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Home My WebLink About20190123 Ver 1_DMS acceptance letter_20190128� °'...c q-� �� „,�, ,.,� � --# 7��'�. -�� +�� ROY COOPER Govemor MICHAEL S. REGAN Seaetary TIM BAUMGARTNER Director NORTH CAROLINA Environmental Quallty January 28, 2019 Mr. Jay Johnson North Carolina Department of Transportation Division 2 Office 1037 W. H. Smith Boulevard Greenville, North Carolina 27835 Dear Mr. Johnson: Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter: Division 2 Project — TIl' Number R-5812, US 13 Improvements from NC 58 to NC 91, Greene County; WBS Number 46981.1.1 The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the stream, wetland and buffer mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on January 28, 2019, the impacts are located in CU 03020203 of the Neuse River basin in the Northern Inner Coastal Plain (1VICP) Eco-Region, and are as follows: Stream and River CU Eco- Stream Wetlands Wetlands Basin Location Region Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non- Coastal Ri arian Marsh Impacts Neuse 03020203 T]ICP 0 0 110.0 0.75 0 0 �vmc o� �nc uupac�5 may oe proposea io ne mingatea at a i: i miuganon ratio. �ee pernut apphcat�on tor details. All buffer mitigation requests and approvals are administrated through the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. The NCDOT will be responsible to ensure that appropriate compensation for the buffer mitigation will be provided in the agreed upon method of fund transfer. Upon receipt of the NCDWR's Buffer Authorization Certification, DMS will transfer funds from the NCDOT 2984 Fund into the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. Upon completion of transfer payxnent, NCDOT will have completed its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for this project. Subsequently, DMS will conduct a review of current NCDOT ILF Program mitigation projects in the river basin to determine if available buffer mitigation credits exist. If there are buffer mitigation credits available, then the Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund will purchase the appropriate axnount of buffer mitigation credits from NCDOT ILF Program. n�axrri � DEQ�� dC�onr„da o�..r�� North Carolina Department of Environmental Quafity � Division of Mitigation Services 217 W. Jones Street I 1652 Mail Service Center � Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652 919.707.8976 Mr. Johnson January 28, 2019 Page Two NCDOT US 13 Improvements Eco- Buffer Impacts Buffer River Basin CU Region Zone 1 Zone 2 TOTAL Impacts Neuse 03020203 IVICP 1,272.0 2,746.0 4,018.0 The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2018 impact data. DMS will commit to implement sufficient compensatory stream and wetland 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 increase, then this mitigation acceptance letter will no longer be valid and a new xnitigation acceptance letter will be required from DMS. 8420. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Ms. Beth Harmon at 919-707- Sincerely, Jaxn' s . Stanf'ill DM,. Asset Management Supervisor Cc: Mr. Tom Steffens, USACE — Washington Regulatory Field Office Mr. Garcy Ward, NC Division of Water Resources Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — Environmental Analysis Unit File: US 13 — Division 2 � D.�� .,-.- North Carolina DeparYment of Envhonmetrtal Quality I Division of Mitigation Services 217 W. Jones StreeY �]652 Mail Service Center � Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-]652 919.70Z8976