20191232 Ver 1_R-0211EC DMS Acceptance 2019_20190916

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Mr. Philip S. Harris, III, P.E., CPM
Environmental Analysis Unit
North Carolina Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1598
Dear Mr. Harris:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 13, 2019
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
R-0211EC. New Interchange on 1-485 and SR 3468 (Weddington Road), Mecklenburg County
The purpose of this letter is to notify you that the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) will provide the
compensatory stream mitigation for the subject project. Based on the information supplied by you on September 13, 2019, the
impacts are located in CU 03050103 of the Catawba River basin in the Southern Piedmont (SP) Eco-Region, and are as
follows:
Catawba Stream Wetlands Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03050103 Non- Coastal
SP Cold Cool Warm Riparian Zone 1 Zone 2
Riparian Marsh
Impacts (feet/acres) 0 0 66.0 0 0 0 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.
This mitigation acceptance letter replaces the mitigation acceptance letters issued on March 12 and August 31,
2018. 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 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 and consistent with the Guidance for Expanded Service Area for Mitigating Impacts within the Lower Catawba
River Basin approved by the IRT. 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.
Sin-elyeset
JaStanfill
Dement Supervisor
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
File: R-0211EC Revised
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