20190211 Ver 1_U-5875 - Division 2 - STR - Buffer_20190220

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
TIM BAUMGARTNER February 15, 2019
Director
Mr. Jay Johnson
Division 2 Project Development Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1037 W. H. Smith Boulevard
Greenville, North Carolina 27835
Dear Mr. Johnson:
Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 2 Project — TIP U-5875, SR 1203 (Allen Road) Improvements from SR 1467
(Stantonsburg Road) to US 13 (Dickinson Avenue Extension), Pitt County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the stream and
buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on February 15, 2019, the impacts are
located in CU 03020103 of the Tar -Pamlico River basin in the Northern Inner Coastal Plain (NOCP) Eco-Region:
Tar -Pamlico
03020103
NICP
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non-
Coastal
Riparian Buffer
Riparian
Marsh
Impacts (feet / acres / square feet)
0
0
352.0
0
0
0
192,375.0 sq ft
Some of the stream and wetland impacts maybe 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.
DMS commits to implementing sufficient stream mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with this project as
determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with 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, _
Jamt.tanfillDManagement Supervisor
cc: Mr. Tom Steffens, USACE — Washington Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: U-5875 — Division 2
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976