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Home My WebLink About20161268 Ver 3_R-3300B Revised Mitigation Proposal_20200428Carpenter, Kristi From: Herndon, T. Mason Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 4:46 PM To: Shaver, Brad ; Steenhuis, Joanne; Brittingham, Cathy; Lane, Stephen Cc: Carpenter,Kristi Subject: R-3300B Revised Mitigation Proposal Attachments: R-3300B_Mitigation Revision_Letter_20200429.pdf Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Please see attached revised mitigation proposal letter and DMS acceptance letter for R-3300B, dated April 29, 2020. Please let me know if you have any questions or require any additional information. Thankyou! Mason Herndon Environmental Program Supervisor Division 3 NCDOT- Division of Highways 910-341-2036 office 910-604-0050 mobile tmherndon@ncdot.gov 5501 Barbados Blvd Castle Hayne, NC 28429 r Alt," Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties Email correspondence to and from this sender is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Roy COOPER GOVERNOR April 29, 2020 Brad Shaver NCDOT Coordinator Wilmington Regulatory Field Office US Army Corps of Engineers 69 Darlington Avenue Wilmington, North Carolina 28403 ATTN: Brad Shaver, NCDOT Coordinator Dear Sir: J. ERIC BOYETTE SECRETARY Subject: Additional Information for Modification to Individual Section 404 and Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Hampstead Bypass in Pender County. State Project No. 40237.1.2, TIP No. R-3300B. WBS No. 40237.1.1 References: Section 404 Individual Permit signed August 10, 2017 (SAW-2007-1386) for U- 4751 & R-3300 Section 401 Water Quality Certification issued June 5, 2017 (20161268) for U- 4751 & R-3300 The purpose of this letter is to revise the mitigation proposal that was submitted in our original application dated April 7, 2020. The Department has received correspondence from the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) that there are no riparian or non -riparian wetland mitigation credits available in White Oak HUC 03020302. Therefore, the Department would like to propose that all mitigation required this project, except for the remaining non -riparian mitigation credits (78.43 acres) that were purchased from the Northeast Cape Fear Umbrella Mitigation Bank in conjunction with U-4751, be provided by DMS in Cape Fear HUC 03030007 (CF-07). We have contacted DMS and they have informed us that they have adequate credits available in CF-07 to satisfy the mitigation requirements. The Department would also like to request that the agencies consider only requiring the standard 1:1 mitigation ratio for the impacts outside of CF-07. The Department believes that there is overall ecological benefit by mitigating for all impacts associated with this project in CF-07 where the impacts and effects of the project are more prevalent. A revised acceptance letter from DMS is attached. Mailing Address: NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS 5501 BARBADOS BOULEVARD CASTLE HAYNE, NC 28429-5647 Telephone: 910-341-2000 Fax: 910-675-0143 Customer Service: 1-877-368-4968 Website: ncdot.gov Location: 5501 BARBADOS BOULEVARD CASTLE HAYNE, NC 28429-5647 R-3300B Hampstead Bypass Page 2 of 2 Thank you in advance for consideration of this mitigation proposal. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mason Herndon at 910-341-2036 or tmherndon(&ncdot. gov. Sincerely, 57aT Chad Kimes, PE, Division 3 Engineer North Carolina Department of Transportation ec: Kristi Lynn Carpenter, Division of Water Resources Joanne Steenhuis, Division of Water Resources Cathy Brittingham, Division of Coastal Management ROY COOPER Governor MICHAEL S. REGAN Secretary TIM BAUMGARTNER Director Mr. Mason Herndon Division 3 Environmental Supervisor North Carolina Department of Transportation 5501 Barbados Boulevard Castle Hayne, North Carolina 28429 Dear Mr. Herndon: NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality April 29, 2020 Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter: Division 3 Project: TIP R-330013, Hampstead Bypass — South of NC 210 to North of SR 1563, Pender County The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the compensatory stream and wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on April 7, 2020 and additional correspondence received on April 29, 2020, the impacts are located in CU 03030007 of the Cape Fear River basin and in CU 03030001 of the White Oak River basin in the Southern Outer Coastal Plain (SOCP) Eco-Region, and are as follows: Stream Wetlands Stream and River Basin CU Eco- Wetlands Location Region Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non- Coastal Riparian Marsh Impacts Cape Fear 03030007 SOCP 0 0 4,372.0 14.071 6.717 0 Impacts White Oak 1 03030001 SOCP 1 0 0 1,120.0 3.486 10.192 0 *Some of the stream and/or impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details. NCDOT provides DMS with annual stream and wetland impact projections for all anticipated projects in February of each year and had planned on providing all of the wetland mitigation for this project and requested DMS provide all of the stream mitigation. Upon review of the NCDOT's available wetland mitigation bank credits, additional wetland credits were needed from DMS that were not anticipated and have not been included in the DMS annual mitigation needs. DMS has reviewed the current inventory of wetland mitigation credits in these cataloging units, and based on discussions with your office, DMS plans to offset all of the wetland impacts associated with this project with available wetland credits from Cape Fear 03030007. This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letter issued on April 9, 2020. If the above 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, �/ , James`B. Stanfill DMS Asset Management Supervisor cc: Mr. Brad Shaver, USACE — Wilmington Regulatory Field Office Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA ��NOR�-01 DWaNnant al BMronnbaWl DM 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