DMS_B-5318

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MARC RECKTENWALD
Director
Mr. Chris Murray
NCDOT Division 5 Project Engineer
North Carolina Department of Transportation
2612 N. Duke Street
Durham, North Carolina 27704
Dear Mr. Murray:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 11, 2022
Division 5 Project — TIP Number B-5318, Replace Bridge 126 over Smith Creek on SR 2044 (Ligon Mill Road),
Wake County
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, wetland, and buffer mitigation for the subject project.
Based on the information received from you on February 10, 2022, the impacts are located in CU 03020201 of the Neuse
River basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Neuse
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03020201
Non-
Coastal
CP
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Riparian
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts
0
0
240.000
0.790
0
0
12,022.000
6,191.000
feet/acres
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 the transfer payment,
NCDOT will have complete its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for TIP Number B-5318 in Wake County.
DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory 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,
for
James VStanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Dave Bailey, USACE — Raleigh
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — EAU
Mr. Brad Chilton, NCDOT — EAU
File: B-5318 — Division 5
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