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Environmental
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Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E.
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
November 7, 2018
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
B-5302, Replace Bridge 3 over the Norfolk Southern Railroad on US 17, Beaufort Counry
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on November 7, 2018,
the impacts are located in CU 03020104 of the Tar-Pamlico River basin in the Northern Outer Coastal Plain (NOCP) Eco-
Region, and are as follows:
Tar-Pamlico Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03020104 Non- Coastal
NOCP Cold Cool W� �Pan� �p�an Marsh Zone 1 � Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 0 1.04 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 permit
application for details.
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data. DMS
will commit to implement sufficient compensatory wetland mitigation credits to offset the impacts associated with this
project as deternuned 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 b� required from DMS.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
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Jam�s B. Stanfill
DMS As et Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Tom Steffens, USACE — Washington Regulatory Field Office
Mr. Garcy Ward, NCDWR
File: B-5302 Revised
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State of North Carolina I Environmental ¢uafity
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