HomeMy WebLinkAbout20201371 Ver 1_12_Accept_A-0009C_Div 14_20211216ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
November 23, 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 Number A-0009C, Corridor K Appalachian Highway Development System, Graham
County; WBS Number 32572
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 and wetland mitigation for the subject project.
Based on the information received from you on November 22, 2021, the impacts are located in CU 06010202 and
06010204 of the Little Tennessee River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Stream and
Wetlands
River
Basin
CU
Location
Eco-
Region
Stream Wetlands
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Impacts Little
Tennessee 06010202 SM 63.000 0 0 0 0 0
Impacts Little
Tennessee 06010204 SM 3,426.000 0 0 1.140 0 0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit
application for details.
DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream and wetland 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 in the Little Tennessee River basin. 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: A-0009C – Division 14