20221688 Ver 2_North Bend Public Fishing Area DMS Acceptance Letter (additional impact)_20240808

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MARC RECKTENWALD
Director
Jeff Ferguson, PE
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
171 Southern Cross Road
Weaverville, NC 28787
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 7, 2024
Project: North Bend Public Fishing Area (2nd request)
Expiration of Acceptance: 2/7/2025
County: Burke
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) is willing to
accept payment for compensatory mitigation for impacts associated with the above referenced project as
indicated in the table below. Please note that this decision does not assure that participation in the DMS in -
lieu fee mitigation program will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact permitting agencies to determine if payment to the DMS will
be approved. You must also comply with all other state, federal or local government permits, regulations or
authorizations associated with the proposed activity including G.S. § 143-214.11.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not
received a copy of the Buffer Approval within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the
applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to DMS. Once DMS receives a copy of the permit(s)
an invoice will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to
conducting the authorized work. The amount of the in -lieu fee to be paid by an applicant is calculated based
upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed on the DMS website.
Based on the information supplied by you in your request to use the DMS, the impacts for which you are
requesting compensatory mitigation credit are summarized in the following table. The amount of mitigation
credit required and assigned to DMS for this impact is determined by permitting agencies and may exceed
the impact amounts shown below.
River Basin
Impact Location
8-di it HUC
Impact Type
Impact Quantity*
Catawba
03050101
Riparian Buffer
63 @ 2:1
Catawba
03050101
Riparian Buffer
97 @ 1.5:1
*Applicant requested 272 total credits.
Upon receipt of payment, DMS will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the In -Lieu Fee Program instrument dated July 28, 2010 and
15A NCAC 02B .0295 as applicable. Thank you for your interest in the DMS in -lieu fee mitigation program.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact [e-mail].
Sincerely,
Kelly B. Williams
In -Lieu Fee Program Coordinator
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 West Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
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