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Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E., CPM
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
March 12, 2018
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
I-5507, I-485 from I-77 to US 74 (Independence Boulevard) — Express Lanes, Mecklenburg
County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream and riparian wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the infortnation supplied by you on
March S, 2018, the nnpacts are located in CU 03050103 of the Catawba River basin in the Southern Piedmont (SP) Eco-
Region, and are as follows:
Catawba Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03050103 Non- Coastal
Sp Cold Cool Warm �P�� �parian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts (feedacres) 0 0 1,198.0 1.73 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 perm.it
application for details.
DM5 commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with
this project as determined by the regulatory agencies m accordance with the In-Lieu Fee Instrument dated July 28, 2010 and
consistent with the Guidance for Expanded Service Area for Mitigating Impacts within the Lower Catawba River Basin
approved by the IRT. 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 infomiation, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
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Jamc� B Stanfill
Asset � . anagement Supervisor
cc: Ms. Crystal Amschler, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: I-5507
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality
217 West Jones Street I 160] Mail Service Center I Raleigh. North Carolina 27699-1601
919 707 8600