20180860 Ver 1_SR 1640 - Bridge 77 - Division 5 - Buffer - TP 02_20180619

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Mr. Chris Murray
NCDOT Division 5 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
2612 N. Duke Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27704
Dear Mr. Murray:
June 14, 2018
Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 5 Project — Replace Bridge 77 over Fishing Creek on SR 1640 (Richardson Road),
Warren County, WBS No. 17BP.S.R.77
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services {NCDEQ DMS) will
provide the compensatory buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on June 14,
2018, the impacts are located in CU 03020102 of the Tar-Pamlico River basin in the Central Piedmont (CP) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
Tar-Pamlico
03020102
Cp Cold
Impacts „
Stream
Cool � Warm � Ripanan
0
Wetlands
Non- Coastal
Rinarian Marsh
0
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Zone 1 Zone 2
1,278.0 � 1,291.0
*Some of the stream and wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See pernvt application for details.
All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are adrninistrated 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, NCDEQ 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 this project. 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.
Sincerely,
Ja ies B Stanfill
DhdS,As et Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. James Lastinger, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 1640 — Bridge 77 — Division 5
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State of North Carolina I Environmentai Quality
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