20030909 Ver 1_EEP Acceptance Letters_20030911

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NC®ENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Ecosystem Enhancement
Michael F. Easley, Governor
September 9, 2003
Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Manager,
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: Project: Greensboro Western Urban Loop
TIP#: U-2524AB/AC
County: Guilford County
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The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program
(EEP) will provide compensatory mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
supplied by you in a letter dated August 18, 2003, the impacts requiring EEP mitigation are
located in Cataloging Unit 030030002 of the Cape Fear River Basin in the Central Piedmont
Eco-Region, and are summarized below.
Stream Impacts: 7,191 feet
As stated in your letter, the subject project is listed in Exhibit 2 of the IVlemorandum of
Agreement among the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the
North Carolina Department of Transportation, and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Wilmington District dated July 22, 2003. The compensatory mitigation for the subject project
will be provided in accordance with Section IX, EEP Transition Period, of this agreement.
221 s.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at 919-71 ~-
Sincerely,
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William D. Gilmore, P.E.
Transition Manager
cc: Steve Lund, USACE-Asheville
John Dorney, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
Phil Harris, Office of Natural Environment, NCDOT
File: U-2524AB/AC
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
Phone: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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