R-5861 - Cherokee County - Mitigation Acceptance Letter

May 25, 2023
Mr. Patrick J. Breedlove
NCDOT Division 14 PDEA Engineer
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr. Breedlove:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 14 Project – TIP Number R-5861, US 19 / 29 Improvements from Georgia State Line to US 64 / 74,
Cherokee County
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 mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
received from you on May 22, 2023, the impacts are located in CU 06020002 of the Hiwassee River basin in the Southern
Mountains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Stream and
Wetlands River Basin CU Location Eco-
Region
Stream Wetlands
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Impacts Hiwassee 06020002 SM 0 3,013.000 0 0.280 0 0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit
application for details.
Currently DMS does not have cool stream credits in this service area and commits to implementing sufficient cold
stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with this project as determined by the
regulatory agencies in accordance with 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 B. Stanfill
DMS Deputy Director
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE – Asheville
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Mr. Brad Chilton, NCDOT – EAU
Mr. Chris Rivenbark, RK & K
File: R-5861 – Division 14
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