20191231 Ver 1_B-4414 - STR - RW - CM - TP 04_20190916

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E.
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
August 30, 2019
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
B-4414, Replace Bridge 43 over Pungo Creek on US 264, Beaufort County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream and wetland mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on August 28,
2019, the impacts are located in CU 03020104 of the Tar -Pamlico River basin in the Northern Outer Coastal Plain (NOCP)
Eco-Region, and are as follows:
Tar -Pamlico
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03020104
NOCP
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres)
0
0
147.0
0.08
0
0.07
0
0
*Some of the stream and/or wetland impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application
for details.
The impacts and associated mitigation needs were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2019 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 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 Beth Harmon at 919-707-8420.
Sincerely,
Ja esrssetl4tanaggement
D Supervisor
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: B-4414
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones street 11652 Mail Service Center 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976