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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY May 12, 2010
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Regulatory Division
Action ID: 2009-00846
Johnston County Airport Authority
Mr. Ray Blackmon
3149 Swift Creek Road
Smithfield, North Carolina 27577
Dear Mr. Blackmon:
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Reference the Department of the Army (DA) permit issued on April 23, 2010, to the
Johnston County Airport Authority for impacts associated with a Runway Safety Area and
corporate area development. The project site, known as Johnston County Airport, is an active
airport located just to the south of the intersection of Swift Creek Rd, and US Highway 70
Business (W Market St), northwest of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. Coordinates
(in decimal degrees) for the site are 35.5436° N, 78.3895° W.
The DA permit authorized the permanent placement of fill material into 7.73 acres of
riparian wetlands, 10.31 acres of non-riparian wetlands, and 685 linear feet of stream and
allowed for the temporary placement of fill material into 0.17 acre of wetland, associated with
the project. Compensatory mitigation to offset unavoidable impacts was required by payment
into the North Carolina Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NCEEP) in the amount necessary to
perform restoration to 15.46 acres of riparian wetland, 20.62 acres of non-riparian wetland, and
1,370 linear feet of stream in the Neuse River Basin, Cataloging Unit 03020201.
Also, reference your permit modification request received in our office on April 29, 2010.
This modification requested to change the mitigation payment from NCEEP for the amount
necessary to perform restoration to 15.46 acres of riparian wetland to payment to the NCEEP for
the amount necessary to perform restoration of 4.56 acres of riparian wetland and the purchase of
10.9 riparian wetland mitigation units from the EBX Neu-Con Umbrella Wetland and Stream
Mitigation Bank.
We have completed the evaluation of your request and will modify your mitigation
proposal, accordingly. The change in mitigation is referenced in the following conditions.
Special condition "1" of your permit is hereby modified to read:
"In order to compensate for 7.73 acres of riparian wetlands, 10.31 acres of non-riparian
wetlands, and 685 linear feet of stream the permittee shall make payment to the North Carolina
Ecosystem Enhancement Program (NC EEP) in the amount determined by the NCEEP, sufficient
to perform the restoration of 4.56 acres of riparian wetland, 20.62 acres of non-riparian wetland,
and 1,370 linear feet of stream in the Neuse River Basin, Cataloging Unit 03020201. The
permittee shall also purchase 10.90 riparian wetland mitigation units from the EBX Neu-Con
Umbrella Wetland and Stream Mitigation Bank."
Please note that all other permit conditions and exhibits remain in effect as written.
Should you have questions, contact Mr. Thomas Brown, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office at
telephone [phone], Extension 22.
Sincerely,

?- JEFFERSON M. RYSCAVAGE
Colonel, U.S. Army
District Commander
Attachments
cc:
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Suite 250
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Ms. Kim Williams
Land Management Group, Inc
Post Office Box 2522
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402