20191337 Ver 1_I-5507 Revised DMS Acceptance_20191004

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director
Mr. Philip S. Harris, Ili, 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
September 27, 2019
Subject: Mitigation Acceptance Letter:
I-5507, I-485 Improvements from 1-77 to US 74 (Independence Boulevard), Mecklenburg 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 September
27, 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
Sp
Cold
Cool
Warm
Riparian
Non-
Riparian
Coastal
Marsh
Zone 1
Zone 2
Impacts (feet/acres)
0
0
1,376.0
0.83
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 letter issued on November 19, 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 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 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.
Sincerely,
JeA=t
Dment Supervisor
cc: Mr. Monte Matthews, USACE — Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Ms. Joanne Steenhuis, NCDWR — Wilmington Field Office
File: I-5507 Revised
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 11652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976