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EEP mitigation for Hatchers Creek Bridge PCN
Subject: EEP mitigation for Hatchers Creek Bridge PCN
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 14:43:09 -0400
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Ian,
After our earlier conversation, I called NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
earlier today and asked about their standard format for acceptance letters
and impacts. I talked with Ms. Carol Shaw who told me they have never
issued approvals for buffer impacts based on laded rates (i.e., raw impacts
x the applicable multiplier). As an example in our September 6, 2005
letter from the EEP to Town of Cary they itemize 5,820 ft2 of Zone 1
impacts and 5,065 ft2 of Zone 2 impacts. EEP recognizes that these numbers
are raw impacts and that applicable multipliers will be utilized in
conjunction with them because in the paragraph below the table they state:
..."EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation
for the permitted impactsup to a 2:1 ratio, (buffers in zone 1 at a 3:1
ratio and zone 2 at a 1.5:1 ratio).
Thus, our request in the PCN application on page 12 of 13 is consistent
with these figures...i.e., zone 1 5820ft2 x 3 = 17,460 ft2 and 5,065 ft2 x
1.5 = 7,598 ft2. As is seen, our figures on page 12 of 13 matches the
information provided in the EEP lettter dated September 6, 2005 (attached
to the PCN application).
To clarify, we are requesting mitigation through the fund at the loaded
limits outlined in both the letter and page 12 ...i.e., Zone 1 17,460 ft2
and Zone 2 7,598 ft2.
Please advise if I may provide any further information. Thank you.
Michael L. Babuin, PhD, P.G.
Environmental Specialist
Town of Cary -- Engineering Dept.
P.O. Box 8005 Cary, NC 27512
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