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Fish and Wildlife Associates, Inc.
25 Water Tower Lane ? P.O. Box 241 ? Whittier, NC 28789
Phone: [phone] ? [phone] ? Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail] ? Web: wwwfishandwildlifeassociates.com
October 24, 2008
Cyndi Karoly
401 Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
Chuck Cranford
Surface Water Protection Section
2090 US HWY 70
Swannanoa, NC 28778
RE: Highlands School Soccer Field, UT to Harris Lake
Request for More Information
Dear Ms. Karoly and Mr. Cranford:
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Macon County Board of Education has applied to the NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program to
pay into the In-Lieu Fee Program for the mitigation of the impacts at the Highlands School
Soccer Field. Based on conversations with Lori Beckwith and Kevin Barnett at the
commencement of this process in February 2008, Macon County is requesting that the County be
allowed to mitigate the stream piping as follows:
120 linear feet of perennial stream piped in 2006 for playground at 1:1 ratio
179 linear feet of intermittent stream proposed for piping at 0.5:1 ratio
The stream is a small headwater tributary. The unpiped portion is dry the majority of the year
and does not support benthic life. The perennial stream also dries up during the summer. A
portion of the stream will remain open from the springhead to the new culvert (---4001f), between
the two culverts (451f), and off the school property from the road to Harris Lake.
Application has been made to the NCEEP In-Lieu Fee Program and acceptance is attached.
Sincerely,
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Pamela M. Boaze
Agent for the Applicant
Cc: Jack Horton, Macon County Manager
Dan Brigman, Superintendent, Macon County Schools
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October 30, 2008
Dan Brigman - '
Macon Co. Board of Ed.
P.O. Box 1029
Franklin, NC 28744, Expiration of Acceptance: July 30, 2009
Project: Highlands School Soccer Field County: Macon
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The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing to accept
payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that the payment will
be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact these
agencies to determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved. You:must also-comply with Q'other state, federal or local
This acceptance is valid for nine months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not received a copy of the
issued 404 Permit/401 Certification/CAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's
responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based
on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amount of the In
Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed at www.nceep.net.
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the following
table.
River CU Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I Buffer II
Basin Location (Sq. Ft.) (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-Riparian Coastal Marsh
Impact Little 06010202 299 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee-
Credits Little 06010202 598 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee
Upon receipt of payment; EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies require
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 performed
in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N. C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Valerie Mitchener at (9I9) 715-1973 or Kelly Williams at
[phone].
Sincerely,
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William D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Lori Beckwith, USACE-Asheville
Kevin Barnett, NCDWQ-Asheville
Pamela Boaze, agent
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net