20190922 Ver 1_Initial Credit Release (SAW-2017-01913)_20200219

Strickland, Bev
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Andrea Eckardt; Shawn Wilkerson
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Crumbley, Tyler A CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); McLendon, C S CIV USARMY CESAW
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Subject:
[External] Yadkin Valley Umbrella Mitigation Bank Initial Credit Release for the Critcher
Brothers Mitigation Site (SAW-2017-01913)
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Andrea/Shawn,
Please find attached the Initial Credit Release letters for the Yadkin Valley Umbrella Mitigation Bank: Critcher Brothers
Mitigation Site (SAW-2017-01913). As requested, 15% credit is being released for approved restoration and
enhancement activities, as well as, 100% of credit released for preservation activities that satisfy the initial release
requirements pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, Agreement to Establish the Yadkin Valley
Umbrella Mitigation Bank, approved October 17, 2019 and the final site -specific mitigation plan dated July 8, 2019. In
accordance with plan, 3,548.65 cool stream mitigation units (SMU's) are now available for the Critcher Brothers
Mitigation Site. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
This electronic copy is an official Department of the Army Notification.
Regards,
Steve Kichefski
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington District, Asheville Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Suite 208
Asheville, NC 28801
(828)-271-7980 Ext. 4234
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
151 PATTON AVENUE
ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006
February 19, 2020
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2017-01913
Re: Initial credit release of the Yadkin Valley Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument —
Critcher Brothers Site
Mr. Shawn Wilkerson
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
1430 South Mint Street, Suite 104
Charlotte, North Carolina 28203
Dear Mr. Wilkerson:
This correspondence is in reference to your January 29, 2020 request for the initial credit
release for the Critcher Brothers Mitigation Site, part of the Yadkin Valley Umbrella Mitigation
Bank. The 72.46-acre site is located 7 miles east of Wilkesboro in southeast Wilkes County,
North Carolina. The project entails 28,281 linear feet of stream restoration, enhancement and
preservation generating 20,762 cool stream mitigation units (SMU's) along South Fork Fishing
Creek, West Fork Fishing Creek and their tributaries in the Upper Yadkin Watershed of the
Upper Pee Dee River Basin (03040101). The purpose of this letter is to confirm the initial release
of credits for this mitigation site.
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, Agreement to Establish
the Yadkin Valley Umbrella Mitigation Bank, approved October 17, 2019; and the site -specific
Critcher Brothers Final Mitigation Plan dated July 8, 2019, fifteen percent (15%) of the
mitigation site's total restoration and enhancement credits and one hundred percent (100%) of
the site's preservation credit shall be available for sale immediately upon completion of all the
following:
a. Execution of the MBI by the Sponsor, the Corps, and other agencies eligible for
membership in the IRT who chose to execute the agreement.
b. Approval of the Final Mitigation Plan.
c. The mitigation site must be secured.
d. Delivery of the executed financial assurance documents as described in Section 15.0,
page 51, of the Critcher Brothers Mitigation Plan dated July 8, 2019.

e. Recordation of the Corps -approved site protection mechanism described in Section 8.0
page 31 of the Critcher Brothers Final Mitigation Plan dated July 8, 2019, including a
title opinion covering the property.
f. Issuance of the 404-permit authorization for site construction.
By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above
requirements for initial release for all parcels within the bank; and 3,548.65 stream mitigation
units (SMU's), constituting 15% of the mitigation site's total restoration and enhancement
credits, as well as, 100% of site preservation credits are now available for sale.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
Steve Kichefski at [phone] extension 4234.
Sincerely,
KICHEFSKI.STEVE Digitally signed by
KICH E FSKI.STEVEN.L.1386908539
for N.L.1386908539 Date: 2020.02.1911:40:31-05'00'
Scott Jones, Chief
Asheville and Charlotte Regulatory Field Offices
Electronic Copies Furnished:
Mac Haupt (NCDWR)
Erin Davis (NCDWR)
Andrea Leslie (NCWRC)
Byron Hamstead (USFWS)
Todd Bowers (USEPA)
Renee Gledhill -Earley (NCSHPO)
Todd Tugwell (USACE)
Kim Browning (USACE)
Scott Jones (USACE)