20170887 Ver 2_Credit Release Task 4 (Partial)_20200311

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. DANIEL SMITH
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
March 11, 2020
Shawn Wilkerson DWR Project #: 2017-0887v2
Wildlands Holdings IV, LLC Chatham County
1430 South Mint Street, Suite 104
Charlotte, NC 28203
(via electronic mail: swilkersonPwildlandseng.com
Re: Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI)
Bethel Branch Buffer Mitigation Bank
Credit Release - Task 4 (partial)
Dear Mr. Wilkerson,
On October 4, 2019, the Division ofWater Resources (DWR) received a Year 1 Monitoring
Report from Wildlands Engineering, Inc. on behalf of Wildlands Holdings IV, LLC (Wildlands)
for the UT to Pine Hill site. Vegetative plot data confirms that success criteria throughout the
site is greater than the required 260 stems/acre throughout most of the site. Additionally, no
encroachment within the easement boundaries was observed.
Per correspondence from DWR to Andrea Eckardt with Wildlands on October 15, 2019,
Wildlands must implement the Adaptive Management Plan to get a full credit release for
completion of Task 4. At this time, replanting is still required within the riparian areas of the
relic pond bottom and in low density areas. Therefore, DWR will only issue a partial credit
release of 5%. Upon receiving confirmation from Wildlands through providing transects and
photos that the Adaptive Management Plan has been fully implemented, DWR will issue the
remainder 5% of this credit release.
DWR received a continuation certificate and bond rider for the performance bond (#107063173) in
the amount of $80,000 issued to Wildlands from Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of
America, to cover monitoring and maintenance at the subject site. The term of this bond applies
beginning February 26, 2020 and ends with DWR approval of the Year 2 Monitoring Report. Future
credit releases will be dependent on both the renewal of this performance bond and the annual
monitoring reports
In accordance with the UMBI, signed on March 6, 2018, the following Project Milestones have
partially been met and the corresponding credits shall be released:
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Task/Milestones
Bethel Branch Bank
Wildlands
March 11, 2020
Credit
4) Monitoring Report #1: Approved by the DWR & financial assurance renewed 5%
By copy of this correspondence, DWR confirms that you have partially satisfied the above
requirements for the Bethel Branch site. Therefore, 5% of your Jordan Lake riparian buffer
credits (0.05 x 266,899.40 ftz = 13,344.97 W) are now released.
Please note that the riparian buffer credits can only be used to offset impacts located in
the Haw River Sub Watershed of Jordan Lake according to 15A NCAC 0213.0295, which
became effective on November 1, 2015.
Please feel free to call Katie Merritt at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
Paul Wojoski - Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
PW/km
cc:File Copy (Katie Merritt)
Robert Bugg/Ian Hazelhoff - Wildlands (via electronic mail)
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