20201093 Ver 2_B-5813 DMS Acceptance Letter_20210426

July 30, 2020

Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E.
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598

Dear Mr. Harris:

Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:

B-5813, Replace Bridge 132 on NC 73 over Buffalo Creek, Cabarrus County

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on July 29, 2020, the
impacts are located in CU 03040105 of the Yadkin River basin in the Southern Piedmont (SP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:

Yadkin
03040105
SP
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 220.0 0 0 0 0 0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application
for details.

The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2020 impact data. DMS will
commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with this project as
determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in Section F.3.c.iii of the 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 DMS.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.

Sincerely,

James B. Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor

cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE – Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: B-5813
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAELS. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W.Jones Street I 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976