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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF
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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO March 5, 2010 MAR V 2010
ATTENTION OF.
DENR - WATER QUALITY
WETLANDS AND STOR%I WATER BRANCH
Regulatory Division
Action ID SAW-2009-01258/ City of Raleigh Umbrella Mitigation Bank
SEE DISTRIBUTION
Dear Colleague:
This correspondence is in reference to the City of Raleigh Umbrella Mitigation Bank
that is being developed by the City of Raleigh, North Carolina. This umbrella instrument
is intended for inclusion of selected sites used to offset aquatic impacts from City projects
located within the Neuse River Basin, Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 03020201. The
purpose of this letter is to notify you of the Corps' decision regarding the final umbrella
mitigation banking instrument (UMBI), entitled, "AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH THE
CITY OF RALEIGH UMBRELLA STREAM AND WETLAND MITIGATION
BANK". The bank sponsor, Hazen and Sawyer, distributed copies to each Interagency
Review Team (IRT) member on or around February 26, 2010 and sent an electronic copy
to the Corps' Wilmington District, Office of Counsel, on February 24, 2010.
Pursuant to 33 CFR Part 332.8(8), I am notifying you that the Corps has completed its
review of the subject document and intends to approve the UMBI. If any IRT member
objects to this decision in accordance with the formal dispute resolution process
described in 33 CFR Part 332.8(e), please notify the Corps of Engineers, Project Manager
for this action, Mr. Monte Matthews, and other IRT members by letter, within 15 days of
receipt of this notification. If there are no objections, please have the appropriate
representative for your agency sign the attached final UMBI signature page and return to,
Mr. Monte Matthews, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite
105, Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587, by no later than March 26, 2010.
Thank you again for your time and cooperation regarding this project. The
Wilmington District is committed to providing the highest level of support to the public.
To help us ensure we continue to do so, please complete the Customer Satisfaction
Survey located at our website at http://per2.nwp.usace.army.mil/surve.html. If you have
any questions, please contact Monte Matthews at the Raleigh Regulatory Field Office,
telephone [phone], extension 26.
Sincerely,
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i Jean B. Manuele
Chief, Raleigh Regulatory
Field Office
Enclosure
Copies Furnished (with enclosure):
DISTRIBUTION:
Ms. Rebecca Fox
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wetlands Section - Region IV
1307 Firefly Road
Whittier, NC 28789-8783
Mr. John Ellis
United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Raleigh Field Office
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, NC 27636-3726
Mr. Ian McMillan
North Carolina Division of Water Quality
Mail Service Center 1650
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650
Mr. Vann F. Stancil - Special Project Coordinator
NCWRC - Division of Inland Fisheries
Habitat Conservation Program
215 Jerusalem Church Road
Kenly, NC 27542
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Copy Furnished (without enclosure):
Ms. Shari Bryant
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Post Office Box 129
Sedalia, North Carolina 27342-0129
Mr. Ron Sechler
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
101 Pivers Island Road
Beaufort, NC 28516
Ms. Renee Gledhill-Early
Environmental Review Coordinator
North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
4617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4617
Mr. Robert A. Berndt, P.E.
Senior Associate
Hazen and Sawyer, P.C.
4011 West Chase Blvd., Suite 500
Raleigh, NC 27607
City of Raleigh
Public Utilities Department
Attn: Mr. Kenny Waldroup
One Exchange Plaza, Suite 620
Raleigh, NC 27602
Mr. Justin P. McCorcle
Assistant District Counsel
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington District
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
Mr. Todd Tugwell
US Army Corps of Engineers
Falls Lake Office
11405 Falls of Neuse Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587-9599
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement entitled
"Agreement To Establish The City of Raleigh Umbrella Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank":
By:
Date:
NC Division of Water Quality:
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