20191386 Ver 1_BR-0116 - Buffer - TP 01_20191010

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Mr. Philip S. Harris, P.E., CPM
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 24, 2019
Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
TIP Number BR-0116 — Replace Bridge 80 over Gideon Swamp on SR 1403, Nash County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (NCDEQ DMS) will
provide the buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on September 23, 2019, the
impacts are located in CU 03020101 of the Tar -Pamlico River basin in the Northern Inner Coastal Plain (NICP) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
Tar -Pamlico
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03020101
Non-
Coastal
NICp
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Riparian
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts 0
0
0
0
0
0
1,425.0
1,162.0
(feet/acres)
*Some of the stream and wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are administrated through the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. The
NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that appropriate compensation for the buffer mitigation will be provided in the agreed
upon method of fund transfer. Upon receipt of the NCDWR's Buffer Authorization Certification, NCDEQ DMS will transfer
funds from the NCDOT 2984 Fund into the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. Upon completion of transfer payment, NCDOT
will have completed its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for this project. 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 DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
JStanfill
Management
Supervisor
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: BR-0116
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 11652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707,8976