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PROGRAM
November 5, 2009
Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Manager, 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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R-2518A, US 19 from 1-26 to 0.8 km East of Yancey County Line, Madison County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on November 3, 2009, the
impacts are located in CU 06010105 of the French Broad River Basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
French Broad Stream Wetlands _ Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
06010105 Non- Coastal
NM Cold Cool Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts
feet/acres) 1,535 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mitigation Units 4,605 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Per the mitigation request from the NCDOT, EEP commits to implementing sufficient stream mitigation
credits up to a mitigation ratio of 3:1 (with a minimum 1:1 being stream restoration type mitigation credits) 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.
1929.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-715-
Sincerely, V
Wil 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: R-2518A
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 /www.nceep.net
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