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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20060920 Ver 1_EEP Acceptance Letters_20070524Ecosystem PROGRAM May 24, 2007 John Eagen, Jr. River Bluffs Limited Partnership PO Box 25168 Winston-Salem, NC 27114 Project: River Bluffs County: Craven The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing to accept payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that the payment will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact these agencies to determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved. This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not received a copy of the issued 404 Permit/401 Certification/CAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amount of the In Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed at www.nceep.net. Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the following table. Neuse 03020204 Stream (feet). Wetlands (acres) Buffer I (Sq. Ft.) Buffer II (Sq. Ft.) Cold Cool Warm Ri avian Non-Ri avian Coastal Marsh Impacts 0 0 0 0.15 0 0 0 0 Credits 0 0 0 0.15 0 0 0 0 Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies require mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCEEP to be responsible for the additional mitigation, the applicant will need to submit a mitigation request to NCEEP for approval prior to permit issuance. The mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at (919) 716-1921. Sincerely, W am D. Gilmore, PE Director cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit ~ ~ ~ ~ (~ (vJ~ D Tracey Wheeler, USACE- Washington U VV Kyle Barnes, DWQ-Washington Kevin Aeolis, agent JUN 12007 File M~ETLANDS ANf) S TE~A~WIIER H ©' ~~ 1 R.P~StDYGf'1~... ~ ... PYDtP,GtGGC~ OGLY State I~tDE~IR North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1 652 / 91 9-71 5-0476 / www.nceep.net