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Home My WebLink About20070699 Ver 2_More Info Received_20110331Blue Ridge Engineering PLLc March 30, 2011 Cyndi Karoly, Branch Chief NCDENR Division of Water Quality Wetlands and Stormwater Branch 1650 Main Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Ref: Additional Information Requested for Individual 401/404 Permit Porter's Neck Crossing New Hanover County, NC NCDWQ Project 07-0699 U.S. Army Corps Action ID 2006-41551 Dear Ms. Karoly, n ??? ? .nom 3 2011 1* QUALO UiDSANDSTDRMWAIR O&WCM This letter is in response to your letter dated March 21, 2011 requesting additional information. Attached you will find five (5) copies of the additional information requested; a revised plat and conservation declaration. It is our hope that this response adequately addresses those concerns expressed and provides the additional information requested. Please feel free to call with any questions. Thanks in advance for your assistance with this project. For the Firm, Blue Ridge Engineering PLLC C. Neil Shepherd, , PLS Principal cc: James A. Black, Jr., ACI Christy Wicker, US Army Corps Chad Coburn, NCDWQ Ian McMillan, NCDWQ 529 Main Street North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 (336) 838-2500 Stephen Rynas, CAMA Job File 7015 Bltl< N529 o e Ridge Engineemig Pt_i L NoMain Street rth Wilkesboro NC 28659 (336) 838-2500 March 30, 2011 Cyndi Karoly, Branch Chief NCDENR Division of Water Quality Wetlands and Stormwater Branch 1650 Main Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Ref: Additional Information Requested for Individual 401/404 Permit Porter's Neck Crossing New Hanover County, NC NCDWQ Project 07-0699 U.S. Army Corps Action ID 2006-41551 Dear Ms. Karoly, MAR 3 1 201) - OENR - WATER QUALIT). WETLAMOS AND STORMWATER BRWH This letter is in response to your letter dated March 21, 2011 requesting additional information. Attached you will find five (5) copies of the additional information requested; a revised plat and conservation declaration. It is our hope that this response adequately addresses those concerns expressed and provides the additional information requested. Please feel free to call with any questions. Thanks in advance for your assistance with this project. For the Firm, Blue Ridge Engineering PLLC r ?'?'" C. Neil Shepherd, , PLS Principal cc: James A. Black, Jr., ACI Christy Wicker, US Army Corps Chad Coburn, NCDWQ Ian McMillan, NCDWQ Stephen Rynas, CAMA Job File 7015 a STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY CONSERVATION DECLARATION This DECLARATION of CONSERVATION COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, and RESTRICTIONS is made on this day of , 2011, by ACI Pine Ridge, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company with mailing address of 1400 West Northwood Street, Greensboro, NC 27408, and ACPR Leasehold, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company with mailing address of 519 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, (collective referred to as "Declarants"). RECITALS & CONSERVATION PURPOSES A. Whereas, ACPR Leasehold, LLC is the owner of Lot 7 and ACI Pine Ridge, LLC is the owner of Lots 8 and 9 of Porters Neck Crossing located in New Hanover County, North Carolina, as shown on a map recorded at Map Book 53, Page 308 in the New Hanover County Registry; and B. Declarants are the owners in fee simple of the certain Conservation Property (Property) being approximately 12.71 