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PROGRAM
July 26, 2012
Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Manager, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
B -4488, Replace Bridge Number 176 on SR 1763 over Slocum Creek, Carteret County
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 subject project. Based on the information supplied by
you on July 25, 2012, the impacts are located in CU 03020204 of the Neuse River basin in the Southern Outer
Coastal Plain (SOCP) Eco- Region, and are as follows:
Neuse
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03020204
Non-
Coastal
SOCP
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Riparian
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts
0
0
232
0.75
0
0
0
0
(feet /acres)
Mitigation Credits
0
0
232
1.50
0
0
0
0
EEP, through coordination with the NCDOT, intends to utilize the Croatan Wetland Mitigation Bank to
offset the stream and wetland impacts associated with this project. Upon receipt of the permit, the debit in the
amount required by the issued permit will be made and locked to the Croatan Wetland Mitigation Bank. 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,
Suzan limek 4A_-�
EEP Acting Director
cc: Mr. Tom Steffens, USACE — Washington Regulatory Field Office
Mr. David Wainwright, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands /401 Unit
File: B -4488
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1652 / 919 - 715 -0476 / www.nceep.net