20120809 Ver 1_EEP Letter_20120925

Mr. M L. Holder, P.E.
NCDOT Division 12 Division Engineer
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 47
Shelby, North Carolina 28151 -0047
Dear Mr. Holder:
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PROGRAM
September 25, 2012
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 12 Project, Replace Bridge 129 on SR 1577 (Pisgah Ridge Circle), Iredell
County, State Project Number 1213.204911
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 September 25, 2012,
the impacts are located in CU 03040102 of the Yadkin River basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco- Region, and
are as follows:
Yadkin
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03040102
Cold
Cl
oorm
Warm
Riparian
p
Non-
Coastal
Zone 1
Zone 2
CP
Riparian
Marsh
Impacts
0
0
50
0
0
0
0
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 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,
Suzanne Klimek 04�_
EEP Acting Director
cc: Ms. Liz Hair, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands /401 Unit
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
Ms. Trish Beam, Division 12 Environmental Supervisor
File: SR 1577 — Bridge 129 — Division 12
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 -1652 1919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net