acres, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, see Map Book , Page New Hanover County Registry; and C. The purpose of this Conservation Declaration is to maintain wetland and/or riparian resources and other natural values of the Property, and prevent the use or development of the Property for any purpose or in any manner that would conflict with the maintenance of the Property in its natural condition. The preservation of the Property in its natural condition is a condition of Department of the Army permit Action ID 2006- 41551 issued by the Wilmington District Corps of Engineers (Corps), required to mitigate for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States authorized by that permit, and this Conservation Declaration may therefore be enforced by the United States of America. NOW, THEREFORE the Declarants hereby unconditionally and irrevocably declare that the Property shall be held and subject to the following restrictions, covenants and conditions as set out herein, to run with the subject real property and be binding on all parties that have or shall have any right, title, or interest in said property. ARTICLE I. PROHIBITED AND RESTRICTED ACTIVITIES Any activity on, or use of, the Property inconsistent with the purposes of this Conservation Declaration is prohibited. The Property shall be maintained in its natural, r scenic, and open condition and restricted from any development or use that would impair or interfere with the conservation purposes of this Conservation Declaration set forth above. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following activities and uses are expressly prohibited or restricted. A. Disturbance of Natural Features. Any change disturbance, alteration or impairment of the natural features of the Property or any introduction of non-native plants and/or animal species is prohibited. B. Construction. There shall be no constructing or placing of any building, mobile home, asphalt or concrete pavement, billboard or other advertising display, antenna, utility pole, tower, conduit, line, pier, landing, dock or any other temporary or permanent structure or facility on or above the Property. C. Industrial, Commercial and Residential Use. Industrial, residential and/or commercial activities, including any right of passage for such purposes are prohibited. D. Agricultural, Grazing and Horticultural Use. Agricultural, grazing, animal husbandry, and horticultural use of the Property are prohibited. E. Vegetation. There shall be no removal, burning, destruction, harming, cutting or mowing of trees, shrubs, or other vegetation on the Property. F. Roads and Trails. There shall be no construction of roads, trails or walkways on the property. G. Signage. No signs shall be permitted on or over the Property, except the posting of no trespassing signs, signs identifying the conservation values of the Property, signs giving directions or proscribing rules and regulations for the use of the Property and/or signs identifying the Grantor as owner of the property. H. Dumping or Storage, Dumping or storage of soil, trash, ashes, garbage, waste, abandoned vehicles, appliances, machinery or hazardous substances, or toxic or hazardous waste, or any placement of underground or aboveground storage tanks or other materials on the Property is prohibited. 