20040325 Ver 2_Other Agency Comments_20101213 (2)

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF: December 9, 2010
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. 2009-00189
Ms. Jennifer Derby, Chief
Wetlands Section - Region IV
Water Management Division
Environmental Protection Agency
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Ms. Derby:
This correspondence is in reference to Barra Farms Phase II Wetland Mitigation Bank that is
being developed by Southern Produce Distributors c/o: Mr. Stewart Precythe, located southeast of
Hwy 53 and 210 intersection, north of SR 2041 (Beard Road), in Harrison Creek Bay, in the
headwaters of Harrison Creek, near Cedar Creek Community, Cumberland County, North Carolina.
The purpose of this letter is to provide you with a final draft of the mitigation banking instrument
(MBI) and to request your agency's signature on this document. In addition, we have enclosed a
CD copy of the approved July 2010 mitigation plan.
Pursuant to 60 FR 228, p.58610, 3. Agency Roles and Coordination, "No agency is required
to sign a banking instrument; however, in signing a banking instrument, an agency agrees to the
terms of that instrument." Please review the attached final version carefully; and if you are in
agreement with the terms of the MBI, please sign your appropriate signature block and return it
to our office within 30 days of your receipt of this letter. Please note that the mitigation
restoration plan, along with an e-mail copy of this MBI, has been provided to the team member
of your agency; and that the Wilmington District Office of Counsel has reviewed the property
disposition and disposal provisions in the MBI and agrees that these provisions provide adequate
preservation assurances for the Bank property.
For your information, our review of the instrument has been completed and the Wilmington
District Engineer is anticipating signing the mitigation banking instrument upon the 30-day time
period. Please note that credits will not be released until items in Section VII of the MBI have
been finalized.
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Thank you again for your time and for your agencies participation in the review of this bank.
If you have any questions, please contact me, at the Wilmington Regulatory Field Office,
telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
Mickey Sugg
Regulatory Project Manager
Enclosure
Copy Furnished (without enclosure):
Mr. Ron Sechler
National Marine Fisheries Service
Pivers Island
Beaufort, North Carolina 28516
°r. John Dorney
Division of Water Quality
N.C. Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
2321 Crabtree Boulevard
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604-2260
Ms. Becky Fox
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Wetlands Regulatory Section- Region IV
1307 Firefly Road
Whittier, North Carolina 28789
Mr. Steve Sollod
N.C. Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Mr. Howard Hall
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh North Carolina 27636-3726
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Same Letter To (with enclosure):
Mr. Pete Benjamin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3726
Ms. Molly Ellwood
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Ms. Cyndi Karoly
Division of Water Quality
N.C. Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
2321 Crabtree Boulevard
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Mr. Pace Wilber
National Marine Fisheries Service
Habitat Conservation Division
Post Office Box 12559
Charleston, North Carolina 29422-2559