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PROGRAM
October 16, 2008
Ross M. Smith
PCS Phosphate Company, Inc
1530 NC Hwy 306 South
Aurora, NC 27806 Expiration of Acceptance: July 16, 2009
Project: PCS Phosphate Mine Continuation County: Beaufort
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 all other state federal or local
government permits repulatibus or nuthorizkion? a§sociAl d with the proposed Agtivity including SL 200$152• An Act to Promote
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 Tar- 03020104 0 0 0 0 0 0 184,000 276,000
Pamlico
Credits Tar- 03020104 0 0 0 0 0 0 552,000 414,000
Pamlico
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 [phone] or Kelly Williams at
[phone].
Sincerely,
William D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Tracy Wheeler, USACE-Washington
Kyle Barnes, NCDWQ-Washington
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:27:30 -0400
To: John Dorney <[e-mail]>
CC: Coleen Sullins <[e-mail]>, "Walker, William T SAW"
<[e-mail]>, Cyndi Karoly <[e-mail]>, Kyle Barnes
<[e-mail]>, Amy Chapman <[e-mail]>, Eric Kulz
<[e-mail]>
John:
Please find the attached acceptance letter from NCEEP for stream buffer
mitigation credits. Stream buffer mitigation credits from mitigation
projects identified in the FEIS in addition to the NCEEP credits are more
than sufficient for mitigation of stream buffer impacts within Alt L on the
NCPC tract. Actual credit quantities provided by NCEEP through the in-lieu
fee program will be determined and invoiced to PCS Phosphate subsequent to
issuance of the 401 Water Quality Certification.
Thanks.
Ross
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Valerie Mitchener
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Have a great day.
CC
tracy Morris
<[e-mail]>, Kyle
Barnes <[e-mail]>,
Laurie J Dennison
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Subject
Acceptance letter for the PCS
Phosphate Mine Continuation project
-Val
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