20121107 Ver 1_EEP Acceptance Letter_20130318

Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Manager, Project Development and Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
P-5206B / C / D / F, Railroad Improvements from Reid to North Kannapolis, Rowan
County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by
you on March 11, 2013, the impacts are located in CUs 03040103 and 03040105 of the Yadkin River basin in the
Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
River Basin / CU / Impacts (feet / acres)
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer
Cold
Cool
warm
RW
NRW
CM
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts— Yadkin 03040103 (CP)
42
0.05
Impacts - Yadkin 03040105 (CP)
Impacts —Total Project
405 0.05
*Some of the stream and wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1 :1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for
details.
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2013 impact data.
EEP will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to offset the
impacts associated with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in
Section F.3.c.iii of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program
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
EEP.
8420.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-
Sincerely
Michael Eli ", on
EEP Acting Director
cc: Mr. John Thomas, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Euliss, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
File: P-5206B C D F
North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-707-8976 / http: / /portal.ncdenr.org /web /eep