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PROGRAM
May 17, 2013
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:
U-2524C / D, Greensboro — Western Loop from North of Bryan Boulevard to Lawndale
Drive, Guilford 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 February 25; 2013, the impacts are located in CU 03030002 of the Cape Fear River basin in the Central
Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Cape Fear Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03030002 Non- Coastal
SICP Cold Cool Warm Riparian Zone 1 Zone 2
Riparian Marsh
Impacts* 0 0 7,386.0 6.13 0 0 0 0
(feet/acres)
�`�ome oi the stream and wetland impacts may be proposed to be m�tigated at a I:1 mitigat�on ratio. See permrt application tor details.
This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letter issued on February 26,
2013. EEP commits to implementing sufficient compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation credits to
offset the impacts associated with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with 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.
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If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-
Sincerely,
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James B. Stanfill
EEP Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Andrew Williams, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
File: U-2524C / D Revised
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-707-8976 / http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/eep