20040425 Ver 1_EPA Comments_20040107

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P.O. BOX 1890
WILMINGTON. NORTH CAROLINA 28402-1890

REPLY TO
ATIENTION OF:

J an uary 5, 2004

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Regulatory Division

Action ID No. 200300583

WETLANDS i 401 GPOUP

(SEE ATTACHED DISTRIBUTION LIST)

JAN 0 7 2004
WATE.R QUALni SEGnO(J

Dear Colleagues:

This correspondence is in reference to the proposed Barra Farms Phase II Mitigation Bank,
owned by Ecosystems Land Mitigation Bank Corporation (ECOBANK), located at the
intersection between Highway 53 and Highway 210, north of SR 2041 (Beard Road), in Harrison
Creek Bay, in the headwaters of Harrison Creek, near Cedar Creek, Cumberland County in the
lower Cape Fear River Drainage Basin, North Carolina. The purpose of this letter is to confirm
the establishment of the Mitigation Bank Review Team (MBRT) for this project. Please
reference our May 2, 2003 Public Notice for this proposed bank.

Pursuant to 60 FR228, p.5861O, 3. Agency Roles and Coordination, collectively, the
signatory agencies to the banking instrument will comprise the Mitigation Bank Review Team.
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CE), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Setvite(FWS), National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS), and Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), as appropriate given the projected
use of the bank, should typically comprise the MBRT. In addition, it is appropriate for
representatives from State, tribal and local regulatory and resource agencies to participate where
an agency has authorities and/or mandates directly affecting or affected by the establishment, use
or operation of a bank. This may include the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ),
Division of Coastal Management (DCM), Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC), and Division
of Marine Fisheries (DMF).

In this regard, the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers invites your agency to
participate as a member of the MBRT for the Barra Farm Phase IT Mitigation Bank. If you wish
to participate, you should designate a specific representative of your agency to serve on the
MBRT and notify us in writing within 10 days of your receipt of this letter.

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By copy of this letter, I am requesting other Federal and State agencies to respond in kind
to this invitation.

Thank you for your time and attention to this request. If you have any questions, please
c6ntact me at telephone [phone].

Sincerely,

~~1:ect~anager

Wilmington Regulatory Field Office

Copies Furnished:

Mr. Christian Preziosi
Land Management Group, Inc.
Post Office Box 2522
Wilmington, North Carolina 28402

Messrs. Alan Fickett and Bill Gurber
ECOBANK
1555 Howell Branch Road
Winter Park, Florida 32785

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Distribution List:

(
Mr. Ronald J. Mikulak, Chief
Wetlands Section-Region IV
Water Management Division
US Environmental Protection Agency
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Mr. Bennett Wynne
North Carolina Wildlife
Resource Commission
901 Laroque A venue
Kinston, North Carolina 28501

Mr. Garland Pardue
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 28516

Mr. Ron Sechler
National Marine Fisheries Service
Pi vers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516

"" Mr. John Dorney
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of
Environrr;cnt and Natural Resources
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Suite 250
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-2260

Mr. Guy Stefanski
Division of Coastal Management
North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
1638 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27~99-1638