20080397 Ver 1_EEP Acceptance Letters_20080707

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PROGRAM
June 23, 2008
Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
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B-4196, Replace Number 238 over a Creek on SR 1506 in Marion,
McDowell County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement
Program (EEP) will provide the stream restoration mitigation for the subject project.
Based on the information supplied by you on June 23, 2008, the impacts are located in
CU 03050101 of the Catawba River Basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
Cool Stream: 81 feet
In the mitigation request, the NCDOT indicated this project would only require
stream mitigation at a 1:1 ratio. EEP commits to implementing sufficient stream
restoration mitigation to offset the impacts associated with this project by the end of the
MOA Year in which this project is permitted, in accordance with Section X of the
Amendment No. 2 to the Memorandum of Agreement between the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the North Carolina Department of
Transportation, and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, fully executed on March 8, 2007.
If the above referenced impact amounts are revised, then this mitigation acceptance letter
will no longer be valid and a new mitigation acceptance letter will be required from EEP.
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-047
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If you have any questions or need additional infonnation, please contact Ms. Beth
Hannon at 919-715-1929.
Sincerely,
ra"a"m D. Gilmore, P.E.
EEP Director
cc: Mr. David Baker, USACE - Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Brian Wrenn, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
File: B-4196