HomeMy WebLinkAbout20231609 Ver 1_More Info Received_20240116ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MARC itECKTENWALD
Director
Laurie Haynes
MH Mission Hospital, LLLP
509 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 28801
Project: Crowell Road Bridge
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
January 12, 2024
Expiration of Acceptance: 7/12/2024
County: Buncombe
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) is willing to
accept payment for compensatory mitigation for impacts associated with the above referenced project as
indicated in the table below. Please note that this decision does not assure that participation in the DMS in -
lieu fee mitigation program will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact permitting agencies to determine if payment to the DMS will
be approved. You must also comply with all other state, federal or local government permits, regulations or
authorizations associated with the proposed activity including G.S. § 143-214.11.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not
received a copy of the applicable 404 Permit/401 Certification/Buffer Approval within this time frame,
this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to DMS. Once
DMS receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit
and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amount of the in -lieu fee to be paid
by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed on the DMS website.
Based on the information supplied by you in your request to use the DMS, the impacts for which you are
requesting compensatory mitigation credit are summarized in the following table. The amount of mitigation
required and assigned to DMS for this impact is determined by permitting agencies, dependent on bank
credit availability and may exceed the impact amounts shown below.
River Basin
Impact Location
8-di it HUC
Impact Type
Impact Quantity
French Broad
06010105
Riparian Wetland
Up to 0.20
Upon receipt of payment, DMS will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the In -Lieu Fee Program instrument dated July 28, 2010.
Thank you for your interest in the DMS in -lieu fee mitigation program. If you have any questions or need
additional information, please contact Kelly.Williams@deq.nc.gov.
Sincerely,
Kelly B. Williams
In -Lieu Fee Program Coordinator
cc: James Mason, agent
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
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