The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink About20021105 Ver 1_Monitoring Report_20100920A LTXWI NODE R North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H Sullins Governor Director September 20 2010 Alamance County DWQ No 20021105 Gregory J Thorpe Manager Project Development and Environmental Analysts North Carolina Department of Transportation 1548 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1548 Subject Michael s Branch Mitigation Site Alamance County TIP No U 3110A Dear Dr Thorpe This correspondence is in reference to your letter dated September 9 2010 regarding the Michael s Branch Mitigation site located in Alamance County North Carolina This site is being utilized by the North Carolina Department of Transportation as compensatory mitigation for wetland impacts associated v<rth the U 3110A project (DWQ project no 20021105) By copy of this letter we are notifying you that no further monitoring of the site will be required since the construction and success criteria for the mitigation site has been met Thank you for your time and cooperation If you have any questions please contact Amy Euliss at 336 771 4959 Sincerely 4 / Coleen Sullins Directoi cc Andy Williams Raleigh Regulatory Field Office US Army Corps of Engineers Chris Milrtscher USEPA <-'- Ccpyq Travis Wilson WRC Wetlands /401 Transportation Permitting Unit Jerry Parker Division 7 Environmental Officer File Copy_ North Carolina Division of Water Quality Winston Salem Regional Office Location 585 Waughtown St Winston Salem North Carolina 27107 Phone 336 771 5000 \ FAX 336 7714630 \ Customer Service 1 877 623 6748 Internet www ncwaterquality org An Equal Opportunity \ Affirmative Action Employer Dee Freeman Secretary One \.NorthCarohna Naturally O-ST STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MICHAEL F EASLEY GOVERNOR September 9 2010 m Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown St Winston Salem NC 27107 RECEIVED N C Deot c NR SEP96200 W ns o-i Sale-r Regional Office LYNDo TIPPETT SE( RE I AR) Re Michael s Branch Stream Mitigation Site Alamance County State Project No 8 2472001 TIP No U 3110A Action ID No 199700602 DWQ Prod No 021105 Ms Euliss As you are aware the Department has monitored the Michael s Branch Stream Mitigation Site since its construction in December of 2003 Located in Alamance County adjacent to University Drive off 140 this site provides 780 linear feet of stream mitigation for impacts associated with the U 3110A project The stream relocation was revegetated with bottomland hardwood species and the streambanks must be considered stable at the end of the five year monitoring period Per permit requirements NCDOT was required to complete full channel stream stability monitoring for five years or until success criteria were met hydrologic monitoring was not required for this project Stream dimension monitoring required the use of permanent cross sections and surveying was completed in the 1St 3'd and 5t11 years after construction During the monitoring period monitoring reports were submitted to the appropriate regulatory agencies via the Natural Environment Unit s (NEU) website hup Mt vi vt nedol oig /doh /pi cconmuct/pc/n(ulAlonitoi in lMonilol ln�Repoi is land After the fifth formal year of stream stability monitoring the Michaels Branch Stream Mitigation Site indicates that the planted vegetation is surviving and the streambanks remain very stable at this time Individual monitoring data is provided within the annual monitonng reports available on NEU s website for 2005 2007 and 2009 Two year visual quarterly monitoring has been previously completed between 2005 and 2007 in accordance with the Anny Corps of Engineers permit conditions MAILING ADDRESS NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH NC 27699 1598 TELEPHONE 919 715 1334 FAX 919 715 1501 WEBSITE WWW NCDOT ORG LOCATION PARKER LINCOLN BUILDING 2728 CAPITAL BOULEVARD RALEIGH NC A site visit was conducted on July 29 °i 2010 with the iegulatory agencies and NCDOT personnel present It was determined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been met and that no further monitoring would be requited NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource agencies provide written documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site is closed If you have any questions about this project please contact Mr Randy Griffin at (919) 715 1425 Sincerely N Philip S Harris III P E Unit Head PDEA Natural Environment Unit cc Mr Andy Williams ACOE Mr Travis Wilson WRC Mr Chris Militscher EPA Mr Gary Jordan USFWS Mr Scott McLendon ACOE Mr Brian Wrenn DWQ Mr David Harris P E NCDOT REU Mr Jerry Parker NCDOT DEO7 Mr Randy Griffin, NCDOT NEU