20090072_Mitigation Information_20140416

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PAT MCCRORY
GOVERNOR
April 14, 2014
Mr. Brad Shaver
Wilmington Regulatory Office ACOE
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
ANTHONY J. TATA.
SECRETARY
Re: Bear Branch Mitigation Site, Brunswick County, TIP No. B-4030, Action ID No.
2004422, DWQ Proj. # 090072, DCM Permit No. 68-09
Mr. Shaver:
As you are aware, the Department has monitored the Bear Branch mitigation site since its
construction in February of 2011. Located in Brunswick County, at Bridge No. 9�ver Bear
Branch on NC 130, this 0.41-acre site was monitored for temporary wetland impacts associated
with the B-4030 project. The temporarily impacted area, where the on-site detour was located,
was restored by removing the fill material used for the detour and revegetating the area that was
impacted. The site must re-attain jurisdictional wetland status at the end of three years;
hydrologic monitoring was not required for this project. According to permit conditions,
NCDOT was required to monitor the Bear Branch mitigation site for three years or until success
criteria were met, with vegetation monitoring conducted each year. After each growing season,
annual monitoring reports were submitted to the appropriate regulatory agencies via the Natural
Environment Section's (NES) website:
https: //connect. ncdot.Qov/resoz�rces/Environmental/Pages/Permits-and-Mitigation. aspx
After three years of vegetation monitoring, the Bear Branch mitigation site indicates that the
planted species are surviving and the temporarily impacted areas have re-attained jurisdictional
status. Individual annual monitoring data is provided within the monitoring reports available on
NES's website between 2011 and 2013.
MAILING ADDRESS:
NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER
Rn�eicH NC 27699-1598
TELEPHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
WESSirE: WWW.NCDOT.ORG
LOCATION:
CENTURY CENTER BUILDING B
1020 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE
RALEIGH, NC 27610

A site visit was conducted on April lst, 2014 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT personnel
present. It was determined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been met and that no
further monitoring would be required. NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource agencies
provide written documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site is
closed. If you have any questions about this project, please contact Mr. Randy Griffin at (919)
707-6121.
Sincerely,
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Philip S. Harris, III, P.E., Section Head
PDEA- Natural Environment Section
cc: Mr. Mason Herndon, DWQ
Mr. Travis Wilson, WRC
Ms. Cynthia Vanderwiele, EPA
Mr. Gary Jordan, USFWS
Mr. Henry Wicker, ACOE
Mr. Tyler Crumbley, ACOE
Ms. Amy Chapman, DWQ
Ms. Virginia Baker, DWQ
Mr. Stephen Lane, DCM
Mr. Steve Sollod, DCM
Mr. Fritz Rohde, NMFS
Mr. David Harris, P.E., NCDOT-REU
Mr. Stoney Mathis, P.E., NCDOT-DE03
Mr. Randy Griffin, NCDOT-NEU