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ROY COOPER
Governor
March 24, 2017
Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E., CPM
Project Development and Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
B-5170, Replace Bridge 29 over Big Rock Creek on NC 226, Mitchell County
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 March 23, 2017, the
impacts are located in CU 06010108 of the French Broad River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are
as follows:
French Broad Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
06010108 Non- Coastal
� Cold Cool Warm Riparian Riparian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feedacres) 20.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit
application for details.
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2017 impact data. DMS
will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with this
project as deternuned 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,
Jame . S nfill
Credit Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: B-5170
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