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Environmental
Quality
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Mr. Dave McHenry
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr. McHenry:
August 24, 2018
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 14 Project, TIP R-5735, US 19 / 64 / 74 / 129 Improvements, Cherokee County; WBS Element
50193.1.1
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream and wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information received on August 23,
2018, the impacts are located in CU 06020002 of the Hiwassee River basin in the Southern Mountains (SM) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
Hiwassee
06020002
SM Cold
Impacts (feetlacres) 45.0
Stream
Cool I Warm
Wetlands
�p�� Non- Coastal
Riparian Marsh
0.10
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Zone 1 f Zone 2
0
DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with
this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with 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 Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
Jame.. B. . tanfill
DMS . s t Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field O�ce
Mr. Mac McDowell, P.E., Division 14 Project Engineer
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: R-5735, US 19/64/74/129 Improvements — Division 14
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