20130531 Ver 1_EEP Letter_20121204

Mr. Mark S. Davis
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr. Davis:
December'4, 2012
Subject: EEP Mitigation -Acceptance Letter:
Division 14 Project „Replace Bridge 165 over Chambers Branch on SR 1513, Haywood
County; WBS Element 17BP.14.R.27
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information received on December 4, 2012,
the impacts are located in CU 06010.106 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
Non-
Coastal
SM
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian .
Riparian
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts
36
0
0
01
0
0
01
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 pow mitigation acceptance letter will be required from EEP. _
100
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919 -715-
Sincerely,t.�
Suz Klimek
'EEP Acting Director
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands /401 Unit
Mr. Josh Deyton, P.E., NCDOT — Division 14 Bridge Program Engineer
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick,NCDOT — PDEA
File: 8R'l513 —Bridge 165 — 'Division 14
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1652 / 919 -715 -0476 / www.nceep.net