20210644 Ver 1_NC 208 Improvements Revised - Div 13-STR-FB 05 Acceptance_20210602

May 18, 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, NC 208 Improvements, Madison County; WBS Element 49339

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 March 31 and May 18, 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 47.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letter issued on April 1,
2021. 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. McCray Coates, P.E., Division 13 Project Manager
Mr. Gabe Johnson, Division 13 County Maintenance Engineer
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT – PDEA
File: NC 208 Improvements Revised – Division 13