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TIM BAUMGARTNER
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NORTH CAROLINA
Environmenta( Quality
January 29, 2019
Mr. Heath Slaughter
Division 11 Environmental Supervisor
North Caxolina Department of Transportation
Post Office Box 250
North Wilkesboro,.North Carolina 28659
Dear Mr. Slaughter:
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 11 Project: Replace Bridges 46, 47 and 48 on SR 1351over Grassy Creek and UT to
Grassy Creek, Watauga County; WBS Number 17BP.11.R.173
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 January 29, 2019, the
impacts are located in CU 05050001 of the New River basin in the Northern Mountains (NM) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
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Impacts (feet/acres) 27.0
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Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
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� Riparian Marsh
*Some of the stream impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
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 F3.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 Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
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Ja es B;� Stanfill
DM.e,�. .sset Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Steve Kichefski, USACE — Asheville Regulatory Field O�ce
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: SR 1351 — Bridges 46 47 48 — Division 11
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality � Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street I 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-]652
919707.8976