20080350 Ver 1_EEP Denial_20080519

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March 17, 2008
Erickson Retirement Community
1 Cedar Crest Hill Dr.
Pompton Plains, NJ 07487
Project: Erickson Campus at Matthews
MAY 1 g 2008
t)ENf - WATER OOAU1 f
WETLANDS AND STORMWATER BRANCH
County: Mecklenburg
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 payment for the following
impacts at this time:
Catawba Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres)
03050103
Cold Cool Warm Ri arian Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh
Impacts not 0 0 0 0 0.3 0
Accepted
EEP recently proposed revisions to the fee schedule for wetland and stream mitigation as a means of allowing the program to
generate revenue commensurate with our project implementation costs. Although the revision was passed by the
Environmental Management Commission and Rules Review Commission, implementation of the revision has been delayed
due to administrative rules regarding comment submittals.. Per established protocols for rule-making; the fee revision must
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 unable to provide your mitigation as requested.
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 ne,k; data and opportunities become available. EEP is accepting requests in some areas and will
consider all new requests on a case by case basis.
Thank you for your interest in our program. If you have any questions or need additional information on other mitigation
options, please contact Valerie Mitchener at [phone].
Sincerely,
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Willia . Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Steve Chapin, USACE-Asheville
Alan Johnson, NCDWQ-Mooresville
Sean Peffer, agent
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net