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PROGRAM
May 4, 2010
Mr. Steve DeWitt, P.E.
Chief Engineer
North Carolina Turnpike Authority
5400 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 400
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
Dear Mr. DeWitt:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
R-2635, Western Wake Expressway, Wake County; Cape Fear River Basin
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation for the unavoidable impact associated with the above referenced -
project. Based on the information supplied by you on May 3, 2010, the impacts are located in CU 03030002 and
03030004 of the Cape Fear River Basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
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IMPACTS / MITIGATION UNITS Cold Cool Wann RW NRW CM Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts - Cape Fear 03030002 CP - 6,485 13.78
Mitigation Units Cape Fear 03030002 u to 2:1 12,970 27.56

Impacts - Cape Fear 03030004 CP 5.24
Mitigation Units-Cape Fear 03030004 u to 2:1 10.48
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Impacts - Total Project 19.02
Mitigation Units - Total Project (up to 2:11 23 38.04
This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letter issued on August 1, 2008. EEP
commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to offset the final
permitted impacts associated with this project by the end of the MOA Year in which this project is permitted, in, . . , .,
accordance with Section X of the Amendment No. 2 to the Memorandum of Agreement between the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers, fully executed on March 8, 2007. 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 EEP.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Hannon at 919-715-1929.
Sincerely, V
Willia D. ilmore, P.E.
EEP Dir or
cc: Mr. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE - Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Brian Wrenn, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
Mr. Shannon Switzer, P.E., NCTA
Ms. Jennifer Harris, P.E., NCTA
Mr. Peter Graf, P.E., LPA Group
Mr. Phillip Todd, SEPI Engineering
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT - PDEA
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