20071521 Ver 2_More Info Received_20080222

Dewberry
February 21, 2008
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
Environmental Supervisor II
NC Division of Water Quality
401/Wetlands Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Reference: City of Raleigh
NC State Centennial Sanitary Sewer Repair
DWQ Project # 07-1521, Ver. 2
Dewberry Project No. 50003968
Dear Ms. Karoly:
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Enclosed is the documentation from NCEEP regarding the mitigation request for the project: Centennial
Sanitary Sewer Repair.
Attached is a copy of the original letter we received from you dated February 1, 2008.
Please let us know if you require any other additional information. Please call with any questions or
concerns regarding this permit application.
Sincerely,
Dewberry & Davis, Inc.
ustin R. Story, E.I.
Civil Designer
Enclosures
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2301 Rexwoods Drive 919 881 9939
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February 13, 2008
Expiration of Acceptance: August 13, 2008
J. Russell Allen
City of Raleigh
222 West Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27602
Project: Centennial Sanitary Sewer Repair County: Wake
We have received your request to access the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program's (NCEEP) In-Lieu Fee
mitigation program for the above referenced project. We regret that we are unable to accept the full amount of credit
requested at this time. This letter constitutes an acceptance of a portion of the mitigation you have requested.
EEP recently proposed a revision to the fee schedule for wetland and stream mitigation as a means of allowing the program
to collect fees commensurate with our project implementation costs. The revision was passed by the Environmental
Management Commission and Rules Review Commission but has been delayed due to administrative rules regarding
comment submittals. Per established protocols for rule-making, the fee revision will now be considered during the next
legislative session beginning in May 2008. Until that time, EEP has developed a strategy that considers the financial
implications to the program for new requests to access the In-Lieu Fee Program and has determined that we are only able to
accept a portion of your mitigation request at this time. If you want to resubmit your request form at a later time, EEP will
reconsider the request in the future. We anticipate updating our strategy as new data an6 opportunities become available.
EEP will consider all requests on a case-by- case basis.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the
following table.
Neuse
03020201 Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I
(Sq. Ft.) Buffer II
(Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh
Impacts Requested 0 0 132 0 0 0 5,000 2,000
Impacts Accepted 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,000 1,000
Credits 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,000 3,000
EEP is willing to accept payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project as indicated in the table above.
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 NCEEP
will be approved.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not received a copy of
the issued 404 Permit/401 Certification/CAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the
applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice
will be issued based on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized
work. The amount of the In Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and
policies listed at www.nceep.net.
Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies
require mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCEEP to be responsible for the additional
mitigation, the applicant will need to submit a mitigation request to NCEEP for approval prior to permit issuance. 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. ? J
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If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at [phone].
Sincerely,
Wil ' D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Jamie Shern, USACE-Raleigh
Amy Chapman, NCDWQ- Wetlands/401 Unit
Justin Story, agent
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