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Monitoring Report – Year 2
FINAL VERSION
Lake Wendell Mitigation Project (Riparian Buffer Mitigation)
Calendar Year of Data Collection: 2019

NCDEQ DMS Project Identification # 97081
NCDEQ DMS Contract # 6826
Neuse River Basin (Cataloging Unit 03020201)
USACE Action ID Number: SAW-2016-00876
NCDEQ DWR Project # 2016-0385
Johnston County, NC
Contracted Under RFP # 16-006477
Data Collection Period: June-October 2019, Submission Date: December 2019

Prepared for:

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652

Prepared by:

Table of Contents
1 Project Summary ................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Project Background ............................................................................................................................... 1
2.1 Project Location, Setting, and Existing Conditions........................................................................ 1
2.2 Mitigation Project Goals and Objectives ....................................................................................... 1
2.3 Project History, Contacts, and Timeframe .................................................................................... 2
3 Project Mitigation Components ............................................................................................................ 2
3.1 Riparian Buffer Mitigation Types and Approaches ....................................................................... 2
3.1.1 Tree and Shrub Planting Approaches .................................................................................... 3
3.1.2 Temporary and Permanent Seeding Approaches ................................................................. 3
3.1.3 Invasive Species Vegetation Treatment ................................................................................ 3
4 Performance Standards ........................................................................................................................ 3
4.1 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................................... 3
5 Monitoring Year 2 Assessment and Results .......................................................................................... 4
5.1 Vegetation ..................................................................................................................................... 4
6 References ............................................................................................................................................ 5
LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix A Background Tables
Table 1 Project Attributes
Table 2 Project Areas and Asset Summary
Table 3 Project Contacts
Appendix B Visual Assessment Data
Figure 1 Current Condition Plan View (CCPV)
Table 4 Vegetation Condition Assessment
Photos Vegetation Plot Photographs
Photos Vegetation Problem Areas Photographs
Appendix C Vegetation Plot Data
Table 5 Planted and Total Stem Counts
Appendix D NC DWR Correspondence and Approvals
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1 Project Summary
Water and Land Solutions, LLC (WLS) completed the construction and planting of the Lake Wendell
Mitigation Project (Project) full-delivery project for the North Carolina Department of Environmental
Quality (NCDEQ), Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) in March 2018. The Project is located in Johnston
County, North Carolina between the Community of Archer Lodge and the Town of Wendell at 35.73739˚,
-78.3538°. The Project site is located in the NCDEQ Sub-basin 03-04-06, in the Upper Buffalo Creek Sub-
watershed 030202011502.
The Project involved the restoration, enhancement, preservation and permanent protection of five
stream reaches (R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5) and their riparian buffers, totaling 4,269 linear feet of streams
and 490,477 square feet of riparian buffers. Monitoring Year 2 (MY2) monitoring activities occurred
between June and October 2019 (Table 2). This report presents the data for the second year of monitoring
(MY2). The Project meets the MY2 success criteria for vegetation. Based on these results, the Project is
expected to meet the Monitoring Year 3 (MY3) success criteria in 2020.
2 Project Background
2.1 Project Location, Setting, and Existing Conditions
The Project site is located in the Upper Buffalo Creek Sub-watershed 030202011502 study area of the
Neuse 01 Regional Watershed Plan, in the Wake-Johnston Collaborative Local Watershed Plan, and in
Targeted Local Watershed 03020201180050.
The catchment area is 102 acres and has an impervious cover less than one percent. The dominant
surrounding land uses are agriculture and mixed forest. Prior to construction, livestock had access to all
Project streams, except R4, and the riparian buffers were less than 50 feet wide.
2.2 Mitigation Project Goals and Objectives
The following riparian buffer mitigation site-specific goals were developed:
•Restore and protect riparian buffer functions and habitat connectivity in perpetuity by recording
a permanent conservation easement,
•Implement agricultural BMPs to reduce nonpoint source inputs to receiving waters.
