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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MICHAEL F. EASLEY
GOVERNOR
August 29, 2006
Mr. William D. Gilmore, P.E., Director
Ecosystem Enhancement Program
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
Dear Sir:
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LYNDO TIPPETT
SECRETARY
Subject: Proposed replacement of Bridge No. 53 over Swift Creek on NC 102 in Pitt County.
Federal Aid Project No. BRSTP-102(2), WBS 33574.1.1, TIP No. B-4231.
The purpose of this letter is to request that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (EEP)
grant confirmation that you are willing to provide compensatory mitigation for the project in accordance
with the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed July 22, 2003 by the USACE, the NCDENR and the
NCDOT.
NCDOT proposes to replace existing Bridge No. 53 over Swift Creek [DWQ Index # 27-97-(0.5), Class
"C SW, NSW"], a warm water stream, on NC 102 in Pitt County. The project involves replacing the
bridge at the existing location using an off-site detour.
RESOURCES UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SECTION 404 AND 401 OF THE
CLEAN WATER ACT.
We have avoided and minimized the impacts to jurisdictional resources to the greatest extent. The
remaining impacts to jurisdictional resources will be compensated for by mitigation provided by the EEP
program. We estimate that permanent riverine wetland impacts associated with the replacement bridge
approach work will be 0.34-acre from road fill, and clearing and grubbing activities.
The project is located in the Coastal Physiographic Province (Northern Inner Coastal Plain EEP
Ecoregion) in Pitt County, in the Neuse River Basin, Hydrological Cataloguing Unit 03020202. We
propose to provide compensatory mitigation for the wetland impacts by using the EEP for the 0.34-acre
of impacts.
Please send the letter of confirmation to Mr. William Wescott (USACE Coordinator) at U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers Washington Regulatory Field Office, P.O. Box 1000, Washington, NC 27889-1000.
Mr. Wescott's FAX number is [phone]. The current let date for the project is February 19, 2008.
In order to satisfy regulatory assurances that mitigation will be performed; the NCDWQ requires a
formal letter from EEP indicating their willingness and ability to provide the mitigation work requested
by NCDOT. The NCDOT requests such a letter of confirmation be addressed to Mr. John Hennessy of
NCDWQ, with copies submitted to NCDOT.

Please respond to NCDOT in writing within 10 business days with an EEP acceptance letter for this
NCDOT project. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Mr. Tyler
Stanton at [e-mail] or [phone].
Sincerely,
Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph.D.,
Environmental Management Director
Project Development & Environmental Analysis Branch
Cc:
~Mr. John Hennessy, NCDWQ
Mr. Brian Wrenn, NCDWQ
Mr. William Wescott, USACE
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT Natural Environment Unit
Mr. Majed Alghandour, P. E, NCDOT Project Management/Scheduling Unit
Mr. Todd Jones, NCDOT External Audit Branch