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Home My WebLink About20180133 Ver 1_DMS Acceptance Letter_20180209Environmental Quality ROY COOPER Governor February 9, 2018 Mr. Philip S. Harris, 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: EEP Mitigation Acceptance Letter: R-5868, Triangle Tyre Project Diamond, Edgecombe County The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the stream, wetland and buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on February 7, 2018, the stream, wetland and buffer impacts are located in CU 03020101 of the Tar -Pamlico River basin in the Northern Inner Coastal Plain (NICP) Eco -Region, and are as follows: Stream and Wetlands River Basin CU Location Eco- Region Stream Wetlands Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non- Coastal Riparian Marsh Impacts Tar -Pamlico 03020101 NICP 0 0 2,134.0 8.56 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. All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are administrated through the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. The NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that appropriate compensation for the buffer mitigation will be provided in the agreed upon method of fund transfer. Upon receipt of the NCDWR's Buffer Authorization Certification, DMS will transfer funds from the NCDOT 2984 Fund into the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. Upon completion of transfer payment, NCDOT will have completed its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for TIP Number R-5868. Subsequently, DMS will conduct a review of current NCDOT ILF Program mitigation projects in the river basin to determine if available buffer mitigation credits exist. If there are buffer mitigation credits available, then the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund will purchase the appropriate amount of buffer mitigation credits from NCDOT ELF Program. Nothing Compares State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality 217 West )ones Street 1 1601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919 707 8600 Mr. Harris February 9, 2018 Page Two NCDOT TIP R-5868 Buffer River Basin CU Eco- Region Buffer Impacts Zone 1 Zone 2 TOTAL Impacts Tar -Pamlico 03020101 NICP 64,363.0 40,956.0 105,319.0 The impacts and associated mitigation needs were not projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data. DMS commits to implement sufficient compensatory stream, wetland and buffer mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies using the delivery timeline listed in Section F.3.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 8420. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919 -707 - Sincerely, J B. Stanfill DMS Credit Management Supervisor Cc: Ms. Jean Gibby, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office Ms. Sue Homewood, NC Division of Water Resources File: R-5868 Nothing Compares State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality 217 West Jones Street 11601 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1601 919 707 8600