To accomplish these site-specific goals, the following objectives will be measured and included with the
performance standards to document overall project success:
•Increase native species riparian buffer vegetation density/composition along streambank and
floodplain areas that meet requirements of a minimum 50-foot-wide and 260 stems/acre after
monitoring year 5.
•Prevent cattle from accessing the conservation easement boundary by installing permanent
fencing and reducing fecal coliform bacteria from the pre-restoration levels.
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2.3 Project History, Contacts, and Timeframe
The Project will provide riparian buffer mitigation credits in accordance with North Carolina
Administrative Code (NCAC), “Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule”, Rule 15A NCAC 02B .0295, effective
November 1, 2015. Riparian buffer mitigation site viability was confirmed by DWRs April 28, 2016 letter
entitled “Site Viability for Buffer Mitigation & Nutrient Offset – Lake Wendell Located Near 2869 Wendell
Road, Wendell, NC, Johnston County”. The referenced site viability letter included a determination by
DWR that Project Reaches R1, R2, R3 and R4 were either intermittent or perennial. A separate request
for Stream Origin/Buffer Applicability Determination for Potential Mitigation for Project Reach R5 was
submitted to DWR on May 18, 2017, as required under the referenced site viability letter. On June 1, 2017
DWR performed the requested determination and Reach R5 was determined to be intermittent, as
communicated in the DWR June 8, 2017 letter entitled “On-Site Stream Determination for Applicability to
the Neuse Riparian Buffer Rules and Water Quality Standards (15A NCAC 02B.0233)”, therefore confirming
Reach R5’s eligibility for riparian buffer mitigation. See Appendix D for DWR correspondence and approval
letters.
The final mitigation plan and PCN were submitted to DMS August 25, 2017 for submission to DWR and
the NCIRT. The Section 404 General (Regional and Nationwide) Permit Verification was issued October 5,
2017. Project construction started on November 13, 2017 and mitigation site earthwork was completed
on March 13, 2018, by RiverWorks Construction. Mitigation site planting was completed on March 30,
2018, by RiverWorks Construction. Trueline Surveying, PC completed the as-built survey in June 2018.
WLS completed the installation of baseline monitoring devices on April 19, 2018 and the installation of
survey monumentation and conservation easement boundary marking on June 7, 2018. MY1 was
completed on November 24th, 2019 and submitted December 4th, 2019. Monitoring Year 2 data collection
was completed from June until October 29th, 2019.
The project background and attribute summary are presented in Table 1. Refer to Figure 1 and Table 2 for
the project areas and buffer asset information. Relevant project contact information is presented in Table
3.
3 Project Mitigation Components
3.1 Riparian Buffer Mitigation Types and Approaches
Riparian buffer mitigation included restoring, enhancing and preserving the riparian buffer functions and
corridor habitat. The project included planting to re-establish a native species vegetation riparian buffer
corridor, which extended a minimum of 50 feet from the top of the streambanks along each of the project
reaches, as well as permanently protecting those buffers with a conservation easement. Many areas of
the conservation easement had riparian buffer widths greater than 50 feet established along one or both
streambanks to provide additional functional uplift. The only exception is at the upstream end of Reach
R1, where the width of the proposed left riparian buffer varies between 20 feet and 29 feet from the left
top of bank. This narrow area of proposed riparian buffer is due to the site constraint caused by an existing
residential structure. For project reaches proposed for restoration and enhancement, the riparian buffers
were restored through reforestation of the entire conservation easement with native species riparian
buffer vegetation (Table 5). For project reach sections proposed for preservation, the existing riparian
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buffers are permanently protected via the recorded conservation easement. Additionally, permanent
fencing was installed along with alternative watering systems to exclude livestock from the restored
riparian buffer and conservation easement areas. The permanent fencing system consisting of woven
wire fencing was installed to NRCS technical standards in the pasture areas along and outside of the
northern conservation easement boundaries of Reaches R1, R2, and R3. Figure 1 (Appendix A) provide a
summary of the project components.
