20211440 Ver 1_Paulik NOV DMS conditional acceptance letter_20210916

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Istvan G. Paulik
854 Meadow Branch Road
Robbinsville, NC 28711
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 16, 2021
Expiration of Acceptance: 3/16/2022
Project: Paulik NOV County: Graham
This is a conditional acceptance letter.
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) is willing to
accept payment for compensatory mitigation for impacts associated with the above referenced project as
indicated in the table below. Please note that this decision does not assure that participation in the DMS in -
lieu fee mitigation program will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact permitting agencies to determine if payment to the DMS will
be approved. You must also comply with all other state, federal or local government permits, regulations or
authorizations associated with the proposed activity including G.S. § 143-214.11.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not
received a copy of the issued 404 Permit/401 Certification within this time frame, this acceptance will
expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to DMS. Once DMS receives a copy
of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must
be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amount of the in -lieu fee to be paid by an applicant is
calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed on the DMS website.
Based on the information supplied by you in your request to use the DMS, the impacts for which you are
requesting compensatory mitigation credit are summarized in the following table. The amount of mitigation
required and assigned to DMS for this impact is determined by permitting agencies and may exceed the
impact amounts shown below.
River Basin
Impact Location
(8-digit HUC)
Impact Type
Impact Quantity
Little Tennessee
06010204
Riparian Wetland
0.33
*DMS proposes to provide credit for this impact in the Little Tennessee Basin. Upon receipt of payment,
DMS will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. The mitigation will be performed in
accordance with the In -Lieu Fee Program instrument dated July 28, 2010. Thank you for your interest in the
DMS in -lieu fee mitigation program. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact
[e-mail].
cc: Ronnie Dilbeck, agent
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FOR James. B Stanfill
Asset Management Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 West Jones Street i 1652 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976