20110302 Ver 1_EEP Acceptance Letters_20110408

April 8, 2011
Mr. Jerry Parker
Division 7 Environmental Officer
NCDOT - Division 7 Office
1584 Yanceyville Street
P. O. Box 14996
Greensboro, NC 27415
Dear Mr. Parker:
Subject: PEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
SR 2755, Replace Bridge Rock Creek on Carmen Road, Guilford County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on April 6, 2011, the impacts are
located in CU 03030002 of the Cape Fear River Basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Cape Fear
03030002 Stream Wetlands Buffer -- Jordan Lake Buffer Rules
Haw River Arm Watershed
CP Cold Cool Warm RW NRW CM Zone 1 3:1) Zone 2 1.5:1
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 0 0 0 0 168 0
Mitigation Units 0 0 0 0 0 0 504 0
All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are administrated through the Riparian Restoration Buffer
Fund. The NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that appropriate compensation for the buffer mitigation will be
provided in the agreed upon method of fund transfer. Upon receipt of the NCDWQ's Buffer Authorization
Certification, EEP will transfer funds from MOA Fund into the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. Upon completion
of transfer payment, NCDOT will have completed its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for this project. EEP
commits to implementing sufficient buffer 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.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-715-
1929.
Sincerely,
Will D. Gilmore, P.E. U
EEP rector
Cc: Ms. Amy Euliss, NC Division of Water Quality
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT PDEA
File: SR 2755 -Division 7
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 /www.nceep.net