3.1.1 Tree and Shrub Planting Approaches
The riparian buffer planting zones for the project included the streambanks, floodplain, riparian wetland,
and upland transitional areas. Plantings were conducted using native species bare-root trees and shrubs,
live stakes, and seedlings that were generally planted at a total target density of 680 stems per acre. WLS
implemented a riparian buffer planting strategy that includes a combination of overstory, or canopy, and
understory species. The site planting strategy also included early successional, as well as climax species.
The vegetation selections were mixed throughout the project planting areas so that the early successional
species will give way to climax species as they mature over time.
3.1.2 Temporary and Permanent Seeding Approaches
Permanent seed mixtures of native species herbaceous vegetation and temporary herbaceous vegetation
seed mixtures were applied to all disturbed areas of the project site. Temporary and permanent seeding
were conducted simultaneously at all disturbed areas of the site during construction utilizing mechanical
broadcast spreaders. The as-built re-vegetation plan lists the utilized species, mixtures, and application
rates for permanent seeding.
3.1.3 Invasive Species Vegetation Treatment
During the project construction, invasive species exotic vegetation was either mechanically removed or
chemically treated both to control its presence and reduce its spread within the conservation easement
areas. During MY2 vegetation assessment, one area of concern was observed along R1 buffer as shown
on the Figure 1. This area was utilized as a temporary staging area during construction and contains
invasive species vegetation (kudzu) along the right buffer. This area was treated twice, using a 3 percent
solution of Garlon 3A during MY2, on August 15th and September 24th, 2019. WILS will continue to monitor
and treat the kudzu during MY3.
4 Performance Standards
The applied success criteria for the Project will follow necessary performance standards and monitoring
protocols presented in final approved mitigation plan. Annual monitoring and semi-annual site visits will
be conducted to assess the condition of the project throughout the monitoring period. Monitoring
activities will be conducted for a period of five years. Specific success criteria components and evaluation
methods are described below.
4.1 Vegetation
Measurements of the final vegetative restoration success for the project will be achieving a density of not
less than 260, five-year-old stems per acre in Year 5 of monitoring. This final performance criteria shall
include a minimum of four native hardwood tree species or four native hardwood tree and native
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shrub species, where no one species is greater than 50 percent of the stems. Native hardwood tree and
native shrub volunteer species will be included to meet the final performance criteria of 260 stems per
acre. Volunteers species will only be counted toward success if they were included in the approved
planting plan and if they are surviving for at least two years. In addition, diffuse flow of runoff shall be
maintained in the riparian buffer areas.
5 Monitoring Year 2 Assessment and Results
Annual monitoring was conducted during MY2 in accordance with the monitoring plan as described in the
approved mitigation plan and was intended to document the site improvements based on restoration
potential, catchment health, ecological stressors and overall constraints. All the monitoring device
locations are depicted on CCPV (Figure 1) and MY2 monitoring data results are listed in the appendices.
The Project meets the MY2 success criteria for vegetation.
5.1 Vegetation
Vegetation monitoring for MY2 was conducted utilizing the seven vegetation monitoring plots, with
monitoring conducted in accordance with the CVS-EEP Level I & II Monitoring Protocol (CVS, 2008) and
DMS Stream and Wetland Monitoring Guidelines (DMS, 2017). See Figure 1 in Appendix B for the
vegetation monitoring plot locations. The surviving planted stems include a minimum of four native
hardwood tree species or four native hardwood tree and native shrub species, where no one species is
greater than 50 percent of the stems. Summary data and photographs of each plot can be found in
Appendix 3.
The MY2 vegetation monitoring was also conducted utilizing visual assessment along all the Project
stream reaches. The overall results of the visual assessment did not indicate any negative changes to the
existing vegetation community. Additionally, the visual monitoring confirmed that diffuse flow of runoff
is being maintained in the riparian buffer areas.
