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En a ement
PROGRAM
February 28, 2006
Mr. John Hennessy
N. C. Division of Water Quality
Mail Service Center 1650
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Dear Mr. Hennessy:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
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B-4299, Replace Bridge Number 255 over an Unnamed Tributary
to Swift Creek on SR 1006, Wake County, Neuse River Basin
(Cataloging Unit 03020201)
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement
Program (EEP) will provide the buffer mitigation required for the subject project. The
buffer impacts associated with this project are located in Cataloging Unit 03020201 of
the Neuse River Basin. As indicated in the NCDOT's mitigation request letter dated
February 8, 2006, the project will impact buffers only. The buffer impacts are 6,164
square feet in Zone 1 and 5,632 square feet in Zone 2. If the buffer impacts or the
amount of mitigation required from EEP increases or decreases for this project, then this
mitigation acceptance letter will no longer be valid and a new mitigation acceptance letter
will be required.
The NCDOT estimated buffer impacts in the 7-year Impact Projection Database
submitted to EEP in May 2005. The buffer mitigation required for the NCDOT's impact
projections was incorporated into EEP's biennial budget that was approved in June 2005
by the NCDOT. All buffer mitigation requests and approvals through are administered
through the Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund. Any buffer impact associated with
projects located in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River Basins, and portions of the Cape
Fear and Catawba River Basins are automatic acceptances by the EEP, per the agreement
with the NCDWQ.
The NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that the appropriate compensation for
the buffer mitigation will be provided in the agreed upon method of fund transfer. Upon
receipt of the NCDWQ's Buffer Certification, the NCDOT will provide the EEP a copy
of the Certification along with a letter verifying the buffer impact/mitigation amounts and
requesting a fund transfer to provide the required compensation. The EEP will transfer
funds from the MOA Account (Fund 2984) into the Riparian Buffer Restoration Fund
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program,1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 11699-1652 / 919-115-0416 / www.nceep.net

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If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth
Harmon at [phone].
Sincerely,
William D. Gilmore, P.E.
EEP Director
cc: Mr. Gregory J. Thorpe, P.E., PDEA, NCDOT
Mr. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE -Raleigh
File: B-4299