20040930 Ver 1_EEP Letter_20040729

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PROGRAM
July 29, 2004
Corrects letter dated July 27, 2004
Michael Ellison
Director of Watershed Sciences
WK Dickson
3101 Johns Humphries Wynd
Raleigh, NC 27612
Subject Project: Statesville Municipal Airport
County: Iredell
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing to
accept payment for stream impacts associated with the subject project. Please note that the decision by the NCEEP to
accept the mitigation requirements of this project does not assure that this payment will be approved by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers and the N.C. Division of Water Quality Wetlands/401 Unit. It is the responsibility of the applicant to
contact these agencies to determine if payment to the NCEEP for impacts associated with this project is appropriate.
This acceptance is valid for six months from the date of this letter. If we have not received a copy of the issued 404
Permit/401 Certification within this time frame, this acceptance will expire.
Based on the information supplied by you in a letter dated June 30, 2004 the stream restoration that is necessary to satisfy
the compensatory mitigation requirements for this project is summarized in the following table. The maximum amount of
mitigation that the NCEEP will accept for this project is also indicated in this table.
Stream
linear feet) Wetlands Riparian
(acres) Riparian Buffer
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Impacts 1,268
Mitigation Maximum 2,536
The stream mitigation will be provided as specified in the 401 Water Quality Certification and/or Section 404 Permit for
impacts associated with the subject project in Cataloging Unit 03040102 of the Yadkin River Basin. The mitigation will
be performed in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between the N.C. Department of Environment and
Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dated November 4, 1998.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Carol Shaw at [phone].
Sincerely, , /nJ
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Deborah D. Anderson
In-Lieu-Fee Administrator
cc: Cyndi Karoly, Wetlands/401 Unit
Amanda Jones, USACOE-Asheville
Allen Johnson, DWQ Regional Office-Mooresville
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