20191300 Ver 1_U-5710A - Division 3 - STR - WO 01_20190930

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Mr. Mason Herndon
Division 3 Environmental Supervisor
North Carolina Department of Transportation
5501 Barbados Boulevard
Castle Hayne, North Carolina 28429
Dear Mr. Herndon:
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
September 24, 2019
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
Division 3 Project: TIP U-57IOA, Northwestern Quadrant Connection between US 74 and SR 1409,
New Hanover 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 24, 2019, the
impacts are located in CU 03030001 of the White Oak River basin in the Southern Outer Coastal Plain (SOOICP) Eco-Region,
and are as follows:
White Oak
Stream
Wetlands
Buffer (Sq. Ft.)
03030001
SOCP
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres)
0
0
372.0
0
0
0
0
0
*Some of the stream impacts may be proposed to be mitigated at a 1:1 mitigation ratio. See permit application for details.
This impact and associated mitigation need were under projected by the NCDOT in the 2019 impact data. DMS will
commit to implement sufficient coastal marsh 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,
Jamttanfill
DMt Management Supervisor
cc: Mr. Brad Shaver, USACE — Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Amy Chapman, NCDWR
Ms. Linda Fitzpatrick, NCDOT — PDEA
File: W-571 OA — Division 3
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976