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PROG"M
November 4, 2009
Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Manager, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
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R- 2417AA, US 42UNC 87 (Sanford Bypass) from west of SR 1400 to near US 11151501,
Lee County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (REP) will provide the
stream and riparian wetland mitigation for the subject project. This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the
mitigation acceptance letter issued on May 4, 2009. Based on the information supplied by you on November 3,
2009, the impacts are located in CU 03030003 of the Cape Fear River Basin in the Southern Piedmont (SP) Eco-
Region, and are as follows:
Cape Fear
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03030003
Cld
Cold
Col
Warm
Riparian
Non- •
Coastal
Zone 1
Zone 2
Sp
Riparian
Marsh
Impacts
0
0
15 (at 2:1)
0.20
0
0
0
0
(feet/acres).
169 at I ;1
Mitigation Units
Credits -up to 2:1
0
0
30 (2:1)
0.40
0
0
0
0
Credits at 1.1
169 1:1
EEP commits to implementing sufficient stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to offset the
impacts associated with this project by the end of the MOA Year in which this project is permitted, in accordance
with Section X of the Amendment No. 2 to the Memorandum of Agreement between the North Carolina Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and the U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers, fully executed on March 8, 2007. 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 -715-
Sincerely,
Willia D. Gilmore, P.E.
EEP Director
cc: Ms. Kimberly Garvey, USAGE — Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Brian Wreru3, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands /401 Unit
File: R- 2417AA
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699- 16521919.715- 04761www.nceep.net