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August 30, 2010
Mr. Greg Thorpe, Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548
Dear Mr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
R-2237C, US 321 from SR 1500 (Blackberry Road) to US 221 at Blowing Rock, Watauga and
Caldwell Counties; New and Yadkin River Basins
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 August 30, 2010, the impacts are located in CU 05050001 of the
New River Basin and 03040101 of the Yadkin River Basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are as
follows:
Stream Wetlands Buffer
IMPACTS /MITIGATION UNITS Cold Cool Warm RW NRW CM Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts - New 05050001 NM 647 0.06
Mitigation Units - New 05050001 u to 2:1 1,262 0.12

impacts - Yadkin 03040101 NM 975 0.13
Mitigation Units - Yadkin 03040101 u to 2:1 1,930 0.26

Impacts - Total Project 1,622 0.19
Mitigation Units - Total Project u to 2:1 3,192 0.38
This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letter issued on August 2, 2010. EEP
commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to offset the final
permitted impacts associated with this project in accordance with the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural
Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program 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 EEP.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-715-1929.
Sincerely, c
Willi a". Gilmore, P.E.
EEP Director
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE - Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Brian Wrenn, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
File: R-2237C Revised
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.noeep.net