20110199 Ver 1_EEP Letters_20110216

Ecosystem
PROGRAM
February 16, 2011
Steve Ward
Harnett County Public Utilities
PO Box 1119
Lillin?ton, NC 27546 Expiration of Acceptance: November 16, 2011
Project: Happy Acres/Harnett Public Utilities County: Harnett
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. You must also comply with all other state federal or local
government permits, res1-ulati0ns or authorizations associated with the proposed activity including SL 2009-337: An Act to Promote
Compensator Mitigation by Private Mitigation Banks
"Phis acceptance is valid for nine months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not received a copy of the
issued 404 Permit/401 Certification/LAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's
responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based
on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. 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 following
table.
River
Basin CU
Location Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.) Buffer II
(Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh
Impact
- Cape Fear 03030004
- 0
--
? 0 0 0.25 0 0 0 0
C'rcdits Cape fear 03030004 0 0 0 Up to
0.50 0 0 0 0
Upon receipt of payment, EI:P 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 N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program In-Lieu Fee
lnstnament elated July 28, 2010.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at [phone].
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William ;ilmore, PE
Director
cc: lan McMillan, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Crystal Amschler, USACF,-Wilmington
Adam Carter, agent
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699.1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net