20180285 Ver 1_Mitigation - SR 2003 Division 11 - STR - CT 01 (Warm)_20180226

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Environmental
Quality
ROY COOPER
Gavernor
Mr. Heath Slaughter
Division 11 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 250
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659
Dear Mr. Slaughter:
February 23, 2018
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 11 Project: SR 2003 Improvements, Caldwell County; WBS Number 44594
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 Febivary 23, 2018,
the impacts are located in CU 03050101 of the Catawba River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are
as follows:
Catawba Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03050101 Non- Coastal
� Cold Cool Warm Riparian �parian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 136.0 0 0 0 0 d
*Some of the impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details. DMS is proposing to
utilize riparian wetland mitigation credits for the non-riparian wekland impacts.
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 201$ 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 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.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
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James B�� St�nfill
Credit Ma,iiagement Supervisor
cc: Mr. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE — Raleigh
Ms. Linda Pitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 2003 Improvements — Division 11
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