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Home My WebLink About20211471 Ver 1_DMS conditional Acceptance Letter_20211019RQY COOPER Governor ELIZABETH S. BISER 5acretary NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quality October 19, 2021 Chester Bartlett PO Box 2084 Bryson City, NC 28713 Expiration of Acceptance: 4/19/2022 Project: Bartlett Glen Cove NOV County: Swain 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 Permitf401 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-di it HUC Impact Type Impact Quantity Little Tennessee 06010202* Cold Stream 510 DMS can accept this request if the permits allow for credits in the Little Tennessee Basin to be used if 06010202 credits are not available at the time of payment. 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 and 15A NCAC 02B .0295 as applicable. Thank you for your interest in the DMS in -lieu fee mitigation program. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly.Williams@ncdenr.gov. Sincerely, At�du� FOR James. B Stanfill Asset Management Supervisor cc: Owen Carson, agent North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services D Fm r 217 West Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652 a 914.7�7.B476 oemrbierg el Emwnmen[el 0.tl