20201942 Ver 2_Cox Pond MY1 Comments + Approval Email

Re: [External] RE: Monitoring Report Year 1 Review - Cox Pond
Friedman -Herring, Andrew <andrew.friedman herring @deq.nc.gov>
Wed 1/10/2024 2:13 PM
To:Kaitlyn Hogarth <[e-mail]>
Cc:Merritt, Katie <[e-mail]>
Hi Kaitlyn,
Thank you for your response to the comments and for providing the attached photos. Everything looks
good, and DWR officially approves the MY1 monitoring report for Cox Pond.
Please provide confirmation of bond renewal through next year's monitoring period. DWR approves a
20% reduction in bond amount. Once DWR receives your bond renewal, we can proceed issuing the
credit release for this task.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Andrew Friedman -Herring
Environmental Specialist II
Division of Water Resources - 401 & Buffer Permitting
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(919)-707-3644
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From: Kaitlyn Hogarth <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 7:26 AM
To: Friedman -Herring, Andrew <[e-mail]>
Cc: Merritt, Katie <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE: Monitoring Report Year 1 Review - Cox Pond
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Hi Andrew,
Thank you for your feedback. Your comments are below in bold while Wildlands' responses are in italics.
1. A requirement for an easement boundary check to be performed every year was included in the BPDP
and As -Built Report, but does not seem to be included in this monitoring report. Respond to this
comment with the Year 1 easement boundary check or a summary of the visual inspection results.
Include this information in all future monitoring reports — it is recommended that this information be
included as a stand alone section either within, before or after "Parcel Adaptive Management".
The easement boundary was walked throughout MY1, and no easement encroachments were identified.
Annual report formatting will be adjusted next year to accommodate a separate section for easement
boundary check results.
2. DWR appreciates the proactive soil testing of the bare patch near UT3. Please include the outcomes of
the soil testing and any adaptive management actions in the year 2 monitoring report.
Adaptive management actions and soil testing information will be included in the MY2 Report.

3. Include photos of all erosional features within every monitoring report 1-5, so that progress over time
can be assessed visually in the reports. Make sure to mark the location of each erosional feature on the
site map of each report as well. Please attach photos of the erosional features for MY1 in response to
this email.
Photographs of the MY1 condition of erosional features stabilized at as -built are attached. Within future
monitoring reports, photographs of the erosion stabilization areas will be included as well as their
locations on the Monitoring Components Map. Please note that due to herbaceous vegetation
establishment, visual assessment of these areas through photographs may be difficult past the as -built
stage on most projects.
Thank you and let me know if you need anything else!
Kaitlyn Hogarth I Environmental Scientist
0: 919.851.9986 X 122 M: 540.907.9432
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
312 W. Millbrook Rd, Suite 225
Raleigh, NC 27609
From: Friedman -Herring, Andrew <[e-mail]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 9:55 AM
To: Kaitlyn Hogarth <khogarth@wild landseng.com>
Cc: Merritt, Katie <[e-mail]>
Subject: Monitoring Report Year 1 Review - Cox Pond
Hi Kaitlyn,
DWR has reviewed the year 1 monitoring report for the Cox Pond mitigation banking parcel and have the
following comments:
A requirement for an easement boundary check to be performed every year was included in the
BPDP and As -Built Report, but does not seem to be included in this monitoring report. Respond to
this comment with the Year 1 easement boundary check or a summary of the visual inspection
results. Include this information in all future monitoring reports — it is recommended that this
information be included as a stand alone section either within, before or after "Parcel Adaptive
Management".
2. DWR appreciates the proactive soil testing of the bare patch near UT3. Please include the
outcomes of the soil testing and any adaptive management actions in the year 2 monitoring
report.
3. Include photos of all erosional features within every monitoring report 1-5, so that progress over
time can be assessed visually in the reports. Make sure to mark the location of each erosional
feature on the site map of each report as well. Please attach photos of the erosional features for
MY1 in response to this email.
Thank you for your attention to these comments. Please provide an adequate response to all items
above along with supporting documents if required.
Once DWR receives a response to the comments above, issuance of monitoring report approval and
credit release can be determined.
Best,
Andrew Friedman -Herring
Environmental Specialist II
Division of Water Resources - 401 & Buffer Permitting

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(919)-707-3644
and rew.friedmanherring.@ eq.nc.gov
Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an
authorized state official.

EROSION STABILIZATION UPDATE PHOTOGRAPHS

UT1- Bank stabilization via hand grading bank & live staking (912012023)
UT2 - Erosion reduction via overland flow diversion, hand grading bank, & live staking (912012023)
1 Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
4- ' Erosion Stabilization Update Photographs

UT3 - Erosion reduction via overland flow diversion & seeding (912012023) 1
Ditch C — Erosion reduction via overland flow diversion & live staking (912012023) 1
Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Erosion Stabilization Update Photographs

Cox Pond Mitigation Bank Parcel
Erosion Stabilization Update Photographs