20070343 Ver 1_Acceptance Letter_20070119

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Ecosystem
PROGRAM
January 17, 2007
Patrick Rivers
Lowe's Home Center Inc.
c/o Land Planning Associates, Inc.
110 West First Ave., Suite A
Easley, SC 29640

Project: Lowe's Home Centers of East Greenville County: Pitt
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing to
accept payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that
the payment will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the
applicant to contact these agencies to determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter. If we have not received a copy of the issued 404
Permit/401 Certification within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send
copies of the 404/401/LAMA permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the 404 Permit and/or the 401
Certification an invoice will be issued and payment must be made. The amount of the In Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by
an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed at www.nceep.net.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the
followin table.
Tar-Pamlico
03020103 Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.) Buffer II
(Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Ri arian Non-Ri arian Coastal Marsh
Impacts 0 0 100 0 0 0 8,000 7,500
Credits 0 0 200 0 0 0 24,000 11,250
Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies
require mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCEEP to be responsible for the additional
mitigation, the applicant will need to submit a mitigation request to NCEEP for approval prior to permit issuance. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at [phone].
Sincerely,
William. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: VCyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit
Josh Pelletier, USACE-Washington
Chris Pullinger, DWQ-Washington
Matt Branblett, agent (elec.)
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