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Ms. Amy Chapman WRAN AND STORAIW?TE1t MW
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
River Buffer Division
Mail Service Center 1650
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
Subject: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC Bridgewater Powerhouse Construction Project
(FERC #2232) Buffer Impact Modification Request - NC Ecosystem Enhancement
Program Acceptance Letter (DWQ Project #07-1868, Ver. 2)
Dear Ms. Chapman:
Please find enclosed an acceptance letter from the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement. Program
(EEP) for compensatory payment into EEP's In-lieu Fee Program. This payment is for unavoidable
impacts to the Catawba River Buffer associated with the construction of the Duke Energy Carolinas,
LLC (Duke Energy) Bridgewater Powerhouse in Burke County, North.Carolina. Duke Energy requests
that this acceptance by the EEP and subsequent payment into the program satisfy mitigation
requirements for impacts described in the pre-construction notification (PCN) sent to your office on
August 20, 2009..
Please note that on the enclosed acceptance letter, the EEP has used a multiplier of 3.0 to determine the
amount of mitigation credit that can be requested. for impacts within Zone 1 of the river buffer.
However, the most current version of the PCN (Version 1.3) indicates that impacts to Zone 1 of the
Catawba River buffer have a multiplier of 2.0. Duke Energy requests that the correct multiplier be used
to determine the final mitigation credit amount required.
Thank you for your attention to this project. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this
submittal, please do not hesitate to contact either me at [phone] or James McRacken at (704)
342-7373.
Sincerely,
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Jason N. Isbanioly " es A. McRacken, Jr.
/??Scientist Senior Scientist
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Enclosures
cc: Jon Wise, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
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HDR Engineering, Inc. ofthe Carolinas
400 S Tryon Street Phone: [phone]
Suite 2401 Fax: [phone]
Charlotte, NC 28285-0106 www.hdrinc.com
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September 16, 2009
Jon Wise
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
526 S. Church Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Project: Bridgewater Powerhouse Construction Project
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Expiration of Acceptance: June 16, 2010
County: Burke
The purpose of this letter 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
agencres to determine if payment to the NCEEP will be approved.at(tnUst iilso i:om>s7v:vVithad other`s)ate.;jederal or.loca]
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.nceen.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 II
Basin Location (Sq. Ft.) (Sq. Ft.)
Cold Cool Warm Ri arian Non-Ri orlon Coastal Marsh
Impact Catawba 03050101 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,162 4,775
Credits Catawba 03050101 0 0 0 0 0 0 21,486 7,163
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 Kelly Williams at [phone].
Sincerely,
William D. Gilmore, PE
Director
cc: Cyndi Karoly, NCDWQ Wetlands/401 Unit
Steve Chapin, USACE-Asheville
Kevin Barnett, NCDWQ-Asheville
Jason Isbanioly, agent
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