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6 References
Lee, M., Peet R., Roberts, S., Wentworth, T. CVS-NCEEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation, Version 4.1,
2007.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Mitigation Services, Wildlands
Engineering, Inc. 2015. Neuse 01 Regional Watershed Plan Phase II. Raleigh, NC.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Mitigation Services, 2017. Annual
Report Format, Data Requirements, and Content Guidance. Raleigh, NC.
Schafale, M. P., and A. S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural communities of North Carolina,
third approximation. North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. NCDENR Division of Parks and
Recreation. Raleigh, NC.
United States Army Corps of Engineers. 1987. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual.
Technical Report Y-87-1. Environmental Laboratory. US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment
Station. Vicksburg, MS.
___. 1997. Corps of Engineers Wetlands Research Program. Technical Note VN-RS-4.1. Environmental
Laboratory. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Vicksburg, MS.
___. 2003. Stream Mitigation Guidelines, April 2003, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Wilmington District.
Water and Land Solutions, LLC (2017). Lake Wendell Stream and Riparian Buffer Mitigation Plan.
NCDMS, Raleigh, NC.
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Appendices
Lake Wendell Mitigation Project (Riparian Buffer Mitigation)
Appendix A – Background Tables
Table 1. Buffer Project Attributes
Project Name Lake Wendell Mitigation Project
Hydrologic Unit Code 03020201
River Basin Neuse
Geographic Location (Lat, Long) 35.7373910 N, ‐78.3538050 W
Site Protection Instrument (DB, PG) 85, 148
Total Credits (BMU)354,404.00
Types of Credits Riparian Buffer
Mitigation Plan Date Aug‐18
Initial Planting Date Mar‐18
Baseline Report Date Nov‐18
MY1 Report Date Dec‐18
MY2 Report Date Dec‐19
MY3 Report Date
MY4 Report Date
MY5 Report Date
Table 2. Buffer Project Areas and Assets: Lake Wendell
RIPARIAN BUFFER (15A NCAC 02B.0295)
Location Jurisdictional Streams Restoration Type Reach ID/
Component
Buffer Width
(ft)
Total Area
(sf)
Creditable
Area (sf)*
Initial
Credit
Ratio (x:1)
% Full Credit Final Credit Ratio
(x:1)
Riparian Buffer
Credits (BMU)
Convertible
to Nutrient
Offset (Yes
or No)
Nutrient
Offset: N
(lbs)
Nutrient
Offset: P (lbs)
20-29 75%1.33333 - - -
Restoration 0-100 342,525 342,525 100%1.00000 342,525.000 Yes 17,873.412 N/A
101-200 33%3.03030 - - -
20-29 75%2.66667 - - -
Enh & Cattle Ex. 0-100 44,852 44,852 100%2.00000 22,426.000 No - -
101-200 33%6.06061 - - -
387,377 364,951.000 17,873.412 -
129,126
Location Jurisdictional Streams Restoration Type Reach ID/
Component
Buffer Width
(ft)
Creditable
Area (sf)*
Initial
Credit
Ratio (x:1)
% Full Credit Final Credit Ratio
(x:1)
Riparian Buffer
Credits (BMU)
20-29 75%13.33333 -
Preservation 0-100 104,103 104,103 100%10.00000 10,410.300
101-200 33%30.30303 -
20-29 75%6.66667 -
0-100 100%5.00000 -
101-200 33%15.15152 -
20-29 75%4.00000 -
0-100 100%3.00000 -
101-200 33%9.09091 -
104,103 10,410.300
491,480 375,361.300
*Buffers must be at minimum 20' wide for reiparian buffer credit, buffers must be 50' wide for nutrient offset credit.
*When preservation areas exceed the total eligible preservation area, select the areas with the best credit ratios as the creditable areas.
Regulatory direction for Riparian Buffer in this table follows NCAC rule 15A NCAC 02B .0295, effective November 1, 2015.
