20170887 Ver 1_Initial and As-Built Credit Release_20191021

Strickland, Bev
From: Dailey, Samantha J CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 1:06 PM
To: Jeff Keaton; John Hutton
Cc: Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (US); Kim Browning; Haupt, Mac; Davis, Erin B;
Wilson, Travis W.; Merritt, Katie
Subject: [External] SAW-2016-02365 / Wildlands / Cane Creek UMBI / Bethel Branch / Initial
and As -Built Credit Release
Attachments: Cane Creek Creek UMBI-Bethel Branch 1st & 2nd Credit Releases.pdf
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Good afternoon Jeff/John,
Attached is the initial and as -built implementation (2nd) credit release letter for the:
SAW-2016-02365 / Wildlands Engineering, Inc. / Cane Creek UMBI / Bethel Branch Mitigation Site / Chatham County
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Sam
Samantha Dailey
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Division
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
[phone], Ext. 22
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
October 21, 2019
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OR
Regulatory Division/1200A
Action ID No. SAW-2016-02365
Re: Initial and As -Built Implementation Credit Releases associated with Cane Creek Umbrella
Mitigation Bank, Bethel Branch Mitigation Site
Mr. Jeff Keaton
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
312 W Millbrook Road, Suite 225
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
Dear Mr. Keaton:
This correspondence is in reference to the Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Bank, Bethel
Branch Mitigation Site, located within the South Fork Cane Creek watershed of the Cape Fear
River Catalog Unit (03030002). The site is located at 277 R E Wright Road, near Snow Camp, in
Chatham County, North Carolina. The purpose of this letter is to confirm the Initial and As -Built
Implementation credit releases for this mitigation site.
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, Agreement to Establish the
Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Bank in the Cape Fear River Basin within the state of North
Carolina, approved February 1, 2018; the site -specific Bethel Branch Mitigation Site Final
Mitigation Plan (Plan), dated October 2018 and approved November 8, 2018; and the Baseline
Monitoring Document and As -Built Baseline Report — Bethel Branch Mitigation Site dated July
2019, 30 percent of the mitigation site's total restoration and enhancement credits shall be
available for sale immediately upon all of the following:
a. Approval of the Plan (November 8, 2018);
b. Issuance of the 404 permit authorization for construction of the site (November 8,
2018);
c. Delivery of the executed financial assurance documents as described in Section Dt of
the UMBI and Section 15.0, page 35 (and Appendix 10), of the Plan, dated October
2018;

d. Recordation of the Corps -approved site protection mechanism described in Section X
of the UMBI, and Appendix 1 of the Plan, Dated October 2018, including a title
opinion covering the property;
e. Successful completion of all stream restoration and enhancement activities (As -Built
Construction) as described in the Plan, dated October 2018;
f. Successful completion of all planting activities as described in the Plan, dated October
2018; and
g. Successful completion of easement fencing suitable for livestock exclusion as outlined
in the Plan, dated October 2018,
Please note the following comments from the October 1, 2019 IRT site visit:
a. Privet was present along UT 2 and should be removed;
b. Multiple large bare areas were observed along the Upper UT3 section that requires
remedial action;
c. Wetland areas along UTl appear to have upland pockets and marginal soils. It would
be beneficial to check soil profiles in a year or two, along with the installation of wells
in areas that might be of concern; and
d. Regarding the as -built drawing and report review, DWR has a request to identify the
tree species to be used to correlate bud burst with soil temperature for growing season
start in future monitoring reports.
By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements for
the Initial and As -Built Implementation credit releases. As such, 1,560.6 stream mitigation units
(SMUs), and 0.94 wetland mitigation units ()VMUs), constituting 30 percent of the mitigation
bank site's total stream and wetland credits are now available for sale.
Thank you for your interest in restoring and protecting waters of the United States, If you have
questions regarding this letter, please contact Samantha Dailey, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office at
Samantha.J.Dailey@a usace.army.mil or telephone [phone], Extension 22.
Sincerely,
�Jean B. Gibby
rl Chief, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Regulatory Division
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