2016-02451 Cloud and Banner Year 3 Monitoring Credit Release

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA28403-1343
October 25, 2022
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2016-02451
Re: Year 3 Monitoring Report Review and Credit Release associated with RES Cape
Fear 02 Umbrella Mitigation Bank, Cloud and Banner Mitigation Site
Mr. Ryan Medric
EBX, LLC
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
Dear Mr. Medric:
This correspondence is in reference to the Cape Fear 02 Umbrella Mitigation Bank,
Cloud and Banner Mitigation Site. The site includes unnamed tributaries in the Black
Creek watershed, Cataloging Unit (03030002) and is located at 2209 N. NC Highway
119, in Mebane, Alamance County, North Carolina. The purpose of this letter is to
transmit comments provided by the NC Interagency Review Team (NCIRT) during the
review of the monitoring report (see attached) and to confirm the Year 3 credit release for
this mitigation site.
Pursuant to the site's Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument and the site -specific
Mitigation Plan, the following mitigation credits shall be available for sale provided the
annual monitoring report demonstrates interim performance standards are being met:
• 10% of the total enhancement and/or restoration Stream Mitigation Units (SMUs)
associated with year 3 annual monitoring (412.5 Warm Water SMUs); and
• 15% of the total enhancement and/or restoration Wetland Mitigation Unties (WMUs)
associated with year 3 annual monitoring (1.08 riparian WMUs).
Based on a review of the data provided for the stream restoration on the site, we
confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements forthe Year 3 Monitoring credit
release, and 412.5 warm water SMUs and 1.08 riparian WMUs are now available for
sale. To date, 2,588.1 SM Us and 5.68 WM Us (60 and 65 percent, respectively of the total
enhancement and restoration credits and 100% of the preservation credits) and have
been released for sale.

Please review the comments provided by the NCIRT during their review of the
monitoring report. While it is not necessary to provide a response to specific comments
at this time, please be sure to address the issues raised in future monitoring report
submittals.
Thank you for your interest in restoring and protecting waters of the United States. If
you have questions regarding this letter, please contact me at
samantha.j.daileyp_usace.army.mil or telephone [phone], ext. 22.
Sincerely,
O
for Todd Tugwell
Mitigation Project Manager
Regulatory Division
Electronic Copies Furnished:
NCIRT Distribution List

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA28403-1343
CESAW-RG-R/Dailey October 25, 2022
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: Action ID # SAW-2016-02451, NCIRT Review Comments on the RES Cape
Fear 02 Umbrella Mitigation Bank, Cloud and Banner Mitigation Site Year 3 Monitoring
Report
Casey Haywood, USACE:
1. 1 Appreciate the layout of the cross -sectional data that included the tables. It
was difficult to see the channel in many of the photos. I agree with last year's
comment, that it would be helpful to include a few supplemental winter photos
to show stream features.
2. Please continue to monitor the log jam structures on Back Creek. To clarify,
were they reinstalled in roughly the same locations? It would be helpful to
include the location/stationing on the Stream Problem Areas table in
comparison to their original locations.
3. Overall, vegetation appears to be doing well. Noted that kudzu and privet on
UT6-A will be treated (1.76 acres). Restoration on the lower portion of UT2 was
PI (below the existing wetland). Please use a random veg transect to capture
this area in MY4.
Erin Davis, NCDWR:
1. DWR appreciates the summary information and responses to previous IRT
comments included in the cover letter. We encourage continuing this practice
with other bank project monitoring report submittals.
2. The report had a good level detail provided in the narrative, CCPV and photos.
I would just ask that repairs like the log jam also be called out on the CCPV.
And regarding the log jam, please include a follow-up stabilization status photo
in the MY4 report.
3. Since groundwater data is being reported on before the end of the growing
season, I'm glad that the data from last fall is included on each graph to close
any year-to-year data gap.
Todd Bowers, USEPA:
1. Vegetation appears to be performing quite well in terms of density and diversity.
I am not quite impressed with the vigor shown in the photos so I am keen on
seeing the MY5 height data.
2. Stream cross sections are about as stable as I have seen.
3. Supplemental Planting to a small low -density area near Veg Plot 11 occurred in
March 2022.
4. No areas of encroachment noted.

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5. Only one ground water well is displaying consistently poor wetland hydrologic
performance (AW3) for consecutive days of saturation during the growing
season.
6. Corrective actions towards log jams and invasive species is complete or soon
to be completed.
Samantha Dailey
Regulatory Project Manager
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office