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PROGRAM
January 28, 2014
Mr. Roger Bryan
NCDOT Division 13 Environmental Program Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
55 Orange. Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Dear Mr. Bryan:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 13 Project, Replace Bridge Number 403 over Eller Cove Creek on SR 2101,
Buncombe County; WBS Element 17BP.13.R.31
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 23, 2014, the
impacts are located in CU 06010105 of the French Broad River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
French Broad Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
06010105 Non- Coastal
SM Cold Cool Warni Riparian Zone 1 Zone 2
Riparian ,Marsh
Impacts 0 39.0 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 F3.c.iii of the
N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Ecosystem Enhancement Program In-Lieu Fee Inshument
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-
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Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, Division of Water Quality
Mr. Paul L. Sprouse, P.E., NCDOT — Division 13 Bridge Program Engineer
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 2101 — Bridge 403 — Division 13
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