Accept_SR 1515_Bridge_560036_Div 13

March 4, 2024

Mr. Yates Allen
NCDOT Division 13 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
55 Orange Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801-2340

Dear Mr. Allen:

Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:

Division 13 Project – Replace Bridge 560036 on SR 1515 (Buckner Branch Road) over Middle Fork Creek Creek,
Madison County; WBS BP13.R020

The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality – Division
of Mitigation Services (NCDEQ-DMS) will provide the stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
received from you on March 1, 2024, the impacts are located in CU 06010105 of the French Broad River basin in the
Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:

French Broad
06010105
Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres) 124.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2023 impact data.
NCDEQ-DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with
this project as determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in Section F.3.c.iii of 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 Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth A. Harmon
DMS NCDOT ILF Coordinator

cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE – Asheville
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Mr. Steve Cannon, P.E., Division Project Development Engineer
Mr. Brad Chilton, NCDOT – EAU
File: SR 1515 – Bridge 560036 – Division 13