20140957 Ver 2_27_Appendix Q_DMS Mitigation Letter_20170509

Mitigation Services
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Leslie Hartz
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC
707 E. Main St., 1911 Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Project: Atlantic Coast Pipeline
ROY COOPER
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MICHAEL. S. REGAN
May 4, 2017
Expiration of Acceptance: November 4, 2017
Counties: Northampton, Halifax, Nash, Wilson, Johnston,
Sampson, Cumberland, Robeson
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) is willing to accept
payment for compensatory mitigation for impacts associated with the above referenced project as indicated in the
table below. Please note that this decision does not assure that participation in the DMS in -lieu fee mitigation
program will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility
of the applicant to contact permitting agencies to determine if payment to the DMS will be approved. You must
also comply with all other state, federal or local government permits, regulations or authorizations associated with
the proposed activity including G.S. § 143-214.11.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not
received a copy of the issued 404 Permit/401 Certification/CAMA permit within this time frame, this
acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to DMS. Once DMS
receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and
payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amount of the in -lieu fee to be paid by an
applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed on the DMS website.
Based on the information supplied by you in your request to use the DMS, the impacts for which you are
requesting compensatory mitigation credit are summarized in the following table. The amount of mitigation
required and assigned to DMS for this impact is determined by permitting agencies and may exceed the impact
amounts shown below.
"In accordance with the directive from the February 8, 2011 IRT meeting, non -riparian wetland impacts located in
the mountains and piedmont areas of North Carolina can be accepted as requested, but mitigated utilizing
riparian wetland mitigation credits and invoiced using the riparian wetland rate schedule.
State of North Carolina Environmental Quality I Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 217 W. Jones Street, Suite 3000
919 707 8976 T
River Basin
CU Location
(8 -digit
HUC)
Stream (feet)
Wetlands (acres)
Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.)
Buffer II
(Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Ri arian Non -Riparian Coastal Marsh
Tar -Pamlico
03020102
0
_0_0
0
0 ._
_0_0
. 0.5
0
0
219,253
81,915
03020101
0
0
214,483
104,385
Impact
Neuse
03020203
0
0
u- 0
0
0- :,-
0
158,201
87,411
03020201
0
0
63
0.21
0.09"
0
343,633
142,711
03030006:
0 .,
0 •,
612
0.74
0
0
p
0
Cape Fear
03030004
0
0
61
0
0
0
0
0
03030005
0
0 .,
30
0
0
0
0
0
"In accordance with the directive from the February 8, 2011 IRT meeting, non -riparian wetland impacts located in
the mountains and piedmont areas of North Carolina can be accepted as requested, but mitigated utilizing
riparian wetland mitigation credits and invoiced using the riparian wetland rate schedule.
State of North Carolina Environmental Quality I Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 217 W. Jones Street, Suite 3000
919 707 8976 T

Upon receipt of payment, DMS will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. The mitigation
will be performed in accordance with the In -Lieu Fee Program instrument dated Juiy 28, 2010 and 15A NCAC
02B .0295 as applicable. Thank you for your interest in the DMS in -lieu fee mitigation program. If you have any
questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at [phone].
Sincerely,
J m s.B Stanfill
Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Richard Gangle, agent
Spencer Trichell, agent