20121083 Ver 1_EEP Letter_20121204

Mr Heath Slaughter
Division 11 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 250
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659
Dear Mr Slaughter
PROGRAM
December 4, 2012
Subject EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter
Replace Bridge 290 on SR 1137 over Clark Creek, Watauga County, WBS Number
17BP 11 R 28
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subsea project Based on the information supplied by you on November 29,
2012, the impacts are located in CU 06010103 of the Watauga River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-
Region, and are as follows
Watauga
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq Ft )
06010103
Non-
Coastal
NM
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Riparian
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
feet/acres)
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2012 impact data
EEP will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated
with this protect as determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in Section F 3 c in of the
N C Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program In -Lieu Fee Instrument
dated July 28, 2010 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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If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms Beth Harmon at 919 -715-
Sincere
Suzanne K met
EEP Acting rector
cc Mr Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms Army Chapman, Division of Water Quality, Transportation and Permitting Unit
Ms Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File SR 1137 — Bridge 290 — Division I 1
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