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Mitigativn Services
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Mr. Heath Slaughter
Division 11 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 250
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659
Dear Mr. Slaughter:
September 2, 2016
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 11 Project: TIP R-5745, US 64 / NC 90 Improvements in Lenoir, Caldwell
County; WBS Number 50200.1.1
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on August 24,
2016, the impacts are located in CU 03050101 of the Catawba River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-
Region, and are as follows:
Catawba
03050101
� Cold
Impacts �
(feet/acres)
*Some of the stream impacts may be
Stream
Cool
Wetlands
Warm Riparian Non- Coastal
Riparian Marsh
413.0
0
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Zone 1 � Zone 2
to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2016 impact data.
DMS will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated
with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in Section F3.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
DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
James B S fill
Credit Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Steve Kichefski, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Dave Wanucha, NCWRC — Winston-Salem Regional Office
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 1545 Improvements Revised— Division 11
State of North Carolina j Environmental Quality Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Cen[er � 217 W. Jones Sheet, Suite 3000 � Raleigh, NC 27609-1652
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