20181302 Ver 1_U-5818 McDowell DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter_9/25/2018 10:01 AM

Environmental
Quality
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Mr. Roger Bryan
NCDQT Division 13 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post �ffice Box 3279
Asheville, North Carolina 28802
Dear Mr. Allen:
August 22, 2018
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 13 Project, TIP U-5818, SR 1001 (Sugar Hill Road) Improvements, McDowell County; WBS
Element 44390.1.1
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality -
Division of Mirigarion Services (NCDEQ-DMS) will provide the compensatory stream mitigation for the subject
project. Based on the information received from you on August 22, 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
�M Cold Cool Warm Riparian Ri �arian Marsh Zone 1 Zone 2
Impacts 0 144.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(feet acres�
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data.
NCDEQ-DMS will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream 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. [f 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
NCDEQ-DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
Jame��B. S; �nfill
DMS Ass'et Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE - Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Michael Clark, Division 13 Project Manager
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT - EAU
File: U-5818 - Division 13
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