1. Excavation, Dredging or Mineral Use. There shall be no grading, filling, excavation, dredging, mining or drilling; no removal of topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, peat, minerals or other materials, and no change in the topography of the land in any manner on the Property, except to restore natural topography or drainage patterns. J. Water Quality and Drainage Pattern. There shall be no diking, draining, dredging, channeling, filling, leveling, pumping, impounding or related activities, or altering or tampering with water control structures or devices, or disruption or alteration of the restored, enhanced, or created drainage patterns. In addition, diverting or causing or permitting the diversion of surface or underground water into, within or out of the easement area by any means, removal of wetlands, polluting or discharging into waters, springs, seeps, or wetlands, or use of pesticide or biocides is prohibited. K. Development Rights. No development rights that have been encumbered or extinguished by this Conservation Declaration shall be transferred pursuant to a transferable development rights scheme or cluster development arrangement or otherwise. L. Vehicles. The operation of mechanized vehicles, including, but not limited to, motorcycles, dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles, cars and trucks is prohibited. M. Other Prohibitions. Any other use of, or activity on, the Property which is or may become inconsistent with the purposes of this grant, the preservation of the Property substantially in its natural condition, or the protection of its environmental systems, is prohibited. ARTICLE II. ENFORCEMENT & REMEDIES A. This Declaration is intended to ensure continued compliance with the mitigation condition of authorizations issued by the United States of America, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, and therefore may be enforced by the United States of America. This covenant is to run with the land and shall be binding on all parties and all persons claiming under the Declarants. B. Corps, its employees and agents and its successors and assigns, have the right, with reasonable notice, to enter the Property at reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting the Property to determine whether the Declarants, Declarants' representatives, or assigns are complying with the terms, conditions and restrictions of this Conservation Declaration. C. Nothing contained in this Conservation Declaration shall be construed to entitle Corps to bring any action against Declarants for any injury or change in the Conservation Property caused by third parties, resulting from causes beyond the Declarants' control, including, without limitation, fire, flood, storm, and earth movement, or from any prudent action taken in good faith by the Declarants under emergency conditions to prevent, abate, or mitigate significant injury to life, damage to Property or harm to the Property resulting from such causes. ARTICLE III. PUBLIC ACCESS A. This Conservation Declaration does not convey to the public the right to enter the Property for any purpose whatsoever. ARTICLE IV. DOCUMENTATION AND TITLE A. Conservation Property Condition. The Declarants represent and acknowledge that the Property is currently undeveloped land, with no improvements other than any existing utility lines, Declarations and rights of way. B. Title. The Declarants covenant and represent that the Declarants are the owners and are seized of the Property in fee simple and have good right to make the herein Declaration. ARTICLE V. MISCELLANEOUS A. Conservation Purpose. Declarants, for itself, its successors and assigns, agree that this Conservation Property shall be