20201838 Ver 1_ILF Accept_Y-5500JC_20210913

August 12, 2021

Ms. Anamika Laad, P.E.
Rail Division Planning & Development Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1553 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1553

Dear Ms. Laad:

Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:

Y-5500JC, Rail Crossing Closure at Tory Path Road, Union County

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on August 12, 2021,
the impacts are located in CU 03050103 of the Catawba River basin in the Southern Piedmont (SP) Eco-Region, and are as
follows:

Catawba
03050103
SP
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 211.000 0.105 0 0 0 0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit
application for details.

The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2021 impact data. DMS
will commit to implement sufficient compensatory 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, and consistent with the Guidance for Expanded Service Area for Mitigating Impacts within the Lower
Catawba River Basin approved by the IRT. 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 Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.

Sincerely,

James B. Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor

cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE – Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT – EAU
Mr. Ray Bode, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.
File: Y-5500JC