20221394 Ver 1_Bridge 990274 DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter (1)_20221007

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BiSER
Secretary
MARC RECKTENWALD
Director
Mr. Roger Bryan
NCDOT Division 13 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
55 Orange Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-2340
Dear Mr. Bryan:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 27, 2022
Division 13 Project — Replace Bridge 990274 on SR 1410 (Bradford Road) over UT to Little Creek Creek, Yancey
County; WBS BP13.R001.1
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality — Division
of Mitigation Services (NCDEQ-DMS) will provide the stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
received from you on July 27, 2022, the impacts are located in CU 06010108 of the French Broad River basin in the
Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
French Broad
06010108
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non -Riparian
Coastal Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres)
91.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2022 impact data.
NCDEQ-DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with
this project as determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in Section F.3.c.iii of the 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 NCDEQ-DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
James rStanfill
for DMS Deputy Director
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Mr. Brad Chilton, NCDOT — EAU
File: SR 1410 —Bridge 990274 —Division 13
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�, . North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Mitigation Services
217 West Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
NORTH CAF uum
919.707.8976