20210553 Ver 1_U-5896 DMS Acceptance Letter_20211011

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
October 4, 2021
Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E.
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
U-5896, Re-Construct Interchange – US 29 / US 70 / Business 85 / SR 1009
(South Main Street) in High Point, Guilford County (combined with B-5353)
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services
(NCDEQ DMS) will provide the stream and buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the
information supplied by you on April 22, 2021, the impacts are located in CU 03030003 of the Cape
Fear River basin (Randleman) in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Cape Fear
03030003
Randleman
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts
(feet/acres) 0 0 210.0 0.050 0 0 23,187.0 10,491.0
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 this project.

Mr. Harris
TIP U-5896
October 4, 2021
Page Two

The impacts and associated mitigation needs were not projected by the NCDOT in the 2021
impact projection data. DMS commits to implementing sufficient 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 Beth Harmon at
919-707-8420.

Sincerely,

James B. Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor

cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, NCDWR – Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: U-5896