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11010 Raven Ridge Road Raleigh, North Carolina 27614 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
www.SandEC.com
February 14, 2006
S&EC Project # 4433.w2
N.C. Division of Water Quality
401 Oversight and Express Permits Unit
Attn: Cyndi Karoly
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27604-2260
Re: Waterstone Drive, DWQ Project # 05-1967
Hillsborough, Orange County, NC
Dear Mrs. Karoly:
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On November 4, 2005, Soil & Environmental Consultants, PA (S&EC) received a copy of the
Request for More Information letter addressed to Mr. Eric Peterson, Town of Hillsborough dated
October 31, 2005. This letter requests additional information regarding section XIV and section
X.3 of the Pre-Construction Notification Application (PCN); cumulative impacts and buffer
mitigation, respectively.
Since this is a connector road for the Town of Hillsborough and it will be connecting Old NC
Highway 86 and the New NC Highway 86 it is possible that the parcels located within this area
could be developed in the future. As such, the Town of Hillsborough is willing to accept potential
stormwater management issues with the future development of these areas, please see attached
letter.
In regards to Riparian Buffer Mitigation, an In-Lieu Fee Request Form has been sent to the EEP
for 26,685 square feet of Zone 1 and 14,395 square feet of Zone 2, totaling of 101,648 square
feet of riparian buffer mitigation, please see attached EEP acceptance letter.
Please feel free to call me if you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
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Sean Clark
Attachments:
1) Town of Hillsborough letter dated February 9, 2006
2) EEP Acceptance letter dated November 18, 2005
Charlotte Office:
236 LePhillip Court, Suite C
Concord, NC 28025
Phone: [phone]
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Greensboro Office:
3817-E Lawndale Drive
Greensboro, NC 27455
Phone: (336) 540;8234
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November 18, 2005
Sean Clark
Soil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
11010 Raven Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27614
Project: Waterstone Drive
County: Orange
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The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NC EEP) is willing to
accept payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that
the payment will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the
applicant to contact these agencies to determine if payment to the NC EEP will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter. If we have not received a copy of the issued 404
Permit/401 Certification within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send
copies of the 404/401/CAMA permits to NC EEP. Once NC EEP receives a copy of the 404 Permit and/or the 401
Certification an invoice will be issued and payment must be made.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the
following table.
River Basin Wetlands Stream Buffer Buffer
Cataloging (Acres) (Linear Feet) Zone 1 Zone 2
Unit (Sq. Ft.) (Sq. Ft.)
Ri arian Non-Ri arian Coastal Marsh Cold Cool Warm
Neuse 0 0 0 0 0 0 26,685 14,375
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Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation for the permitted impacts
up to a 2:1 ratio, (buffers, Zone 1 at a 3:1 ratio and Zone 2 at a 1.5:1 ratio). The type and amount of the compensatory
mitigation will be as specified in the Section 404 Permit and/or 401 Water Quality Certification, and/or CAMA Permit. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of
Environment and Natural Resources and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Carol Shaw at [phone].
Sincerely,
illiam D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit
Monte Matthews, USACE -Raleigh
Eric Kulz, DWQ Regional Office -Raleigh
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