20181346 Ver 1_SR 2786 - Bridge 100037 - Division 13 - STR - BD 05 (cold) (002)_20181005

Environmental
Quality
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Mr. Yates Allen
NCDOT Division 13 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 3279
Asheville, North Carolina 28802
Dear Mr. Allen:
September 21, 2U18
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 13 Project, Replace Bridge Number 100037 over Rush Branch on SR 278b (Morgan Hill
Road), Buncombe County, WBS Element 17BP.13.R.2
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 compensatory stream mirigarion for the subject
project. Based on the information received from you on September 20, 2018, the impacts are located in CU
03050105 of the Broad River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Broad Strearn Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03050105 Non- Coastal
SM Cold Cool Warm Riparian Ri arian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts
(feet acres 36.0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0
This impact and associated mitigarion need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data.
NCDEQ-DMS will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream 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-Lfeu Fee Instrument dated July 28, 2010. If the above referenced impact arnounts are revised, then
this mirigation 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,
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DMS A�set Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE - Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Christopher D. Medlin, P.E., Division 13 Bridge Maintenance Manager
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT - PDEA
File: SR 2786 - Bridge 100037 - Division 13
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