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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S.REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director January 31,2019
Mr.John Thomas
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Division 4 Office
Post Office Box 3165
Wilson,North Carolina 27895-3165
Dear Mr.Thomas:
Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
W-5600,US 70 Improvements from US 70 Business to the Neuse River,Johnston County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services(DMS)will provide the
stream,wetland and buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on January
31,2019,the impacts are located in CU 03020201 of the Neuse River basin in the Northern Inner Coastal Plain
(NICP)Eco-Region,and are as follows:
Stream and River CU Eco- Stream Wetlands
Wetlands Basin Location Region Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non- Coastal
Riparian Marsh
Impacts Neuse 03020201 NICP 0 0 1,640.0 4.48 0 0
*Some of the impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are administrated through the Riparian Restoration Buffer
Fund. The NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that appropriate compensation for the buffer mitigation will be
provided in the agreed upon method of fund transfer. Upon receipt of the NCDWR's Buffer Authorization
Certification,DMS will transfer funds from the NCDOT 2984 Fund into the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund.
Upon completion of transfer payment,NCDOT will have completed its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for
TIP Number W-5600. Subsequently,DMS will conduct a review of current NCDOT ILF Program mitigation
projects in the river basin to determine if available buffer mitigation credits exist. If there are buffer mitigation
credits available,then the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund will purchase the appropriate amount of buffer
mitigation credits from NCDOT ILF Program.
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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
Mr.Thomas
January 31,2019
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NCDOT TIP W-5600
Eco-
Buffer Impacts
Buffer River Basin CU Region
Zone 1 Zone 2 TOTAL
Impacts Neuse 03020201 NICP 88,463.0 57,784.0 146,247.0
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data.
DMS will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream and wetland 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 increase,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,
Jame B. tanfill
DMS t Management Supervisor
Cc: Mr.Tom Steffens,USACE—Washington Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Eric Alsmeyer,USACE—Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms.Amy Chapman,NC Division of Water Resources
File: W-5600
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