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August 27, 2009
Ray Blackman
Johnston County Airport
3149 Swift Creek Rd.
Smithfield, NC 27577 Expiration of Acceptance: May 27, 2010
Project: Extended Runway Safety Area County: Johnston
The purpose of this fetter is to notify you that the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) is willing'to accept
payment for impacts associated with the above referenced project. Please note that this decision does not assure that the payment will
• be approved by the permit issuing. agencies as mitigation for project impacts. It is the responsibility of the_applicant to contact these
agencies to determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved Ybtt mast aIsa=ebhiniv wtth?alt other ?t ie, ederal` or local
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This acceptance is valid for nine months from the date of this letter and is not transferable. If we have not received a copy of the
issued 404 Permit/401 Certification/CAMA permit within this time frame, this acceptance will expire. It is the applicant's
responsibility to send copies of the permits to NCEEP. Once NCEEP receives a copy of the permit(s) an invoice will be issued based
on the required mitigation in that permit and payment must be made prior to conducting the authorized work. The amount of the In
Lieu Fee to be paid to NCEEP by an applicant is calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed at www.nceep.net,
Based on the information supplied by you the impacts that may require compensatory mitigation are summarized in the following
table.
River CU Stream (feet) Wetlands (acres) Buffer I Buffer Il
Basin Location (Sq. Ft.) (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Riparian Non-Riparian
Coasts! Marsh
Impact Neuse 03-020 020101 0 0 685 7.73 10.31
0 44,496 28,474
Credits Neuse 03,020201 0 0 1,370 15.46 20.62
0 133,488 42,711
Upon receipt of payment, EEP will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. If the regulatory agencies require
mitigation credits greater than indicated above, and the applicant wants NCEEP to be responsible for the additional mitigation, the
applicant will need to submit a mitigation request to NCEEP for approval prior to permit issuance. 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 Valerie Mitchener at [phone].
Sincerely,
William D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Thomas Brown, USACE-Raleigh
Eric Kulz, NCDWQ-Raleigh
Daniel Ingram, agent
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North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 1 www.nceep.net