20211043 Ver 1_Accept_R-5709_20210624

June 22, 2021
Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E.
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
TIP Number R-5709, NC 211 Widening from US 15 / 501 in Aberdeen to East of SR 1244
(West Palmer Street) / SR 1311 (Mockingbird Hill Road) in Raeford, Hoke County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
stream and wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on June 22, 2021,
the impacts are located in CU 03040203 of the Lumber River basin in the Southern Inner Coastal Plain (SICP) Eco-
Region, and are as follows:
Stream &
Wetlands
River
Basin
CU
Location
Eco-
Region
Stream Wetlands
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Impacts Lumber 03040203 SICP 0 0 1,443.000 1.300 1.000 0
*Some of the stream impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream and wetland mitigation credits to offset the
impacts associated with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with 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 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. Monte Matthews, USACE – Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NC Division of Water Resources – Raleigh
File: R-5709