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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Pat McCrory Donald R van der Vaart
Governor Secretary
April 2, 2015
Mr. Bobby Ham
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
90 Ham Produce Road
Snow Hill, NC 28580
Re: Audit of Credit Sales for Nutrient Offset & Riparian Buffer Mitigation Banks owned by
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Dear Mr. Ham:
On January 7, 2015, Katie Merritt with the Division of Water Resources (DWR) notified Greene
Environmental Services, LLC (GES) that DWR was performing an annual audit of all nutrient offset and
riparian buffer mitigation credit sales for all private nutrient offset and riparian buffer mitigation banks in
North Carolina. Along with this notification, Ms Merritt requested all credit ledgers along with all
corresponding receipts and local government approval/venfication letters for the following banks from
January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
Contentnea/Little Contentnea Creek (#2008-0511)
La Grange ( #2008 -0511 v2)
Evans Ballahack ( #2013 -0436)
On February 10, 2015 and March 9, 2015, DWR received all of the requested documentation. Findings from
this audit suggest that all credit sales are now compliant Your approved ledgers will be posted at the
following link: http / /portal ncdenr org /web /wq /nutnentbufferbanks.
Thank you for your cooperation with this audit. For any questions regarding this correspondence, please
contact Katie Merritt at (919) 807 -6371.
Sincerely,
Karen Higgins, Superviso
401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
cc: File Copy (Katie Merritt)
Jeff Becker — (GES via electronic mail)
Division of Water Resources - 401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1617
Location 512 N Salisbury St. Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone 919 - 807 -6300 \ FAX 919 - 807 -6494
Internet www ncwaterquality org
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