R-5777C DMS Acceptance Letter.pdf

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
MARC RECKTENWALD
Director
Mr. Jamie Lancaster, P.E.
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Lancaster:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
February 5, 2024
TIP R-5777C, US 70 Upgrade from Thurman Road to Havelock Bypass, Craven County
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 mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information
received from you on January 30, 2024, the impacts are located in CU 03020204 of the Neuse River basin in the Southern
Outer Coastal Plain (SOCP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Neuse
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03020204
SOCP
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non -Riparian
Coastal Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts
0
0
893.000
1.478
0.116
0
58,272.000
40,430.000
feet/acres
NCDEQ — DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset the impacts
associated with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with 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: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Mr. Brad Chilton, NCDOT — EAU
File: R-5777C
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