20090048 Ver 2_Notice of Initial Credit Release_20200403

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Subject: [External] Notice of Initial Credit Release / NCDMS Little Pine II Stream and Wetland
Site/ SAW-2009-00591/ Alleghany Co.
Attachments: Little Pine II_856_New 01 Initial Credit Release-2020 signed.pdf; Little Pine II_856_MP
Addendum Memo_3-13-20.pdf
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Good afternoon,
The 15-Day Record Drawing review for the Little Pine II Stream and Wetland Mitigation Site (SAW-2009-00591)
ended March 31, 2020. Per Section 332.8(o)(9) of the 2008 Mitigation Rule, this review followed the
streamlined review process. All comments received from the NCIRT are incorporated within this email. Please
address the IRT concerns by replying to this email. There were no objections to issuing the initial credit
release, or approving the Mitigation Plan Addendum. Please find attached the current signed ledger.
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1. The meeting minutes dated 11/14/2019, state that supplemental planting will be completed during the
next dormant period. The MYO Report CVS Table shows that 5 of the 8 veg plots do not meet success criteria.
Yet, the report does not mention plans for supplemental planting. Please confirm. In addition to low stem
counts, the veg plots show low species diversity. Only a total of 5 tree species (including Red Maple and Green
Ash) and 1 shrub species were identified in all of the veg plots. With an approved planting list of 20 species,
please confirm that the species and percent stems noted on As -Built Sheet 3.2 accurately reflect what has
been planted. DWR requests that a supplemental planting effort include a variety of the approved species.
Due to concerns associated with Emerald Ash Borer, DWR recommends that Green Ash not be included in a
supplemental planting effort.
2. During the IRT site walk on 11/5/2019, several bare areas and areas of sparse herb cover were noted
along Reach 2A, which may not have been visible during the veg survey with 3-4 inches of snow cover. Please
monitor closely during the MY1 to determine if soil amendments and reseeding is warranted.
3. Also during the IRT site walk, there was discussion of relocating the Wetland 2A groundwater gauge and
potentially modifying the Wetland 2A target community type. Neither points were mentioned in the MYO
Report, please provide a brief explanation why not.

Please let me know if you have question.
Thanks,
Kim
Kim Browning
Mitigation Project Manager, Regulatory Division I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Dr, Ste. 105 1 Wake Forest, NC 27587 1 919.554.4884 x60
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Subject: Notice of NCDMS Record Drawing Review / Little Pine II Stream and Wetland Site/ SAW-2009-00591/
Alleghany Co.
Good morning
The below referenced FINAL Record Drawing Report review has been requested by NCDMS. Per Section
332.8(o)(9) of the 2008 Mitigation Rule, this review follows the streamlined review process, which requires an
IRT review period of 15 calendar days from this email notification. Please provide any comments by 5 PM on
the 15-day comment deadline shown below. When providing comments please indicate if your concerns are
great enough that you intend to request a site visit prior to the initial credit release. Comments provided after
the 15-day comment deadline (shown below) may not be considered.
At the conclusion of this comment period, a copy of all comments will be provided to NCDMS and the NCIRT
along with District Engineer's intent to approve or disapprove this Final Record Drawing and initial credit
release.
15-Day Comment Start Date: March 16, 2020 15-Day Comment Deadline: March 31, 2020 45-Day Credit
Release Approval Deadline: April 30, 2020
*NOTE: If a site visit is requested by the IRT, comments are due 15 days after the site visit is complete.
Mitigation Plan lengths may vary from the record drawing.

**As part of this review request, we are also asking for IRT approval of a Mitigation Plan Addendum for a
downward adjustment of the project's stream assets (-107.6 SMUs)
2020 is Monitoring Year 1 for this project. The MYO report and record drawings are also posted on the DMS
portal and IRT SharePoint page for your review.
Project information and location of the FINAL As -Built Baseline Monitoring Report (MYO):
Little Pine II Stream and Wetland Site
DMS Project # 856
Design Bid Build (DBB)
New River Basin
Cataloging Unit 05050001
Alleghany County, North Carolina
Mitigation Plan Project Credits:
3,302.600 SMUs (Cold)
1.484 WMUs (Riparian)
As-Built-MYO Project Credits:
3,195.000 SMUs (Cold)
1.484 WMUs (Riparian)
Mitigation Plan Lengths/Acreages:
3,989 ft.
5.62 acres
As-Built-MYO Lengths/ Acreages:
3,719 ft.
5.62 acres
NCDEQ- DMS PM: Harry Tsomides, [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>, (828)
545-7057 FINAL As -Built Baseline Monitoring Report and Record Drawings can be accessed directly on the
DMS portal here:
LittlePineCreekl l_856_MYO _2019
https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Mitigation%20Services/Document%2OManagement%2OLibrary/Projects/LittlePineC
reek) 1_856_MYO_2019.pdf
LittlePineCreekl 1_856_AB_2019
https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/Mitigation%20Services/Document%20Manage ment%20Libra ry/Projects/LITTLE-
PINE-11-856-ABFinalSealed-2019.pdf
Thanks,
Kim Browning
Mitigation Project Manager, Regulatory Division I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Dr, Ste. 105 1 Wake Forest, NC 27587 1 919.554.4884 x60

