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February 17, 2005
Alichael T. Brame
Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd.
6909 International Drive, Suite 103
Greensboro, NC 27409
Project: Maryfield Retirement Center
County: Guilford
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NC EEP) is
willing to accept payment for stream impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that the
decision by the NC EEP to accept the mitigation requirements of this project does not assure that this payment
will be approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the N.C. Division of Water Quality Wetlands/401
Unit. It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact these agencies to determine if payment to the NC EEP for
impacts associated with this project is appropriate.
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 to NC EEP. Once NC EEP receives a copy of the 404 Permit and/or
the 401 Certification an invoice will be issued.':
Based on the information supplied by you on the in lieu fee request form dated February 15, 2005, the stream
restoration that is necessary to satisfy the compensatory mitigation requirements for this project is summarized in
the following table. The maximum amount of mitigation that the NC EEP will accept for this project is also
indicated in this table.
Stream
(linear feet) ! Riparian Wetlands
(acres) Non-Riparian Wetlands
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Im acts 677
Mitigation Maximum 1,354
The stream mitigation will be provided as specified in the 401 Water Quality Certification and/or Section 404
Permit for impacts associated with the referenced project in Cataloging Unit 03030003 of the Cape Fear River
Basin. The mitigation will be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the N. C.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and the N. C. Department
of Transportation signed July 22, 2003.
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Michael Brame
Maryville Retirement Center
February 17, 2005
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If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Carol Shaw at [phone].
Sincerely,
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illiam D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit
Todd Tugwell, USACOE-Raleigh
Darryl Lamb, DWQ Regional Office-Winston-Salem
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