Accept_U-5312_Div 11.pdf

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MARC RECKTENWALD
Director
Mr. Kevin Hining
Division 11 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 250
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659
Dear Mr. Hining:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
April 11, 2023
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
TIP U-5312, US 421 Improvements from NC 16 to US 421 Business, Wilkes County, WBS Number
454461.1.1
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on April 6, 2023, the impacts
are located in CU 030401010 of the Yadkin River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Stream and
Wetlands
River
Basin
Cu
Location
Eco-
Region
Stream
Wetlands
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non-
Coastal
Riparian
Marsh
Impacts
Yadkin
03040101
NM
0
0
0
0.060
0
0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit
application for details.
DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with
this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with the 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 NCDEQ-DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
.for James I Stanfill
DMS Deputy Director
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: U-5312 — Division 11
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