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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20200698 Ver 1_I-40 Group 1 Storm Repairs - Division 3 - RW - CF 07_20200527ROY 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 May 21, 2020 Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter: Division 3 Project: I-40 Group 1 Storm Repairs, Pender and New Hanover Counties The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the compensatory wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on May 12, 2020, the impacts are located in CU 03030007 of the Cape Fear River basin in the Southern Outer Coastal Plain (SOCP) Eco-Region, and are as follows: Stream and Wetlands River Basin Cu Location Eco- Region g Stream Wetlands Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non- Coastal Riparian Marsh Impacts Cape Fear 03030007 SOCP 0 0 0 0.007 0.460 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. This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2020 impact data. DMS will commit to implement sufficient wetland 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. Sincerely, Ja61 mes B. Stanfill DMS Asset Management Supervisor cc: Mr. Brad Shaver, USACE — Wilmington Regulatory Field Office Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA File: R-3300B NORTH CRROLWAD_E -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