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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20061900 Ver 1_Acceptance Letter_20061218Ecos stem Y PROGRAM December 12, 2006 O lD - ~ goo ~ ~ r~ ~ ±~ ~ ~~ sue, i~Q ~. ` 4 .. Y S"~.q D ~_C William Hardin Pearl Creek Partners C~1=NF, ~ r~A ~~ ~~, ~ ~_[Y ~aANct~ 5201 William & Mary Drive `li'ET~,~,~5 ~~ Raleigh, NC 27616 Project: Pearl Creek County: Wake 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. Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the following table. River Basin Stream Impacts (feet) Wetlands Impacts (acres) Buffer I Buffer II CU (Sq. Ft.) (Sq. Ft.) Cold Cool Warm Ri arian Non-Ri arian Coastal Marsh Neuse 0 0 289 0.049 0.074 0 0 0 03020201 Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation for the permitted impacts up to a 2:1 mitigation-to-impact ratio, (buffers, Zone 1 at a 3:1 ratio and Zone 2 at a 1.5:1 ratio). The type and amount of the compensatory mitigation will be as specified in the Section 404 Permit and/or 401 Water Quality Certification, and/or CAMA Permit. 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 (919) 716-1921. Sincerely, Wi lia D. Gilmore, PE Director cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit Monte Matthews, USACE-Raleigh Eric Kulz, DWQ- Raleigh Debbie Edwards, agent File ~.P~StDYl.Gl9... ~ ~ ... P{~OtP.G~-G`C~ OGLY StU,~~ ~s~~ F~CDENR North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net