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Home My WebLink About20090565 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_20110203~ RAC-. REPLY TO ATTENTION OF: DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 69 DARLINGTON AVENUE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343 cq-oS~S 1 February 2011 Regulatory Division Action ID No. 2009-00832 ~ ~~~~~~~ ~~t~ FEQ 0 3 201 f~NR • WATER QUALITY WETLANDS AND STORMWATER BRANCH SEE DISTRIBUTION LIST Dear Colleague, This correspondence is in reference to Bachelors Delight Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank that is being developed by Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company c/o: Mr. Taylor Downing, in coordination with NCSU Natural Resource Foundation c/o: Mr. David Ashcraft, located on the east side of Gum Branch Road (SR 1308), within Bachelors Delight Swamp watershed, north of Jacksonville, Onslow 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 October 2010 mitigation plan and survey boundary of the bank property. 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. r Thank you again for your time and for your agencies participation in the review of this bank. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me, at the Wilmington Regulatory Field Office, telephone (910) 251-4811. Sincerely, Mickey S gg, Project Manager Wilmington Regulatory Field Office Enclosure DISTRIBUTION (with enclosure): Mr. Jim Gregson, Director Division of Coastal Management North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 400 Commerce Avenue Morehead City, North Carolina 28557-3421 Ms. Jennifer Derby, Chief Wetlands Section -Region IV Water Management Division Environmental Protection Agency 61 Forsyth Street, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30303 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 North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 Ms. Cyndi Karoly Division of Water Quality North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 Mr. Pace Wilber National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Division Post Office Box 12559 Charleston, South Carolina 29422-2559 Copy Furnished (without enclosure): Mr. Ron Sechler National Marine Fisheries Service Pivers Island Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 John Dorney Division of Water Quality North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1650 '~ .. Ms. Becky Fox U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Regulatory Section- Region IV 1307 Firefly Road Whittier, North Carolina 28789 Mr. Steve Sollod North Carolina Division of Coastal Management 1638 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1638 Mr. Glenn Catts Hofmann Forest Liaison College of Natural Resources NCSU 2023 Biltmore Hall Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 Mr. Christian Preziosi Land Management Group, Inc. Post Office Box 2522 Wilmington, North Carolina 28402 Mr. Taylor Downey Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company 1412 Eatonton Hwy Suite 700 Madison, Georgia 30850 Mr. David Ashcraft NC State Natural Resources Foundation, Inc. Campus Box 8010 Room 3060, Biltmore Hall Raleigh, North Carolina 27695