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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
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February 19, 2007
Mr. William D. Gilmore, P.E., Director rEB
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 e1 P A
Dear Sir:
Subject: Request for Stream and Wetland Mitigation for the Widening of US 1, Richmond
County. Federal Project No. STP-0001(7), WBS No. 34950.1.1, State Project No.
8.1581301, T.I.P. No. U-3456, Division 8,
The purpose of this letter is to request that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program
(EEP) provide confirmation that you are willing to provide compensatory mitigation for the project
in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed July 22, 2003 by the US Army
Corp of Engineers (USAGE), the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(NCDENR), and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT).
The NCDOT proposes to widen US I from SR 1424 to SR 1640/SR 1442, in Richmond County.
There will be impacts to a jurisdictional stream and two wetlands associated with this project which
will require compensatory mitigation. We have avoided and minimized the impacts to Waters of the
US to the greatest extent possible as described in the permit application. An application for a
Nationwide Permit 14 and General Water Quality Certification 3404 will be submitted upon receipt
of acceptance of this mitigation. A copy of the permit application, when submitted, can be found at
http://www.nedot.orWplanning/pe/naturalunit/Applications.htTiil.
The project is located in the Sandhills region of the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province of North
Carolina in the Yadkin River basin in Hydrological Cataloguing Unit 03040201, sub-basin 03-07-16.
Mitigation is required for the following impacts:
107 linear feet of warm perennial stream (unnamed tributary to Falling Creek)
• 0.08 acres of riverine wetland
• 0.13 acres of non-riverine wetland
MAILING ADDRESS:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT[ON
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
RALEIGH NC 27699-1598
TELEPHONE: [phone] or
919-715-1335
FAX: [phone]
WEBSITE: WWWWWOTORG
LOCATION:
2728 CAPITAL BLVD. SUITE 240
RALEIGH NC 27604

Please send the letter of confirmation to Richard Spencer at U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, PO Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402 -1890. Mr. Spencer's
FAX number is 910 -251 -4025.
In order to satisfy regulatory assurances that mitigation will be performed; the NCDWQ requires a
formal letter from EEP indicating their willingness and ability to provide the mitigation work
requested by NCDOT. The NCDOT requests such a letter of confirmation be addressed to Mr. John
Hennessy of NCDWQ, with copies submitted to NCDOT.
Please respond to NCDOT in writing within 10 business days with an EEP acceptance letter for this
NCDOT project.
If you have any questions or need additional information please call Ashley Cox at 919 -715 -5534.
cc:
Sincerely,
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D., Manager
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
Mr. Richard Spencer, USACE
Mr. John Hennessy, NCDWQ
Ms. Polly Lespinasse, NCDWQ
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT Natural Environment Unit
Mr. Majed Alghandour, P. E., NCDOT Project Management/Scheduling Unit
Mr. Todd Jones, NCDOT External Audit Branch
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