Regulatory direction for Nutrient Offset in this table follows Nutrient Offsets Payments Rule 15A NCAC 02B. 0240, amended effective September 1, 2010 and
DWR – 1998. Methodology and Calculations for determining Nutrient Reductions associated with Riparian Buffer Establishment.
N.O. calculation based on effectiveness in 30 years, with 146.40 lb/ac P; and 2,273.02 lb/ac N. The N credit ratio used is 19.16394 sf per pound. The P credit ratio used is 297.54097 sf per pound.
If Converted to Nutrient Offset
*Area eligible for preservation may be no more than 25% of total area, where total area is back-calculated with the equation R+E/0.75.
SUBTOTALS
TOTALS
SUBTOTALS
3
Subject
Nonsubject
Rural
Urban
1
2
10
5Preservation
Subject or Nonsubject
Subject or NonsubjectRural or
Urban
Restoration
Enhancement
ELIGIBLE PRESERVATION AREA
Mitigation Provider Water & Land Solutions, LLC
7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130 Raleigh, NC 27615
Primary Project POC Catherine Manner Phone: [phone]
Construction Contractor RiverWorks Construction
114 W. Main Street, Suite 106, Clayton, NC 27520
Primary Project POC Bill Wright Phone: [phone]
Survey Contractor (Existing
Condition Surveys)
WithersRavenel
115 MacKenan Drive, Cary, NC 27511
Primary Project POC Marshall Wight, PLS Phone: [phone]
Survey Contractor (Conservation
Easement, Construction and As-
Builts Surveys)
True Line Surveying, PC
205 West Main Street, Clayton, NC 27520
Primary Project POC Curk T. Lane, PLS 919-359-0427
Planting Contractor RiverWorks Construction
114 W. Main Street, Suite 106, Clayton, NC 27520
Primary Project POC Bill Wright Phone: [phone]
Seeding Contractor RiverWorks Construction
114 W. Main Street, Suite 106, Clayton, NC 27520
Primary Project POC Bill Wright Phone: [phone]
Seed Mix Sources Green Resource
5204 Highgreen Ct., Colfax, NC 27235
Rodney Montgomery Phone: [phone]
Nursery Stock Suppliers Foggy Mountain Nursery (Live Stakes)
797 Helton Creek Rd, Lansing, NC 28643
Glenn Sullivan Phone: [phone]
Dykes & Son Nursery (Bare Root Stock)
825 Maude Etter Rd, Mcminnville, Tn 37110
Jeff Dykes Phone: [phone]
Monitoring Performers Water & Land Solutions, LLC
7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130 Raleigh, NC 27615
Stream Monitoring POC Emily Dunnigan Phone: [phone]
Vegetation Monitoring POC Emily Dunnigan Phone: [phone]
Table 3. Project Contacts
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FIGURE1Lake Wendell Mitigation ProjectJohnston County, North Carolina
NAD 1983 2011 State Plane
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Vegetation Condition AssessmentLake Wendell Mitigation Project (NCDEQ DMS Project ID# 97081) Table 4Project Planted Acreage18.91. Bare AreasVery limited cover of both woody and herbaceous material. 1 acre Solid light blue 00.000.0%2. Low Stem Density AreasWoody stem densities clearly below target levels based on MY3, 4, or 5 stem count criteria. 0.1 acresPattern and Color00.000.0%00.000.0%3. Areas of Poor Growth Rates or VigorAreas with woody stems of a size class that are obviously small given the monitoring year. 0.25 acresPattern and Color00.000.0%00.000.0%Easement Acreage2124. Invasive Areas of Concern4Areas or points (if too small to render as polygons at map scale).1000 SF orange hatched 10.131.1%5. Easement Encroachment Areas3Areas or points (if too small to render as polygons at map scale).none yellow hatched 00.000.0%% of Planted AcreageTotalCumulative TotalVegetation CategoryDefinitionsNumber of PolygonsMapping ThresholdCCPV DepictionCombined AcreageCCPV DepictionNumber of PolygonsCombined Acreage% of Easement AcreageVegetation CategoryDefinitionsMapping Threshold
