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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO 7
ATTENTION OF: 0/ June 2011
Regulatory Division
Action ID: SAW-2010-01239
Mr. Darrell Metcalf
Applied Botany Concepts, LLC
PO Box 39597
Greensboro, NC 27438
Dear Mr. Metcalf.
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This letter serves as the initial evaluation for the proposed La Foresta Stream Mitigation Bank
Prospectus, which was received on March 23, 2011. The proposed plans are to restore 1,212 linear feet of
stream channel and enhance 1,600 linear feet of stream channel. A public notice for the proposed
mitigation bank was issued on April 20, 2011 and the written comments from several of the Interagency
Review Team (IRT) members and the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) were received and
forwarded to you via electronic mail dated June 7, 2011.
Based on our review of the prospectus, our previous site visits to the proposed bank and the written
comments provided in response to the public notice, we have determined that we will accept a draft
instrument and mitigation plan for the proposed La Foresta Stream Mitigation Bank. Please consider all
comments forwarded on June 7, 2011, as you prepare your draft mitigation banking instrument and
mitigation plan.
Also, please consider the following comment from The Corps of Engineers: We are concerned about
the potential effect of the proposed subdivision on the site and request that you provide additional details
regarding this proposal including, but not limited to, a site layout, jurisdictional impacts (if any) and
proposed stormwater controls.
Upon receipt of a draft mitigation banking instrument and mitigation plan for this project, we will
review these documents and make a determination regarding whether they are complete as described in
33 CFR Part 332.8 (d)(6).
Please contact me at 919-554-4884, extension 26 if I can be of any assistance.
Sincerely,
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Andrew Williams
Regulatory Project Manager
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Copies furnished:
Eric Kulz, NCDNR
Division of Water Quality-Wetlands & Stormwater Branch
North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Mail Service Center 1650
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Tammy Hill, NCDNR
Division of Water Quality-Wetlands & Stormwater Branch
North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources
Mail Service Center 1650
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Rebecca Fox, USEPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 4
1307 Firefly Road
Whittier, NC 28789
Shari Bryant, NCWRC
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Division of Inland Fisheries
1721 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1721
John Ellis, USFWS
P. O. Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27363-3726
Ian McMillan, NCDNR
NC Department of Environmental & Natural Resources
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27604
Renee Gledhill-Early, SHPO
North Carolina Historic Preservation Office
4617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4617
Todd Tugwell, USACE
US Army Corps of Engineers
11405 Falls of the Neuse Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587