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Home My WebLink About20071773 Ver 1_Mitigation Information_20120919A k MWA NC®ENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Waklld P E Governor Director September 19 2012 Wake County DWQ # 20071773 TIP # B 3705 Philip S Harris III PE Natural Environment Unit North Carolina Department of Transportation 1598 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1598 Subject Smith Creek Riparian Buffer Onsite Mitigation Bridge 125 Wake County Dear Mr Harris This correspondence is in reference to your letter dated September 18 2012 regarding the onsite Buffer Mitigation for B 3705 located in Wake County This site is being utilized by the North Carolina Department of Transportation as compensatory mitigation for Neuse Buffer impacts associated with this project On September 12 2012 Rob Ridings of DWQ participated in a field visit to review the site and verify that site success criteria had been met The site provided buffer mitigation to offset impacts of 353 square feet of Zone 1 buffer by providing 1059 square feet of restoration in Zone 1 Also the site provided an additional 271 square feet of Zone 1 Buffer restoration as well as 480 square feet of Zone 2 Buffer restoration that may be used for future projects with DWQ approval By copy of this letter we are notifying you that no further monitoring of the site will be required since the construction and success criteria for the mitigation site has been met Thank you for your time and cooperation If you have any questions please contact Rob Ridings at 919 807 6403 Sincere Charles Waklid Director cc Chris Murray Division 5 Environmental Officer Jason Elliott NCDOT NEU File Copy Transportation and Permitting Unit 1650 Mall Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1617 Location 512 N Salisbury St Raleigh North Carolina 27604 Phone 919 -807 63001 FAX 919.807 6492 Internet www ncwaterouality ora An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer Dee Freeman Secretary NorthCarohna Q N LLJ1 cn d STN£° V w STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTNIENT OF TRANSPORTATION BEVERLY EAVhS PERDUE GOVERNOR September 18 2012 Mr Rob Ridings NC Division of Water Quality 1650 Mall Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 1650 EUGENE A CONTI JR SECRETARY Re Bridge #125 over Smith Creek on Burlington Mills Road Wake County State Project No 8 2408001, TIP No B 3705, Action ID No 200120076, DWQ Project No 20071773 Mr Ridings In accordance with the permit conditions for the B 3705 Smith Creek project, the Department was required to complete a site visit one year after construction to confirm adequate vegetation survival of the buffer mitigation site Construction of the site was completed in August of 2009 and reforestation was completed in March of 2010 Located in Wake County the Smith Creek site is adjacent to Burlington Mills road (SR 2045) This site was constructed to offset impacts of 353 square feet of protected riparian buffer in Zone 1 by providing 1,059 square feet of Zone 1 restoration The site also provided an additional 271 square feet of Zone 1 and 480 square feet of Zone 2 Neuse Buffer restoration that will be available for future projects with approval by NCDWQ The restoration effort involved the removal of the existing causeway fill to the natural ground elevation and revegetating with the appropriate hardwood species In lieu of annual monitoring reports a site visit with NCDWQ was to be scheduled one year after completion of the project to confirm adequate vegetation survival to qualify for mitigation credit MAILING ADDRESS TELEPHONE 919 707 6000 LOCATION NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAX 919 -212 5785 CENTURY CENTER BUILDING B PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 1020 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE 1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER WEBsITE WWW NCDOT ORG RALEIGH NC 27610 RALEIGH NC 27699 1598 I II A site visit was conducted on September 12`, 2012 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT personnel present It was determined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been met and that no further monitoring would be required NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource agencies provide written documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site is closed If you have any questions about this project please contact Mr Randy Gnffin at (919) 707 -6121 Sincerely / /' Z., "/ �/ *,I Philip S Harris, III P E , Section Head PDEA Natural Environment Section cc Mr Eric Alsmeyer ACOE Mr Travis Wilson, WRC Mr Chris Milrtscher EPA Mr Gary Jordan, USFWS Mr Scott McLendon, ACOE Ms Amy Chapman; DWQ Mr David Hams, P E, NCDOT-REU Mr Chris Murray, NCDOT -DEO5 Mr Randy Griffin NCDOT -NEU