20181737 Ver 2_PNG Lines 448 and 449 DMS Conditional Acceptance revised_20190730

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAIN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Alicia DePalma
Piedmont Natural Gas
PO Box 33068
Charlotte, NC 28233
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 1, 2019
Expiration of Acceptance: 9/1/2019
Project: PNG Lines 448 and 449 County: Sampson
This letter replaces one issued dated December 19, 2018.
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the NCDEQ Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) is willing to
accept payment for compensatory mitigation for impacts associated with the above referenced project as
indicated in the table below. Please note that this decision does not assure that participation in the DMS in -
lieu fee mitigation program will be approved by the permit issuing agencies as mitigation for project impacts.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to contact permitting agencies to determine if payment to the DMS will
be approved. You must also comply with all other state, federal or local government permits, regulations or
authorizations associated with the proposed activity including G.S. § 143-214.11.
This acceptance is valid for six 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 within this time frame, this acceptance will
expire. It is the applicant's responsibility to send copies of the permits to DMS. Once DMS 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 by an applicant is
calculated based upon the Fee Schedule and policies listed on the DMS website.
Based on the information supplied by you in your request to use the DMS, the impacts for which you are
requesting compensatory mitigation credit are summarized in the following table. The amount of mitigation
required and assigned to DMS for this impact is determined by permitting agencies and may exceed the
impact amounts shown below. *DMS is willing to accept payment for the mitigation required under the
conditions indicated below based on credit availability,
River Basin Impact Location Impact Type Impact Quantity
Cape Fear 03030006* j Riparian Wetland 6.542
Cape Fear 03030006* Non -Riparian Wetland 1.919
*DMS proposes to use in-kind closed -out surplus credits from Cape Fear 03030005 for riparian and non -riparian impacts
Upon receipt of payment, DMS will take responsibility for providing the compensatory mitigation. The
mitigation will be performed in accordance with the In -Lieu Fee Program instrument dated July 28, 2010.
Thank you for your interest in the DMS in -lieu fee mitigation program. If you have any questions or need
additional information, please contact Kelly Williams at [phone].
cc: Justin Miner, agent
Sincerely,
Tim Baumgart
Director
North Carolina Department of r_nvironmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. ]ones Street 11652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699.1652
919.7078976