20081838 Ver 1_Buffer and nutrient offset audit_20091130

To: John Dorney - DWQ
FROM: Marc Recktenwald - EEP
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October 26, 2009 NOV302009
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RE: Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Mitigation Verification for
Anderson Swamp Wetland Restoration Site - Edgecombe County (Tar-Pam 02)
DWQ# 2008-1838
By memo dated June 8, 2009 (attached), Cyndi Karoly - NCDENR-DWQ - 401
Oversight and Express Permitting Unit, requested that the Ecosystem Enhancement Program
(EEP) determine if any Riparian Buffer Mitigation and/or Nutrient Offset Credit was available
from the subject wetland restoration project. Based on the recorded conservation easement, there
are no areas within the project area that would qualify as Riparian Buffer Mitigation or Nutrient
Offset Credit.
Based on this information, no Riparian Buffer Mitigation or Nutrient Offset Credit
will be listed on the Debit Ledger for this site.
If you have any questions or wish to discuss this matter further, please contact me at any time.
Cc: Cyndi Karoly - NCDENR-DWQ - 401 Oversight and Express Permits Unit
NCDENR
North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program, 1652 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1652 / 919-715-0476 / www.nceep.net
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North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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Coleen H. Sullins
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Cyndi Karoly - 401 Oversight and Express Permits Unit C?1 \
RE: Buffer Mitigation Site Evaluations
Anderson Swamp Wetland Restoration Site - Edgecombe County (Tar-Pamlico 02)
DWQ # 2008-1838
Site Visit: 4/23/09 TLH/EWK
DWQ Contact Person: Tammy Hill
The Anderson Swamp Wetland Restoration Site is a full-delivery project consisting of 21.3 acres of non-riverine
wetland restoration and enhancement and 3.7 acres of "forested upland buffer" planting. Tim Baumgartner from
EEP was present on site.
Dee Freeman
Secretary
The site is in its third year post-construction. The 2008 monitoring report did not specify the location or results
associated with the "buffer" area. Based on field observations, it appears to be a planted swath approximately 100
feet wide along agricultural ditches on the north and east edges of the project area. If this assumption is correct, the
area may qualify for nutrient offset credit but not riparian buffer credit. However, the monitoring map shows that
these swaths are outside of the easement and do not contain vegetation monitoring plots.
Landowner clearing of game paths within the wetland restoration is being addressed by EEP. If the above-
referenced swaths are indeed the "buffer" area, then the easement limits are indicated by ditches and mature forest
lines with PVC poles at the corners.
ITEMS TO ADDRESS: We acknowledge and concur that this project will have not riparian buffer
mitigation credit as denoted in your modified ledger dated June 3, 2009.
cc: Matt Matthews
401 Oversighl/Express Review Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Location: 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX, 919-733-6893
Internet http://h2o.enrs,ate.nc.us/ncwetlandsJ
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