20181317 Ver 1_Macon County - B244 - Mitigation Acceptance Letter (2)_9/28/2018 1:48 PM

Environmental
Quality
ROY COOPER
August 10, 201 S
Mr. Patrick J. Breedlove
NCDOT Division 14 Environmental Specialist
North Carolina Department of Transportation
253 Webster Road
Sylva, North Carolina 28779
Dear Mr. Breedlove:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance L,etter:
Division 14 Project, Replace Bridge 244 on SR 1114 (Shope Road) over North Fork Coweeta Creek,
Macon County; WBS Element 17BP.14.R.161
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation 5eroices (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information received on August 6, 2018, the unpacts
are located in CU 06010203 of the Little Tennessee River basin in the 5outhern Mouniains (SM) Eco-Region, and are as
follows:
Little Tennessee
06020103
SM Cold
Impacts (feet/acres) 68.0
Stream
Cool
Wetlands
Warm Ri arian on-
Pn:_..�.._
0
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
Coastal �ne 1 Zone 2
Marsh
0 0 0
The impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data. 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. 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,
James B. 4{antill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Ms. Lori Beckwith, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Mr. David McHenry, Division 14 Environmental Officer
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 1114 — Bridge 244 — Division 14
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