20211104 Ver 1_Jackson County - B144 - Mitigation Accepatnce Letter_20210813

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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER June 7,2019
Director
Mr.Patrick J.Breedlove
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva,North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr.Breedlove:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 14 Project,TIP Number B-6032—Replace Bridge 144 on SR 1397(Thomas Valley Road)over
Nations Creek,Jackson County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services(DMS)will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information received on June 6,2019,the impacts are
located in CU 06010203 of the Little Tennessee River basin in the Southern Mountains(SM)Eco-Region,and are as follows:
Little Tennessee Stream Wetlands Buffer(Sq.Ft.)
06020103 Non- Coastal
SM Cold Cool Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts(feet/acres) 55.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated
with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with the 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 DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information,please contact Ms.Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
Jo s . Stanfill
DM. sset Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Crystal Amschler,USACE—Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr.David McHenry,Division 14 Environmental Officer
Ms.Linda Fitzpatrick,NCDOT—PDEA
File: B-6032—SR 1397—Bridge 144—Division 14
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W.Jones Street 11652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976