20130472 Ver 1_EEP Letter_20130312

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March 12, 2013
Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Manager, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
R -3601, US 17 / 74 /-76 from NC 133 / SR 1472 (Fletcher Road / Village Road),
Brunswick County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
compensatory stream, riparian wetland'and coastal marsh mitigation for the subject project. Based on the
information supplied by you on March 6, 2013, the impacts are located in CU 03030005 of the Cape Fear River
basin in the Southern Outer Coastal Plain (SOCP) Eco- Region; and are as follows:
Cape Fear
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03030005
Non-
Coastal
SOCP
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Riparian
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts
0
0
135
0.44
0
0.04
0
0
(feet/acres)
*Some of the stream and wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation'ratio. See permit application for
details.
EEP commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to
offset the impacts associated with this project as determined,by the regulatory agencies in accordance with the N.C.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program 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 EEP.
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If you have any questions or -need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-
Sincerely,
Michae llison
EEP Acting Director
cc: Mr. Brad Shaver, USACE — Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands /401 Unit
File: R -3601
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1652 / 919 - 707 -8976 /ham: / /Po'tal.nedenr.org /web /eea