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ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secrc�tary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Direcror
Mr. Heath Slaughter
Division 11 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 250
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 28659
Dear Mr. Slaughter�
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 6, 2018
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 11 Project: Replace Bridge 23 on NC 194 over Old Field Branch, Ashe County; WBS
Number 17BP.11.R.182
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on December 4, 2018, the
impacts are located in CU 05050001 of the New River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
New '
05050001
NM
Impacts (feet/acres)
Cold
58.0
Stream
Cool �Warm
0 � 0
Wetlands
Riparian Non- . Coastal
Ri��arian Marsh
*Some of the stream impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
0
This 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 Beth Hannon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
J;zii � . Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Eric Alsmeyer, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: NC 194 — Bridge 23 — Division 11
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality � Division af Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street I 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.T07.8976
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