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PROGRAM
October 5, 2007
-'Mr.- Gre orY'J. Thorpe, Ph.D.
Environmental Management Director
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Branch
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1548 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1548
Dear Dr. Thorpe:
Subject: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
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R-2408A, Improve SR 1323 (Riverview St) from US 441 Bus. To
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The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Ecosystem Enhancement
Program (EEP) will provide the compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project.
Based on the information supplied by you on September 28, 2007, the impacts are located
in CU 06010202 of the Little Tennessee River Basin in the Southern Mountains (SM)
Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Cool Stream: 167 ft.
EEP commits to implementing sufficient compensatory wetland mitigation to
offset the impacts associated with this project by the end of the MOA Year in which this
project is permitted, in accordance with Section X of the Amendment No. 2 to the
Memorandum of Agreement between the North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers, fully executed on March 8, 2007. 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 EEP.

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If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth
Harmon at 919-715-1929.
Sincerely,

William D. Gilmore, P.E.
EEP Director
cc: Mr. David Baker, USACE-Asheville Field Office
Mr. John Hennessy, Division of Water Quality, Wetlands/401 Unit
File' :"R-2409'
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