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Kcy Branch Debit Ledger
Subject: Key Branch Debit Ledger
• Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:43:48 -0400 ~ ~ ~ ~ o
From: Randy Griffin <[e-mail]> L
Organization: North Carolina Department of Transportation
To: "Lund, Steven W SAW" <[e-mail]>,
Richard Spencer <[e-mail]>,
"McLendon, Scott C SAW" <Scott.C.McLendon @saw02.usace.army.mil>,
"cynthia.vanderwiele" <[e-mail]>
CC: David Schiller <[e-mail]>, Phil Harris <[e-mail]>,
"Heather W. Montague" <[e-mail]>,
Rachelle Beauregard <[e-mail]>,
Randy Turner <[e-mail]>,
"Charles Bruton,Ph.D." <[e-mail]>
Gentlemen,
Per your request, I have attached a copy of the wetland debit
ledger for the Key Branch Mitigation Site in Anson County. I
also would like to explain my understanding as to why the R-512
project showed on the previous Debit Ledger that was sent to you
both.
As you are aware, the R-512 (Long Swamp) mitigation site in Hoke
County has yielded less credits that originally anticipated for a
number of reasons that we have been in discussion about over that
past 6 months. The Department has performed a wetland
delineation on this property and is in the process of finalizing
the suitable mitigation that was salvaged from this site. In
years past knowing that this site was not performing as
predicted, Charles Cox began, via consultants, searching for
replacement mitigation opportunities in order to offset the
deficiencies at Long Swamp.
In the meantime, the Key Branch site was found in Anson County.
In the 2001 monitoring report for Long Swamp, NCDOT proposed that
the agencies consider taking the remaining shortfalls from the
Long Swamp site from Key Branch. At that time, Charles Cox noted
on the debit ledger the remaining R-512 area, in an effort to
prevent this mitigation from being used for another project until
NCDOT could get agency concurrence on the proposal. My
recollection of the discussions surrounding this issue are that
the agencies were not in agreement.
The current strategy is that Dave Schiller is within a couple of
weeks of soliciting mitigation to make-up for the losses at Long
Swamp through a RFP in the "full-delivery" process. It is my
understanding that this is the strategy, however NCDOT failed to
remove the tag from Key Branch once this strategy was adopted.
Therefore the attached ledger reflects that current status of the
wetland portions at the Key Branch Mitigation Site. This being
the case, NCDOT feels that there should be enough mitigation to
cover the impacts associated with U-2009B and R-2246C.
If you have any further questions, please let me know.
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