 8 1661001 TIP No R 253313, Action ID No 199702364 DWQ Project No 011274 Ms Hair As you are aware, the Department has monitored the UT to Adams Creek stream relocation site since its construction in the March of 2005 The UT to Adams Creek is located in Cabarrus County adjacent to southbound NC 49 at Sta 177 +50 at the intersection of Cold Springs road (SR 2411) and NC 49 This site provides 525 linear feet of stream relocation for impacts associated with the R 2533B project The stream relocation was constructed and planted with the appropriate hardwood species Per permit requirements, NCDOT was required to monitor the stream mitigation site for stream channel stability on an annual basis for five years or until success criteria were met During the monitoring period annual monitoring reports were submitted to the appropriate regulatory agencies via the PDEA Natural Environment Section (NES) website hap / /www ncdot org/ doh/ preconstruct/ pe/ neu/MonitorcnQ/Monitorin�eports html After five years of vegetation and stream stability monitoring the UT to Adams Creek stream relocation indicates that the planted vegetation is surviving and the streambanks remain stable at this time Individual annual monitoring reports are available on NEU s website for 2007 2011 MAILING ADDRESS NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH NC 27699 1598 TELEPHONE 919 707 6000 FAX 919 212 5785 WEBSITE WWW NCDOT ORG LOCATION CENTURY CENTER BUILDING B 1020 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE RALEIGH NC 27610 A site visit was conducted on July 21" 2011 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT personnel present During the annual monitoring meeting held on March 13`h 2012 the regulatory agencies determined that another site visit would not be conducted that success criteria had been met and that no further monitoring would be required However, during the annual meeting the resource agencies requested that NCDOT install signage at the site indicating the presence of a mitigation site and also required some additional buffer planting Both the sign installation and the buffer planting have now been completed per the agencies request 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) 707 6121 Sincerely Philip S Harris, III P E , Section Head PDEA Natural Environment Section cc Ms Polly Lespmasse, DWQ Ms Marla Chambers, WRC Mr Chris Militscher EPA Ms Marella Buncick USFWS Mr Scott McLendon ACOE Mr Brian Wrenn DWQ Mr David Hams P E NCDOT REU Mr Larry Thompson NCDOT DEO10 Mr Randy Griffin NCDOT NEU