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CC?- ECS CAROLINAS, LLP
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Mr. Ian McMillan
401 Oversight/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
Reference: Villages at Cross Creek 401 Permit Application
ECS Project #06-13392-13
DWQ Project #07-1923
Dear Mr. McMillan:
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JUL 1 6 2008
DENR - WATER QUAUTY
WETLANDS AND STORMWATER BRANCH
On behalf of MS Consultants and per our conversation on Friday, July 11, 2008, I am
forwarding to you the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program's (EEP)
acceptance of payment for impacts associated with the Villages at Cross Creek project.
EEP's letter, dated June 19, 2008, reflects an extension of the credits' validity until
December 19, 2008.
I understand that the permit application for this project has been formally returned to the
applicant and DWQ has requested that the applicant reapply. However, due to a variety
of factors including staff changes at ECS, ECS and the applicant were not able to respond
with complete information to DWQ's initial request for more information, dated June 23,
2008. Now that ECS and the applicant have obtained the requested additional
information from EEP, we respectfully request that the application be reopened.
Please acknowledge the attached letter as EEP's acceptance of payment for mitigation
credits for this project and review the complete 401 permit application for the Villages at
Cross Creek Project.
Please do not hesitate to contact me or Bill Dreitzler of MS Consultants, [phone],
with questions or concerns.
Respectfully submitted,

Rohit Bali
Sr. Environmental Scientist
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Aric Geda, P.E. (Michigan)
Geotechnical Department Manager
Attachment: EEP Letter dated June 19, 2008
delivered electronically and via LISPS
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June 19, 2008
Hill Drietrlcr
MS Consultants, Inc.
33643 Carthage Street
Sanford, NC 27330-4207 Expiration of Acceptance: December 19, 2008
Project: The Villages at Cross Creek County: Nalifar
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosyslctn Enhancement Program (T`CFF11) is N%illing'o a:: e;:t
payment for impacts associated with the above referenced proicct Please note that this decision does not assure that the payment •?.
be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project imps.:s. It is the recponsihi,rlt ol'the applicant to cant :t t :lc
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 transferab'.e. if we have not received a copy of the
issued 404 Pcrudl/401 Certification/CAMA permit within this cline frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant'>
responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCLE1' receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issim! 11,t .v-!
on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amnu::t u; Ih:• In
Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed at www.nceep.nc:
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the following
table.
River
Basin CU
Location Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffo I ` I
(Sq. F-1,
_ ___ _ Cold Cool Warm Riparian. Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh
Impacts Roanokc 030101 07 0 0 832.6 5.00 0 0 0 l r
Credits Roanoke 03010107 0 0 1,665.20 10.00 0 0 0
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Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencic4
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 perfo-rr -d
in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of Environmcnt and Natural Resources 2nd 'h:•
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Valerie Mitchen:r at [phone]
Sincerely,
W li m I). Gilmore, I'll
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Thomas Brown, USACE-Raleigh
Eric MO., NCDWQ-Raleigh
Christina Breen, agent
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919.715-0476 / vnrn•,.ncrae;) ie'