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ROY COOPER NORTH CAROLINA
Governor Environmental Quality
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
TIM BAUMGARTNER
Director MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Tugwell, Chair, North Carolina Interagency Review Team (NCIRT)
FROM: Harry Tsomides, NCDEQ - DMS Project Manager
CC: Paul Wiesner, NCDEQ - DMS Western Regional Supervisor
Melonie Allen, NCDEQ - DMS Credit Release Coordinator
Jim Stanfill, NCDEQ - DMS Asset Manager
Tim Baumgartner, NCDEQ - DMS Division Director
SUBJECT: Little Pine Creek II — Project As -Built Update and Mitigation Plan Addendum
(downward adjustment)
DMS # 856
USACE Action ID: SAW-2009-00591
DWR# 09-0048
Alleghany County, North Carolina
DATE: March 13, 2020
DMS requests an amendment to the Little Pine Creek II Restoration Project Mitigation Plan assets to
become consistent with the as -built alignment adjustments, recent stream preservation credit
deductions, and overhead utility presence not previously accounted for. The following tables
summarize the changes requested. This will result in a net change of -107.6 SMUs. Wetland credits
remain unchanged. In summary:
• 40.6 SMU reduction due to preservation Tributaries E and F (203 LF total) becoming
ineligible for credit as agreed on at 11/5/2019 Site meeting with IRT (see Project Meeting
Minutes dated 11/14/2019); this was due to recent downcutting and partial deterioration of
channel conditions since original design;
• 50 SMU deduction (all restoration reaches) due to 2 overhead wire (OHW) rights -of -way not
accounted for in the IRT-approved Little Pine Creek II Restoration Project Restoration Plan
Addendum, January 15, 2016;
• 17 SMU (all restoration reaches) deduction due to as -built alignment adjustments (see
following table comments for detail).
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976

Table 1. Project Mitigation Assets and Components
Little Pine Creek B Stream and Wetland Mitigation Site
As -Built
Eaasting
Mitigation
Centerline
Footage or
Plan Footage
Mitigation
Restoration
Mitigation
Footage or
Project Segment
Acrea
or Acreage
Category
Level
Priority Level
Ratio (X:1)
Acreage^
Comments
530
Cold
R
P2
1:1
517
20' LF Not -credited due to OHW ROW; minor
Reach 1
2,894
change in as built length
1,512
Cold
R
P 1
1:1
1,476
Began farther downstream due to cattle crossing;
Reach 2A
30LF not credited due to OHW
Reach 2B
321
Cold
R
Pl
1:1
334
Additional 13' LF at end of project
Tributary A
119
86
Cold
R
P2
1:1
82
Sinuosity less than design; confluence with Reach
2A farther upstream than proposed
50
104
Cold
R
Pi
1:1
78
Confluence with Reach 2A farther upstream than
Tributary B
proposed
Tributary C
299
578
Cold
R
Pi
1:1
577
Tributary D
899
655
Cold
P
N/A
5:1
655
Tributary E
50
50
Cold
P
N/A
5:1
50
Not credited due to poor as built condition
Tibutary F
153
153
Cold
P
N/A
5:1
153
Not credited due to poor as built condition
Wetland 1
0.32
1 0.32
RNR
Enh
2:1
0.32
Wetland 2A
0.88
0.88
RNR
Enh
2:1
Wetland 2B
4.42
4.42
RNR
P
5:1
4.42
HE
*Mitigation plan credits account for breaks in conservation easements and are based on design stream stationing and taken from the approved mitigation plan. Mitigation plan credits we the same as
the approved mitigation plan.
^ Based on centerline calculations from the as -built survey, accounts for breaks in conservation easement and utility right-of-ways.
Project Credits - As Built
Stream
Riparian Wetland
Non -Rip
Coastal
Restoration Level
Warm
Cool
Cold
Riverine
Non-Riv
Wetland
Marsh
Restoration
-
-
3,064.000
-
-
-
-
Re-establishment
-
-
-
-
Rehabilitation
-
-
-
-
Enhancement
-
0.600
-
-
Enhancement I
-
-
-
Enhancement II
-
-
-
Creation
-
-
-
-
Preservation
-
-
131.000
-
0.884
-
Total Credits
3,195.000
1.484
%Project credits reflect the credits consistent with as -built condition, accountingfor OHW, IRT preservation credit deductions, and as
built alignment adjustments.
Project Credits - Mitigation Plan
Stream
Ri arian Wetland
Non -Rip
Coastal
Restoration Level
Warm
Cool
Cold
Riverine
Non-Riv
Wetland
Marsh
Restoration
-
-
3,131.000
-
-
-
-
Re-establishment
-
-
-
-
Rehabilitation
-
-
-
-
Enhancement
-
0.600
-
-
Enhancement I
-
-
-
Enhancement II
-
-
-
Creation
-
-
-
-
Preservation
-
-
171.600
-
0.884
-
Total Credits '
3,302.600
1.484
%Project coedits reflect the IRT-approved Little Pine Creek II Restoration Project Restoration Plan Addendum, January 15, 2016
The As -Built Baseline Report (MYO) is complete and available for IRT review. The project is entering
Monitoring Year 1 (2020). The project credit release and monitoring will follow the monitoring update
memo from DMS to IRT, dated 9/19/2019. Please let me know if you have any comments, questions,
or concerns.
Sincerely,
Harry Tsomides
Project Manager, NCDMS-DEQ
Tel. [phone]
Harry.Tsomideskncdenr. og_v
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North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Mitigation Services
217 W. Jones Street 1 1652 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1652
919.707.8976