held exclusively for conservation purposes. B. Entire Agreement. This instrument sets forth the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the Conservation Declaration and supersedes all prior discussions, negotiations, understandings or agreements relating to the Conservation Declaration. If any provision is found to be invalid, the remainder of the provisions of this Conservation Declaration, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is found to be invalid, shall not be affected thereby. C. Recording. Declarants shall record this instrument and any amendment hereto in timely fashion in the official records of New Hanover County, North Carolina, and may re-record it at any time as may be required to preserve its rights. D. Environmental Condition of Conservation Property. The Declarants warrant and represent that to the best of its knowledge after appropriate inquiry and investigation: (a) the Property described herein is and at all times hereafter will continue to be in full compliance with all federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, and (b) as of the date hereof there are no hazardous materials, substances, wastes, or environmentally regulated substances (including, without limitation, any materials containing asbestos) located on, in or under the Property or used in connection therewith, d and that there is no environmental condition existing on the Property that may prohibit or impede use of the Property for the purposes set forth in the Recitals. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Declarants have hereunto set their hand and seal, the day and year first above written. ACI-Pine Ridge, LLC By: By: James A. Black, Jr. - Manager ACPR Leasehold, LLC David Sneeden, Manager PROJECT LOCATION D~ ~ E G~,S Z E .16.90 ACE T TAL 4_ N :~¢o ~ilMiiy~ roy BYpgss U 1. L I T T E E T DISTURBED ~ Q 1 ~O G1~ ~ ; ,a P ~ AREA 1 C ~ ~ AREA 1 0.29 ACRES AREA 1 4.71 ACRES AREA 1 3.81 ACRES ~ ~ ~ ~ C C T®TAL AREA 2 6.34 ACRES AREA 2 0.09 ACRES N AREA 3 0.34 ACRES e S TOTAL N AREA 4 1.32 ACRES 'VICINITY MAP X2.71 CRE T®T L U ~ 7T g Y J J a S Radius 3937.00' bA IRON PIN Arc.451.45~ Fourto Bearin $81'11'07"E Radius 3937.00' PRESERVATION PRESERVATION. PRESERVATION 9 ~ ~ ~ " Chord 451.20' Arc 113.80' AREA 1 AREA.Z w AREA 3 w Bearing $85'1713"E y ~ m .a..,~...~ FAN ° p N ~ ~ ine Len th line I it Len th Line. Direction Len th o' " IRON p1N Chord 113.80' L # Direction 9 # , D ection 9 # 9 ;o N FouND WETLANDS, ~ z ~ . . w ° _ ~ . L41 80'00'05"E 173.55' L7 8772447"E 52.34` L41 SO'00'05'E 173.55' ,d0' ~ OUNDIN PRESERVATION Radius 2241.91' W ° ~ ° L42 N90'00'00"W 89.85' L8 854'54'12"E 13.09' L58 500005'E 201.34' Z S N88°43 N88°43'37"W Arc 85.05' ~ ~ ° ~ ~ AREA 3 a " 83 °0 4 L9 4 .22 L88 588 43 37 E 7.43 n m " " a . . _ ° ° 0' 9"E E L43 N80'0105 W .134.65. $85.49 24 E 2 509,11 67.74 Rodius 2241.91 ~ ° ~ P~ Bearing S82'26'01"E y 0 ~ ,.F.. ~ ..9 W 9 " WETLANDS . " . . IRON PIN L8 L44 N90'00'00"W 224:18'"" M~"L10 N52'53'27"E 44,82' ~MLB i $6'18'09 21.6 " ° - 0.34 ACRES ~ b as ~ ~ a o L88 Chord 85.04' Arc 119.96 Beoring 579°48'50"E ~ ~ cp ~ ~ .:_.w T _ ~ FOUND s $88'50'03"E 149,0" L45 851'80'33"W 127,03' L11 N89'42~47"E 50.Q1' L90 ~ $34'38'21"E 52.99' sr " " „ e . ° ° _ . , Q _ . WETLANDS ° weTLaNDS. 