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Veg Plot 3 (MY-0)Veg Plot 4 (MY-0)Veg Plot 3 (MY-0)Veg Plot 4 April 13, 2018 (MY-00)
Veg Plot 5 (MY-0)Veg Plot 6(MY-0)Veg Plot April 13, 2018 (MY-00)Veg Plot 6 April 13, 2018 MY-00)
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Appendix C – Vegetation Plot Data
EEP Project Code 1.  Project Name: Lake Wendell Table 5PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all T PnoLS P‐all TAcer negundoTree11Acer rubrumTree212223222422266166662777Alnus serrulataTag Alder, Smooth AldeShrub Tree1 1 1111111333222333Betula nigraRiver Birch, Red Birch Tree111444333222111111111999121212Carpinus carolinianaShrub Tree 1 1 12 2 2333444555Cornus amomum Silky Dogwood Shrub Tree111111222222333Diospyros virginiana American Persimmon, Tree222222222222Fraxinus pennsylvanica Green Ash, Red Ash Tree111111111111444444444Ilex verticillataWinterberry Shrub Tree111Lindera benzoin Northern Spicebush Shrub Tree888Liquidambar styraciflua Sweet Gum, Red Gum Tree20155409Liriodendron tulipiferaTree1 1 12 2 2222111222888131313272727Magnolia virginianaShrub Tree111111222111111111777888888Platanus occidentalis Sycamore, Plane‐tree Tree111111111444111333111111121212181818Prunus serotinaShrub Tree22Quercus michauxii Basket Oak, Swamp ChTree1 1 1444111111777777777Quercus nigraWater Oak, Paddle OakTree111222 111 444444999Quercus phellos Willow Oak Tree4 4 4222222111999101010111111Rosa palustrisSwamp Rose Shrub Vine1Salix nigraBlack Willow Tree18 8 30 10 10 12 13 13 30 13 13 16 13 13 20 10 10 12 10 10 10 77 77 130 83 83 150 125 125 1258810668779667779888666131316131316151515323.7 323.7 1214 404.7 404.7 485.6 526.1 526.1 1214 526.1 526.1 647.5 526.1 526.1 809.4 404.7 404.7 485.6 404.7 404.7 404.7 445.2 445.2 751.6 479.8 479.8 867.2 722.7 722.7 722.7Stem countCurrent Plot Data (MY2 2019)Scientific Name Common Name Species Type001‐01‐0001 001‐01‐0002 001‐01‐0003 001‐01‐0004 001‐01‐0005 001‐01‐0006 001‐01‐0007Annual MeansMY2 (2019) MY1 (2018) MY0 (2018)size (ares)size (ACRES)Species countStems per ACRE10.0210.0210.0210.0210.0210.0210.0270.1770.1770.17

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Appendix D – NC DWR Correspondence and Approvals

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ENVIRONMENTAL ❑UALITY
April 28, 21016
Scott Hunt
Water & Land Solutions, LLC
11030 Raven Ridge Rd, Suite 119
Raleigh, NC 27614
(via electronic mail)
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DONALD R. VAN DE.R VAART
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S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
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DWR Project #: 2016-0385
Re: Site Viability for Buffer Mitigation & Nutrient Offset — Lake Wendell
Located near 2869 Wendell Rd, Wendell, NC
Johnston County
Dear Mr. Hunt,
On April 8, 2016, Katie Merritt, with the Division of Water Resources (DWR), assisted you and
others from Water & Land Solutions, LLC at the proposed Lake Wendell Mitigation Site (Site)
in Wendell, NC. The Site is located in the Neuse River Basin within the 8-digit Hydrologic Unit
Code 03020201. The Site is being proposed as part of a full -delivery stream restoration project
for the Division of Mitigation Services (RFP #16-006477). The Interagency Review Team (IRT)
was also present onsite. At your request, Ms. Merritt performed a site assessment of features onsite
to determine suitability for buffer and nutrient offset mitigation. Features are more accurately shown
in the attached maps signed by Ms. Merritt on April 20, 2016. If approved, mitigating this site could
provide stream mitigation credits, riparian buffer credits and/or nutrient offset credits.
