20181598 Ver 1_R-1015 DMS Letter Revised - STR - RW - NRW - Buffer - NS 04_20190404

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quallty
Mr. Philip S. Harris, P.E., CPM
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
April 2, 2019
Subject: DMS Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
R-1015, US 70 — Havelock Bypass from North of Pine Grove to North of the
Carteret County Line, Craven County
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 April 2, 2019, the impacts are located in CU 03020204 of the Neuse River basin in the
Southern Outer Coastal Plain (SOCP) Eco-Region, and are as follows:
*Some of the impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for 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 NCDVWR's
Buffer Authorization Certification, DMS will transfer funds from the NCDOT 2984 Fund into the
Riparian Restoration Buffer Fund. Upon completion of transfer payment, NCDOT will have completed
its riparian buffer mitigation responsibility for TIP Number R-1015. 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 amount of buffer mitigation credits from NCDOT
ILF Program.
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. ]ones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976

Mr. Harris
April 2, 2019
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NCDOT TIP R-1015
Buffer
River Basin
CU
Eco-
Region
Buffer Impacts
Zone 1
Zone 2
TOTAL
Impacts
Neuse
03020204
SOCP
47,407.0
37,382.0
84,789.0
This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letter issued on
November 20, 2018. DMS commits to implementing sufficient compensatory mitigation credits to offset
the impacts associated with this project as determined by the regulatory agencies in accordance with 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,
Ja es Stanfill
DMS Asset Management Supervisor
Cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NC Division of Water Resources
File: R-1015 Revised
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976