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Home My WebLink About19960319 Ver 1_401 Application_20110408 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE GOVERNOR April 6, 2011 Raleigh Regulatory Field Office US Army Corps of Engineers 3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105 Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587 ATTN: Mr. Eric Alsmeyer NCDOT Coordinator 4 ?n °Fkv. ??0 lJ 40 EUGENE A. CONTi4 H SECRETARY Subject: Modification Request for Individual Section 404 Permit and to Individual Section 401 Certification for R-2000 CB/D & R-2000 EA/EB For Interstate Highway 540 Wake County NCDOT Division 5 State Project Numbers: 8.U40111, 8.U401701 T.I.P. Project Numbers: R-2000 CB/D & R-2000 EA/EB Debit $570.00 from WBS Element 34365.1.13 Reference: • Individual 401 Water Quality Certification No. 3081 issued. September 27, 1996. • Department of the Army Permit issued October 10, 1996. COE Action ID 199601917. • USACE Modification issued September 29, 1999. • Ecosystem Enhancement Program acceptance letter issued March 16, 2011. Dear Mr. Alsmeyer: This letter addresses the mitigation requirements specified in the R-2000 CB/D & R-2000 EA/EB project permits that remain unfulfilled. The NCDOT previously identified the Dutchmen's Creek (R-2000 CB/D) and New Light Creek (R-2000 EA/EB) mitigation sites as the sources of compensatory mitigation for these two projects. However, final mitigation units available at these sites were not sufficient to meet the mitigation requirements. Therefore, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) requests approval for revisions to the above referenced -permits-to allow_Ahe NCDOT to purchase the remaining mitigation from the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP). The remaining balance for R-2000 CB/D is 0.70 acres of riparian wetland mitigation in Cataloging Unit (CU) 03020201 of the Neuse River Basin. The remaining V, balance for R-2000 EA/EB is 5.44 acres of non-riparian wetland mitigation in CU 03020201 of the Neuse River Basin. Please see attached EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letters. A copy of this permit application and its distribution list will be posted on the NCDOT website at http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/pe/neu/permit.html Thank you for your assistance with this project. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Rachelle Beauregard (919) 707-6105. Sincerely, q Grego J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Environmental Management Director ' Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch CC: NCDOT Permit Application Standard Distribution List PROGRAM March 16, 2011 Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D. Manager, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch North Carolina Department of Transportation 1548 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548 Dear Dr. Thorpe Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter: R-2000CB/D, I-540 (Northern Wake Expressway) from Southwest of SR 1826 (Ray Road) to West of SR 2000 (Falls of the Neuse Road), Wake County The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the riparian wetland restoration mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on March 4, 2011, the impacts are located in CU 03020201 of the Neuse River Basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco- Region, and are as follows: Neuse Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.) 03020201 Non- Coastal CP Cold Cool - Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone l Zone 2 Impacts 0 0 0 0.70 0 0 0 0 feettacres) Mitigation Units 0 0 0 0.70 0 0 0 0 EEP commits to providing sufficient riparian wetland restoration mitigation credits to offset the 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. 1929. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-715- Sincer , William D. ilmore, P.E. EEP Director cc: Mr. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE - Raleigh Regulatory Field Office - - Mr. Brian Wrenn, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit ---File: R-2000CB/D )z"t-DYGKg... El2AR."... Prot-", 0 f,Y Stn& ®?n WEERRA North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476./.www.nceep.net rt? PROGRAM March 16, 2011 Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D. Manager, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch North Carolina Department of Transportation 1548 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548 Dear Dr. Thorpe: Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter: R-2000EA/EB, I-540 (Northern Wake Expressway) from West of SR 2000 (Falls of the Neuse Road) to East of US 1, Wake County The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the non-riparian wetland restoration mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on March 4, 2011, the impacts are located in CU 03020201 of the Neuse River Basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows: Neuse Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.) 03020201 Non- Coastal CP Cold Cool Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone I Zone 2 Impacts 0 0 0 0 5.44 0 0 0 feet/acres) Mitigation Units 0 0 0 0 5.44 0 0 0 EEP commits to providing sufficient non-riparian wetland restoration mitigation credits to offset the 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. 1929. If you have any questions or need additional inforiation, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-7IS- Since rel William . Gilmore, P.E. EEP Director cc: Mr. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE - Raleigh Regulatory Field Office Mr. Brian Wrenn, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit File: R-2000EA/EB jzMtosrut9... 'Ektha."... Noted, Oaur state &40 16A_ ern NCDENR North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net