20130194 Ver 1_EEP Letter_20121030

Mr. Mark S. Davis
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Supervisor_
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr. Davis:
October 30, 2012
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
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Division 14 Project, Replace Bridge 328 over Garrett Creek on SR 1311, l laywood
County; WBS Element l'7BP.14.R.2
The purpose of this letter is to notify, you4bat the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on'the information received on October 29, 2012, the
impacts are located in CU 06010106 of the French Broad River basin in the Southern Mountains, (SM) Eco- Region,
and are as follows:
French Broad
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
06010106
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non-
Coastal
Zone I
Zone 2
SM
Riparian
Marsh
Impacts
48
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
feet /acres
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2012 impact data.
EEP will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream 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
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.
1929.
If you have any questions or need additional information,, please contact Ms. Beth Hannon at 919 -715-
Sincerely,
Suza n Klimek
EEP Acting Director
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands /401 Unit
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT— PDEA
File: SR 1311 — Bridge 328 —Division 14
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1652 / 919 - 715 -0476 1 www.nceep.net