20051764 Ver 1_EEP Acceptance Letters_20050826

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMII~IT OF TRANSPORTATION
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
August 26, 2005
Mr. William D. Gilmore, P.E.
EEP Transition Manager
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
Dear Sir:
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LYNDO TIPPETT
SECRETARY
Subject: Widening of SR 1158 (Airport Blvd.) From East of NC 42 to East of US 264A
in Wilson, NC, Wilson County. TIP U-3823, WBS Element 34981.1.1.
The purpose of this letter is to request that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program
(EEP) provide confirmation that you are willing to provide compensatory mitigation for the
project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed July 22, 2003 by the
USACE, the NCDENR and the NCDOT.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation proposes to widen SR 1158 from an existing
two-lane road to a four to six lane facility.
RESOURCES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SECTION 404 AND 401 OF THE
CLEAN WATER ACT.
We have avoided and minimized the impacts to jurisdictional resources to the greatest extent
possible as described in the permit application. A copy of the permit application can be found at
http://www.doh.dot.state.nc.us/preconstruct/pe/neu/permit.html. The remaining impacts to
jurisdictional resources will be compensated for by mitigation provided by the EEP program. We
estimate that 891inear feet of jurisdictional perennial streams (LTT to Bloomery Swamp), 0.903
acre of bottomland hardwood forest wetland, and 19,174 square feet of riparian buffers will be
impacted.
This project is located in Hydrological Cataloguing Unit 03-04-07 of the Neuse River, which is
classified as warm water by NCDWQ.

Please send the letter of confirmation to Mr. Bill Biddlecome (L7SACE Coordinator) at U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers Washington Regulatory Field Office, Post Office Box 1000
Washington, NC 27889-1000. This project is currently scheduled to let in December of 2005.
RESOURCES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA
RIPARIAN BUFFER PROGRAM
NCDOT proposes to mitigate for the Neuse Buffer impacts by using the EEP.
Summary of Neuse Buffer Impacts and Miti atg ion (in square eetL
Site No. Zone 1
Im acts Zone 2
Im acts Total Buffer
Im acts
1 11,533 7,641 19,174
NCDOT anticipates mitigation for the impacts stated above will satisfy permit requirements of
the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (NCDWQ). Upon receipt of the 401 Water
Quality Certification from NCDWQ, NCDOT will transfer funds to EEP for buffer mitigation.
In order to satisfy regulatory assurances that mitigation will be performed; the NCDWQ requires
a formal letter from EEP indicating their willingness and ability to provide the mitigation work
requested by NCDOT. The NCDOT also requests a copy of the confirmation letter be sent to
Mr. John Hennessy of NCDWQ.
Please respond to NCDOT in writing within 10 business days with an EEP acceptance letter for
this NCDOT project. If you have any questions or need additional information please contact
Michael Turchy of my staff at maturchyna~,dot.state.nc.us or 919 715 1468.
Sincerely,
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Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.,
Environmental Management Director
Project Development & Environmental Analysis Branch
Cc:
~fr. John Hennessy, NCDWQ
Ms. Christina Breen, NCDWQ
Mr. Bill Biddlecome, USACE
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT Natural Environment Unit
Mr. Omar S. Sultan, NCDOT Project Management/Scheduling Unit
Mr. Todd Jones, NCDOT External Audit Branch
File-U-3823