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ROY COOPER
Governor
DIONNE DELLFGATTI
Secretary
S.DANIEL SMITH NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
May 4,2021
Jackson County
DWR 2015-0216
Mr.Phillip S.Harris,III,P.E.,CPM
Natural Environment Section Head
Project Development and Environmental Analysis
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh,North Carolina,27699-1598
Subject:UT to Blanton Branch Stream Mitigation Site,Jackson County,TIPNo.R-5206,DWRProjectNo.2015-0216
Dear Mr.Harris,
This correspondence is in reference to your letter dated April 27,2021,for the UT to Blanton Branch Mitigation Site,
located in Jackson County,North Carolina.This site was being utilizedbytheNorthCarolinaDepartment of
Transportation as compensatory mitigation for stream impacts associated with project R-5206.
By copy ofthis letter,we are notifying you that no further monitoring ofthis site will be required since the construction
and success criteria for this mitigation site have been met.
If you have any questions or require additional information,please contact Kevin Mitchell at(828)296-4650 or
[e-mail].
Sincerely,
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Division of Water Resources
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Crystal Amschler,US Army Corps of Engineers,Asheville Field Office
Dave McHenry,Division 14 Environmental Officer
Colin Mellor,NC Department of Transportation
Carla Dagnino,NC Department of Transportation
Chris Militscher,US Environmental Protection Agency
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 11617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1617
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