20191466 Ver 1_BR-0044 DMS Mitigation Letter_20191029

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E.
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 4, 2019
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
BR-0044, Replace Bridge 780168 over the Smith River on NC 14 / NC 87, Rockingham County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on September 4, 2019, the
impacts are located in CU 03010103 of the Roanoke River basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Roanoke Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03010103 Non- Coastal
Cp Cold Cool Warm Riparian Zone 1 Zone 2
Riparian Marsh
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 80.0 0 0 0 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.
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2019 impact data. 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 -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 DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
ame B. Stanfill
M.' Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: BR-0044
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality ( Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 11652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976