Accept_U-6018_Division 7

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ELIZABETH S.BISER
Secretary
MARC RECKTENWALD NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
August 4,2022
Mr.Jerry Parker
NCDOT Division 7 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
P. O.Box 14996
Greensboro,North Carolina 27415-4996
Dear Mr.Parker:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 7 Project—TIP U-6018—NC 62 Improvements,Guilford 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 mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
received from you on August 4,2022,the impacts are located in the Randleman watershed(CU 03030003)of the Cape
Fear River basin in the Central Piedmont(CP)Eco-Region,and are as follows:
Cape Fear Stream(feet of impact) Wetlands(acres of impact) Buffer(square feet of impact)
03030003 Non- Coastal
Randleman Watershed Cold Cool Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts(feet/acres) 0 0 196.000 0.090 0 0 17,343.000 17,379.000
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were not projected by the NCDOT in the 2022 impact data. NCDEQ
—DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory 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 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.
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 U-6018 in Guilford County.
If you have any questions or need additional information,please contact Ms.Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
for James B. Stanfill
DMS Deputy Director
cc: Mr.Dave Bailey,USACE—Raleigh
Ms.Amy Chapman,NCDWR
Mr.Brad Chilton,NCDOT—EAU
Mr.Jeff Harbour,PWS,Terracon Consultants
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