20211018 Ver 1_DMS Acceptance_I-5972 - Div 4_20210621

June 17, 2021

Mr. Chad Coggins
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Division 4 Office
509 Ward Boulevard
Wilson, North Carolina 27895-3165

Dear Mr. Coggins:

Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter (Revised):

I-5972, I-95 Improvements, Johnston County

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will
provide the stream, wetland and buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
supplied by you on June 16, 2021, the impacts are located in CU 03020201 of the Neuse River basin in
the Northern Inner Coastal Plain (NICP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:

Stream and
Wetlands
River
Basin
CU
Location
Eco-
Region
Stream Wetlands
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Impacts Neuse 03020201 NICP 0 0 161.0 0.790 0 0
*Some of the impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at various ratios. See permit application for details. DMS
will provide the amount of stream and wetland mitigation included in the environmental permits.

All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are administrated through the Riparian Restoration
Buffer Fund. The NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that appropriate compensation for the buffer
mitigation will be provided in the agreed upon method of fund transfer. Upon receipt of the NCDWR’s
Buffer Authorization Certification, DMS will transfer the appropriate amount of funds from the NCDOT
2984 Fund into the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. DMS will conduct a review of current NCDOT
ILF Program mitigation projects in the river basin to determine if available buffer mitigation credits exist.
If there are buffer mitigation credits available, then the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund will purchase
the appropriate amount of buffer mitigation credits from NCDOT ILF Progr am. The buffer impacts are
listed in the following table:

Mr. Coggins
June 17, 2021
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NCDOT TIP Number I-5972

Buffer River Basin CU Eco-Region
Buffer Impacts
Zone 1 Zone 2 TOTAL
Impacts Neuse 03020201 NICP 11,717.00 7,804.00 19,521.00

The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2021
impact data. DMS will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream and wetland 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 increase, 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 Ms. Beth Harmon at
919-707-8420.

Sincerely,

James B. Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor

Cc: Mr. Tom Steffens, USACE – Washington Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Rob Ridings, NC Division of Water Resources
Mr. Byron Bateman, NCDOT – Division 4
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT - EAU
File: I-5972 – Division 4