20191495 Ver 1_Town of Apex TIP U-5537 Acceptance Letter_20191104

ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Qualify
MICHAEL S. REGAN Swat-y October 29, 2019
TiM BALIMGARTNER
fllrector
Russell Dalton
Town of Apex
P.O. Box 250
Apex, NC 27502 Expiration of Acceptance: 4/29/2020
Project: Town of Apex TIP U-5537 County: Wake
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 issued 404 PermIV401 Certification 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
required and assigned to DMS for this impact is determined by permitting agencies and may exceed the
impact amounts shown below.
River Basin
Neuse
Neuse
Impact Location
(8-digit HUC)
03020201
03020201
Impact Type
Warm Stream
Impact Quantity
233
Riparian Buffer 1 7,720
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 Kelly Williams at (919) 7Q7-8915.
cc: Phil May, agent
B Stanfill
anagement Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
7V W.)ones Street 1 1657 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976