20061730 Ver 1_Acceptance Letter_20061030

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October 25, 2006
William Scudder
Brunswick Development Co.
8414 Falls of the Neuse Road
Raleigh, NC 27615
Project: Cypress Creek County: Brunswick
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The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NC EEP) 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 NC EEP will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter. )f we have not received a copy of the issued 404
Permit/401 Certification within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send
copies of the 404/401/LAMA permits to NC EEP. Once NC EEP receives a copy of the 404 Permit and/or the 401
Certification an invoice will be issued and payment must be made.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the
following table.
River Basin Wetlands Stream Buffer Buffer
Cataloging (Acres) (Linear Feet) Zone 1 Zone 2
Unit
(Sq. Ft.)
(Sq. Ft.)
Ri arian Non-Ri arian Coastal Marsh Cold Cool Warm
Lumber 0.25 2.35 0 0 0 30 0 0
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Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation for the permitted impacts
up to a 2:1 mitigation-to-impact ratio, (buffers, Zone 1 at a 3:1 ratio and Zone 2 at a 1.5:1 ratio). The type and amount of the
compensatory mitigation will be as specified in the Sec[ion 404 Permit and/or 401 Water Quality Certification, and/or
CAMA Permit. 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 [phone].
Sincerely,
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Wi m D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit
Tom Farrell, USAGE-Wilmington
Noelle Lutheran, DWQ- Wilmington
Doug Huggett, NCDCM-Morehead City
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