20070494 Ver 2_Staff Comments_20080331

[Fwd: Three Mile Creek Mitigation Site]
Subject: [Fwd: Three Mile Creek Mitigation Site]
From: Eric Kulz <[e-mail]>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:11:39 -0400
To: Kevin Barnett <[e-mail]>
CC: Tammy L Hill <[e-mail]>
BCC: Ian McMillan <[e-mail]>, Cyndi Karoly <[e-mail]>
Kevin;
Here are the projects we discussed earlier.
Three Mile Creek - Avery Co. (20080238) We had some issues with the proposed hydrology of the
wetlands (success criteria within the allowed amount for a jurisdictional wetland, but not sufficient for
the targeted wetland type); however, this may be a greater issue to discuss with the PACG-TC once
WAM comes fully on-line. Tammy sent you an e-mail with our issues/concerns on 3/13/08. Please
check around and let us know if you have not received this project. Ian did a triage sheet on 2/12/08
saying to send to ARO, so it should be around there. I am afraid that we may have to let this one go,
as it is after 45 days. If we want to comment, I believe it will need to go through Tom R. and/or
Coleen.
Wilson Park - Town of Lenoir/Caldwell Co.(20080520) Not for Mitigation. Restoration of some
type is proposed; not enough info is provided. No morphological tables or info on reference reach;
actually, there is no narrative at all regarding the restoration. Ian did a triage sheet on 3/25/08 saying
to send to ARO, so I imagine you should get it within a week or so. I think we really need more info
on this one.
Morgan Creek - Haywood Co. (20070494 v2) Ian did a triage sheet on 3/20/08 saying to send to
ARO, so you should have it any time now. This is the re-submittal of the one we and USACE
threatened to not approve last year. they have replaced some restoration with enhancement, but the
majority of the project is still restoration. From my recollection of our discussions last year and your
photos of the site, the majority of the stream appeared to be a good candidate for enhancement. Lower
Morgan Creek is stated in the plan as being incised. Some of the other bank height ratios and
entrenchment rations are listed as somewhat high, but from what I recall, most of the lengths of stream
were not that bad.
Since you have been to the site, I defer to you regarding the current plans. It might also be nice to how
USACE feels about this version.
Once you have looked at these, give me a
Eric
Eric W. Kulz
Environmental Specialist
401 Oversight and Express Permitting Unit
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: [phone]
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