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April 12, 2021
Mr. Yates Allen
NCDOT Division 13 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 3279
Asheville, North Carolina 28802
Dear Mr. Allen:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 13 Project, SR 1164 (Rock House Road) Improvements, Madison County; WBS
Element 13.105721
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality – Division of Mitigation Services (NCDEQ-DMS) will provide the compensatory stream mitigation for
the subject project. Based on the information received from you on April 9, 2021, the impacts are located in
CU 06010105 of the French Broad River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as
follows:
French Broad
06010105
SM
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts
(feet/acres) 0 185.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2021 impact
data. NCDEQ-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 NCDEQ-DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-
707-8420.
Sincerely,
James B. Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Chris Medlin, P.E., Division 13, District II Engineer
Mr. Gabe Johnson, Division 13 County Maintenance Engineer
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT – PDEA
File: SR 1164 Improvements – Division 13