Ms. Merritt's evaluation of features from Top of Bank (TOB) out to 200' for buffer and nutrient
offset mitigation pursuant to Rule 15A NCAC 02B .0295 (effective November 1, 2015) and Rule
15A NCAC 02B .0240 is provided in the table below:
Feature
Classification
'Subiect
Adjacent Landuses
Buffer
2Nutrient
Mitiration Tyne/Comments
Credit
to Buffer
Offset Viable
Rule
_
Viable
at 2,273
lbs acre
R1 (above
Modified
Yes
narrow buffer of
YeO
No
Enhancement per 15A NCAC 028
pipe)
Natural
Mixed native
.0295 (b)(4) in entire 50' from TOS
Stream
hardwood & pine
forest
R1 (piped
Piped stream
Yes3
managed lawn
Yes3
No
Restoration
portion —
fence line)
RI (below
Modified
Yes
pasture actively
Yes
Yes
Restoration
fence line —
natural
grazed by cattle
R5
stream
confluence)
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R2
Stream
Yes
Pasture actively
Yes
Yes {outside of
Narrow closed canopy = Enhancement
grazed by cattle and
forested area)
per 15A NCAC 02B .0295 (o)(s);
narrow dosed canopy
Outside of forested areas =
of native hardwoods
Restoration
R3
Ag Pond (to
Yes
Pasture actively
Yes3
Yes
Restoration (if pond is drained, o
be drained)
grazed by cattle
stream channel has to develop to be
viable fur any credit)
R4
Stream
Yes
Native hardwood
Yes
No
Preservation per 15A NCAC 028.0295
forest, closed canopy
(o)(5)
R5
Undetermined
Not on
Pasture actively
n/a
Yes
Need stream determination by DWR;
conveyance
maps
grazed by cattle
if feature is a stream, feature is viable
for buffer restoration per 15A NCAC
026 .0295 (o)(3)
'Subjectivity calls were determined using the I :24,000 scale quadrangle topographic map prepared by USGS and the most
recent printed version of the soil survey map prepared by the NRCS
'For nutrient offset viability to be determined, the landowner trust provide proof in writing that the land is being used for
agriculture or has been used for agriculture previously (prior to rule baseline). Dates, supported by photos or other
written records, must be included to confirm that the uses of the open fields onsite are/were for hay crop cultivation/row
crop/cattle.
'Feature has been piped or is a pond, but has potential for buffer mitigation if feature is restored into a stream.
Maps showing the project site and the features are provided and signed by Ms. Merritt on April
20, 2016. This letter should be provided in all future mitigation plans for this Site. In addition,
all vegetative plantings, performance criteria and other mitigation requirements for riparian
restoration, enhancement and preservation must follow the requirements in 15A NCAC 02B
.0295 to be eligible for buffer and nutrient offset credits. Where buffer and nutrient offset credits
are viable in the same area, only one credit type is allowed to be generated for credit, not both.
For any areas depicted as not being viable for nutrient offset credit, one could propose a different
measure other than riparian restoration/enhancement, along with supporting calculations and
sufficient detail to support estimates of load reduction, for review by the DWR to determine
viability for nutrient offset according to 15A NCAC 02B .0240.
Please contact Katie Merritt at (919)-807-6371 if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
Karen Higgins, Supervi
401 and Buffer Permitting ranch
KAHUkm
Attachments: Site Aerial Map, USGS Topographic Map, NRCS Soil Survey
cc:File Copy (Katie Merritt)
DIAS — Jeff Schaffer (via electronic mail)

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