20211241 Ver 1_Accept_B-3185_B-5898_Div 14_20211103

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary

NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality

November 3, 2021

Mr. Dave McHenry
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779

Dear Mr. McHenry:

Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:

Division 14 Project – TIP Numbers B-3186 and B-5898, US 23 / 74 / 19 Intersection Improvements and
Replace Bridges 430107, 430110, 430155, 430158, and 430168 over Richland Creek, Haywood County; WBS
Numbers 38332.1.FS1 and 48030.1.FS1

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 stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on
the information received from you on October 28, 2021, the impacts are located in CU 06010106 of the French Broad
River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:

French Broad
06010106
SM
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts
(feet/acres) 51.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory 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 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: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE – Raleigh
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT – EAU
File: B-3186_B-5898 – Division 14