20211248 Ver 1_Accept_SR 1151_Bridge 560222_Div 13_20210816

August 16, 2021

Mr. Yates Allen
NCDOT Division 13 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 3279
Asheville, North Carolina 28802

Dear Mr. Allen:

Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:

Division 13 Project, Replace Bridge 560222 on SR 1151 (Big Pine Road) over Back Branch, Madison
County; WBS Element 48207.3.1

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality –
Division of Mitigation Services (NCDEQ-DMS) will provide the compensatory stream mitigation for the subject
project. Based on the information received from you on August 10, 2021, the impacts are located in CU 06010105 of
the French Broad River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:

French Broad
06010105
SM
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 126.000 0 0 0 0 0 0

This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2021 impact data.
NCDEQ-DMS 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 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
NCDEQ-DMS.

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.

Sincerely,

James B. Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor

cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE – Asheville Regional Office
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT – EAU
File: SR 1151 – Bridge 560222 – Division 13