8'50'03"E 149.04' IRON PIN IRON PiN S8843'37"E 304.07 FouNO .588.47'42"E FouNO IRON PIN Chord 119.95' (TIE) ~ ~ ~ ~ l46 N80'53'22"W ; .25.64' L12 $38'09 28"E 150.41' L91 S45'28'i6"E ' 48.70' Rodfus 570.63' IRON PI n~ _ " " ~ " PRESERVATION Ara 4s.ss' . FouND IRON PIN ~ L89 ,~,,,~Ol~'Q4"E 194.02' FOUND A . FouND L111. WETLANDS-, 11.3.8' a y P~ ~ z m L47 N75'03$6'W € 55.12' L13 $38'09'26"E 133.65' L92 530'20'48 E 4319' Rodfus 210.00' ~m ~.,.mm„. Radius 230,00' . Bearing N64'00'56"W ° ~ ° . y " ~ " AREA 1 " ~ " Chord 49.94' ~ Arc 36.59' Rodfus 66.25' L48 , N45'11't6'W b5.9T L14 863'23'58"W 8,82' L93 $48'22'13"W 34.33' ~ Arc 153.17 „ „ _ ~ " Bearing N85'00'33"W Arc 104.06' O a . . . Beoring $705617 W " . " L44 „ . . . ` Rodius 68.25' • ~ L110 ~ ~ ~ PRESERVATION ~ _ WETLANDS • NC DOT. Arc 104.06' Oy Crpt - ~~00 L99 R W DISK. ~ L49 $89'01'13"W : 67.33' L15 $78'21'17"W 28.35' L94 $18'45'19"W , 36.48' ~ ~ ~ 4'.71 "A R Chord 150.36' Chord 36.54' Beoring N45'DO'03"W •Ing N45'DD'03°w r` ~ ~ AREA 4 ~ , / Chord 93.69' , ~ `91 WETLANDS w ~ ~ ~,,u.,...,~ t „ . . _ L43. Qhord..93.69' L50 N83'D3'28"W ~ 40.31' Lib S74'25'51'W 35,99' L95 $2703'02"W .58.22' w L69 L42 42 ~,o~ . n ~ 1:32~ACRE~ Nuo6-~~ -~-LtoS" ,,~~oy POND L5i 556'51'31"W 70.07 Liz N73'22'36"W' 25.70' I I L96 $3'59'20"W 54.71' ~ ° ~ rn° L108 u 1.107 ~ a ~ ~ ( ~ ~ _ - . ~ ~~o~ L52 ~ N1a"41'13"W .70.99' L18 N82'20'45"W 16.14' LA7 ~i S2'52'22'E 62.97 ~ r' - - - " ° . _ w,._ _ ~ ~ O 6 " o N L50 L49 ~ L53 ~ N29'39'12"W 101.47 L19 $50'4959 W .42.88' l98 I $670826 W ~ 29.48' I p " ~ . " ~ . . . a . . ~ - - L54 ~ N29'39'12"w 49.46' L20 $24'48'37"W 62.13' 9 " „ V , . ; . " " i ~S~ ~ L21 $374024 W 40.95 a~~ (4j ~ R 1 W.. PRESERVATION J- ~ L22 ' $48'49'24"W 43.26' DISTURBANCE ' AREA 4 L46 ~ . , n " , J Q .p O UD ~h r~mNw ~ L23 i 815'32'29,"W ..40.55' " " Ll 8j 6 A AREA 1 UNDISTURBED Line # Direction Length N00°4059 E ~ ~ A t0 v _ / xa~o ~.~."„.m ~ . . , . Line.. Direction .Len th L24„^ sa6713a"E 2a.Dt' _ 37.84' 96 D 'h os # 9 - , Lss s7s~65a w .26.61 ~ WETLANDS AREA 1 ° ~1 ~ZO~ J w a~ZJ .m.~ . µ.,w m w L26 $290516 W 27.68 _ ~ _ ,.~-w•,:. IRON PIN L42 N90'00'OD"W 89.85' ~ FOUND x.29 ACRES 8i5 . . .O}m _ w U 00 S78 23 41 W 47 56 35.38' " ~ M . . , / . .15 L74 (s L43 N60'Oi'05"W 134:65' _ L26 $49'06'44"W ' t L ~ ~ ~y~0 -w"~~„ L27 $4739'29"W 9 54.72' j L101 N775412 W 62.50 ~ 3 L44 N900000 W .224,18 ~ ~ LOWE'S ~ ~ = w ~._.M". L102 843'14'03"W 51.85' O L28 1 $52'44'51"W 2227 L4 ~ ~ L45 851'80'33"W 127.03' t,__~ L103 559'10'55"W 41.90' W UPLANDS J ~ w a ° ~ j... _ ?goo N - L29 $6128 43 W 1983 ~ ~ ~ . " LOTS UPLANDS o~ _ . L58 80'00'05 E 201.34' ~ ~ ~~r-- z zmz° . L104 $75'07'55 W 63.28' C~ CA 1 L30 531'49'48"W 45.43' ~ v W L59- a L59 $6706'26 W 1411' ~ , . ° f .m ~ ~ caROEN w ~ ~ z w L59 a ~ ao t N L31 839'49 08 W ; 3.47 L105 N5T28'59 W 32:83' L6D S39 09 28 W 49,79 ~ O - " ~ '1 CENTER p z ~ ~ m L98 a>g~o L108 876'1819"W 33.57 N W ~ ~ L61 $30'2724"W ~ 73,30' ,,y " L107 585'39'45"W 241.38' N90"00'00"W " ~ " ° ~ v~ 0 .1.... J~a~m 0 mz~wN ~ ~ M >5.~u ..m_. ~ ~~~~;~n~..._~. m„ _ DISTURBANCE 74.41' l82 N15'19'13"W'i 111,03 ~ " ~ ~B ~ " ~ mqm ~ . / w ~ L108 N843145 W 74,98 " . ~ 1 N m AREA 2 M L63 N31'04'12"W 84,89'. L109 N36'26'48'W _ 57.79 a0 " " . " 0 ~ 1.~9 r~^ N ~E'w~a # N~rou ~ .oxz ~,....n....,. l64 N4939'32"W 62,65' Lme # ~ Directioh Length ~ rj v , L110 N263824"W, 41.17 d~ 'SSR / - ~ FENCE da n s o ~ Q v ~ ~u.a.~ ~w~. " ~ _ w0 m M„" . L12_ 838'09'28"E 15D.4i' .m..__.. ~ " S , L8b N3 i'05~13W .41.44' ~ Litt N294'34'E 134.25' w ;"Ar P o o ca a ® }~y~z ~ awwz- o o w z 5 z .a,,~.., L66 N50'23'59'W ` 40.06'. L13 " 838'09'26"E 133.85' ° _ " , ~ ~3 L67 N46'3T38 W t 68 77` L32 N89'42'47"E 16.22' ~ S6 O ~ I ~ t_ m ~ 8 L68 N4T49'01"W 61,35' L33 ~ 845'01'49"E 28:77 O " _ ~ ° ° _ " " - L32 r"' _ Z L11 L33 - LOT f _ _"7 L69 865'22'07"W ..22,57 L34 $433441"E 55.67 . L8 ~0 WETLANDS ~ - IRON PIN L70 $38'40'26 W (rn55:91' I L35~~ YS30'49121"E 65.53' FOUND " " ° " ° " DISTURBANCE AREA 2 w.