Mitigation Project Name Little Pine Creek II County Alleghany USACE Action ID 2009-00591
DMS ID 856 Date Project Instituted 12/21/2007 NCDWR Permit No 2009-0048
River Basin NEW Date Prepared 3/6/2020
Cataloging Unit 05050001
Credit Release Milestone
Stream Credits
Wetland Credits
Scheduled
Releases
(Stream)
Warm
Cool
Cold
Anticipated
Release Year
(Stream)
Actual
Release Date
(Stream)
Scheduled
Releases
(Forested)
Riparian
Riverine
Riparian Non
riverine
Non -riparian
Scheduled
Releases
(Coastal)
Coastal
Anticipated
Release Year
(Wetland)
Actual
Release Date
(Wetland)
Potential Credits (Mitigation Plan)
3,302.600
1.484
Potential Credits (As -Built Survey)
3,195.000
1.484
1 (Site Establishment)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2 (Year 0 / As -Built)
30 %
958.500
2020
3/6/2020
30 %
0.445
30 %
2020
3/6/2020
3(Year 1 Monitoring)
10%
2021
10%
10%
2021
4 (Year 2 Monitoring)
10%
2022
10%
15 %
2022
5 (Year 3 Monitoring)
10%
2023
15 %
20 %
2023
6 (Year 4 Monitoring)
5 %
2024
5 %
10%
2024
7 (Year 5 Monitoring)
10%
2025
15 %
15 %
2025
8 (Year 6 Monitoring)
5 %
2026
5 %
NIA
2026
9 (Year 7 Monitoring)
10%
2027
10%
N/A
2027
Stream Bankfull Standard
10%
N/A
N/A
Total Credits Released to Date
958.500
1
1 0.445
NOTES:
CONTINGENCIES:
BROWN ING.KIMBERLY.D Digitally signed by
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Signature of Wilmington District Official Approving Credit Release
20200403
Date
1 - For NCDMS, no credits are released during the first milestone
2 - For NCDMS projects, the second credit release milestone occurs when the as -built report (baseline monitoring report) has been made available to the NCIRT by posting it to the NCDMS Portal, provided the following criteria have been met:
1) Approval of the final Mitigation Plan
2) Recordation of the preservation mechanism, as well as a title opinion acceptable to the USACE covering the property
3) Completion of all physical and biological improvements to the mitigation site pursuant to the mitigation plan
4) Receipt of necessary DA permit authorization or written DA approval for porjects where DA permit issuance is not required
3 - A 10% reserve of credits is to be held back until the bankfull event performance standard has been met

Mitigation Project Name
DMS ID
River Basin
Cataloging Unit
DEBITS (released credits only)
Little Pine Creek II
856
NEW
05050001
Ratios 1 1.5 2.5 5-0
County Alleghany
Date Project Instituted 12/21/2007
Date Prepared 3/6/2020
USACE Action ID 2009-00591
NCDWR Permit No 2009-0048
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IRT Approved Amounts (feet and acres)
3,064.000
I
655.000
1.200
4.420
IRT Approved Amounts (mitigation credits)
3,064.000
131.000
0.600
0.884
Percentage Released
30 %
30 %
30 %
30
Released Amounts (feet / acres)
919.200
196.500
0.360
1.326
Released Amounts (credits)
919.200
39.300
0.180
0.265
NCDWR Permit
USACE Action ID
Project Name
1997-0616
1997-07161
NCDOT TIP R-0529BA / BB /
BD -US 421 Improvements
919.200
2014-0762
2012-00882
NCDOT TIP R-2915E - US
221 Widening
196.500
0.360
1.326
Remaining Amounts (feet / acres)
1 0.000
0.0001
0.000
0.000
Remaining Amounts (credits)
1 0.0001
0.0001
0.000
0.000