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Mr. Mark S. Davis
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
2S3 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr. Davis:
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January 28, 2014
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter: •
Division 14 Project, Replace Bridge 359 over UT to the Pigeon River on SR 1513 (Lee
Road), Haywood County; WBS Element 17BP.14.R.53 .
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP) will provide the
� compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information received on January 28, 2014, the
impacts are located in CU 06010106 of the French Broad River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
French Broad � Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
06010106 Non- Coastal
SM Cold Cool Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts 44.0 0 0 � 0 0 0 0" 0
(feedacres)
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 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.
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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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Stanfill
t Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Reg�ilatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality, 401/Wetlands Unit
Mr. Josh Deyton, P.E., NCDOT — Division 14 Bridge Program Engineer
, Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 1513 — Bridge 359 — Division 14
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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