~ ~ ° -r° y _ Lg ~u' L71 S25'34'30'E ' 42,74' L36 534'09'35"E 89 33 " " " " " " ° " " " " ° " " X ~,09 ACRES C~ ~ - ~ _ - L72 SO$0'02"W 32.36' L37 84706'14"E .:1.8,21' (j _ _ ~ _.a. ~ a . . ° . . . t' POND L73 S51'0TD4"W ' 40.39' L38 83756'59"E 19.24' ° POND ~ . ~ ~ ~ _n . _ ~ 1 L39 :563'23'58"W 10.01' - . . " . . " . . ~ L74. $68'21'48"W 28,84' WETLANDS _ . _ _ . _ - .,1~ L75 $71'28'20"W 64.95' . _ , . ~ . " . , ~ I ~ ~ _ _ _ _ L78 $75'03'39"W 53.70' ~ ,",'°,~-.`x"~ " ~ M ~ L ~ ~ ~ s - WETLANDS " . L71 $3'55'49"W 42.51' AREA ~j - ~ . wt ~ L78 $18'0712"E 83.5,3'._, ~ rn . ° . " . . ° " . . „ . . a ~ ~ ~ ~ , C Line # Direction Length o L37 UPLANDS L79 $7735'01"W 84.81' ~ ~ r " " " ° ~ ~ ~ p s ®1 -r Lt 5404358E 2428'. ~ L38 L80 N53'2T44'W 32.96' LOT 9 L18 - L2 54043'58"E 5826 w ' " . , 1 L17 ~ L81 N59'40'59'W 31.03' ~ ~ ` .1, L39 P ~ " L3 853'40'26"E 34.73' N . a " ~ 16 X75 L82 N18'3537 W 45.58' ~ WETLANDS X19 ~ u4 L4 $43'2707 E 30.31. y Lai tJ2e~dsrorw 3e.2~'~ " ~ o , ~ ~ PI2E~ER~/A~fION " " " " a ~ ~ ~ ~ C L5 $41'20'27"W 52 99' O ° d " " " a - " O POND L84 Nt6'41'25"W 57,46' Z " " " " . _ ~ L6 S3'S8'53"E l 56:35'. v i " _ . . " 6.3~ ACRES . " _ _ L85 N5T12'42"W 49.19' LOT 6 D- 0 ~ ~ L86 ' N54'30'34 W 50.45.. " . " L87 ! N60'53'22"W 40.41' , y " ~ LOTS ~ U ~ p V~ . . _ . . . N~ ~~Q° ~ Z N J WETLANDS LOT ~ . " . " . ~ a ~ " L24 IRON PIN . ~ FOUND " L25 6 POND LOT 4 ~ c " . " . ~ti LOT 4 ~ ~ p tis" . . . ~ ~p7, ` ~`L ~ C) ~p~• A J° 3 L28 ~r2 " " L29 UPLANDS c L31 ~ ~ ~ LOT 3 ~ ~ ~ ~ LOT 2 Surveyor's Notes: ~ ~ 1. This is an exhibit of existing wetlands and proposed .wetland imacts upon the lands described as lots 7, 8, and 9 of Plat Book 53 at page 308 of the. New Hanover' County Public Registry. ,Q ~ NC GRID NORTH 2, This plat reflects information discovered by the surveyor in the normal course of work and does not necessarily show every possible condition affecting the property.' Easements, ~ NAD '83 (NSRS 2007 Datum) rights-of-way, building ordinances, zoning, and other legal encumbrances may exist. 0 N Consult a Title Attorney if you wish to discover all legal encumbrances attached to any. Q _ property. 0 ~ _ ~ 3, Any liability associated with this survey is solely to ACPR Leasehold, LLC and ACI Pine i- ~ Ridge, LLC. This plat is not an official document unless the surveyors original seal and signature are present. o I ` 4, Bearings are relative to the North Carolina Geodetic Survey, dll distances are horizontal measurements, and the areas are calculated by coordinate computation. ~ I 5, The ratio of precision of the unadjusted field traverse is better than 1:10,000 and. has. ~ ~ been adjusted by the least squares method. s- 6. The surveyed area as shown is located within Zone "X" "Other Areas" (areas with a less X ~ than 0.2~ annual flooding probability) according to the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps LL! for New Hanover County, panel number 3720326000 J having an effective date of April 3, 2006. PROJECT# SHEET 7, Wetland- limits shown are taken from a survey by Hanover Design Services, P.A. entitled 7015. "Wetland Survey for Alliance Commercial Properties ~ Pine Ridge Properties at Porters ~oTG _ Neck," dated December 21, 2006 and approved by the U.S.A.C.E. on November 20, 2007, 01-06-11 Permit number 2006-41551-065. SCALE 1 "=100' DRAWN BY [RKF OF 1