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Strickland, Bev
From: Kichefski, Steven L CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
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To: Adam McIntyre; Cara Conder
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Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (US); Kim Browning; Haywood, Casey M CIV
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CESAW (USA)
Subject: [External] Upper Rocky Mitigation Site Initial Credit Release (SAW-2015-01816)
Attachments: SAW-2015-01816_U pperRockyU M B_I nitialCreditRelease-11-27-2020.pdf
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Adam/Cara,
Please find attached the Initial Credit Release letters for the Upper Rocky Umbrella Mitigation Bank: Upper
Rocky Mitigation Site (SAW-2015-01816). As requested, 15% of restoration/enhancement and 100% of
preservation credit is being released for satisfying the initial release requirements pursuant to the Mitigation
Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, Agreement to Establish the Upper Rocky Umbrella Mitigation Bank,
signed June 30, 2020; and the site -specific Upper Rocky Final Mitigation Plan dated April 2020. In accordance
with the plan, 1,350.75 stream mitigation units (SMU's) and 1.786 WMU's are now available for the Upper
Rocky Mitigation Site. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
This electronic copy is your official Department of the Army Notification.
I hope all had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Regards,
Steve Kichefski
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington District, Asheville Field Office
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
151 PATTON AVENUE
ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006
November 27, 2020
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2015-01816
Re: Initial credit release of the WLS Upper Rocky Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument
(UMBI) — Upper Rocky Mitigation Site
Mr. Adam McIntyre
Water and Land Solutions
7721 Six Forks Road
Releigh, North Carolina 27615
Dear Mr. McIntyre:
This correspondence is in reference to your November 20, 2020 request for the initial credit
release for the Upper Rocky Mitigation Site. The Upper Rocky Mitigation Site is located south of
William Hough High School, between NC 115 and Bailey Road, in Huntersville, Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina. The 43.74-acre project presents 9,685 linear feet (LF) of stream
restoration and enhancement generating 9,005 warm Stream Mitigation Units (SMU). It also
includes 14.51 acres of wetland re-establishment, enhancement and preservation generating 9.07
Wetland Mitigation Units (WNW), along unnamed tributaries in the Rocky Watershed of the
Upper Pee Dee River Basin (03040105). The purpose of this letter is to confirm the initial release
of credits for this mitigation site.
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, Agreement to Establish the
Upper Rocky Umbrella Mitigation Bank, approved June 30, 2020; and the site -specific Upper
Rocky Final Mitigation Plan dated April 2020, fifteen percent (15%) of the mitigation site's total
restoration and enhancement credits and 100% of the sites preservation credits shall be available
for sale immediately upon completion of all the following:
a. Execution of the MBI by the Sponsor, the Corps, and other agencies eligible for
membership in the IRT who chose to execute the agreement.
b. Approval of the Final Mitigation Plan.
c. The mitigation site must be secured.
d. Delivery of the executed financial assurance documents as described in Section IX of the
UMBI and Section 12 of the Upper Rocky Final Mitigation Plan, dated April 2020 and
approved August 20, 2020.
e. Recordation of the Corps -approved site protection mechanism described in Section X of
the UMBI, and both Section 2.3 and Appendix D of the Upper Rocky Final Mitigation

Plan, dated April 2020 and approved August 20, 2020, including a title opinion covering
the property.
f. Issuance of the 404-permit authorization for site construction.
By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above
requirements for initial release for all parcels within the bank; therefore 1,350.75 SMU's and
1.786 WMU's constituting 15% of the mitigation site's total restoration and enhancement
credits, as well as, 100% (0.5 WMU's) of site wetland preservation credits are now available for
sale.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
Steve Kichefski at [phone] extension 4234.
Sincerely,
For KICHEFSKI.STEVE Digitally signed by
KICH EFSKI.STEVEN.L.1386908539
N.L.1386908539 Date: 2020.11.27 11:29:48 -05'00'
Scott Jones, Chief
Asheville and Charlotte Regulatory Field Offices
Electronic Copies Furnished:
Erin Davis (NCDWR)
Olivia Munzer (NCWRC)
Travis Wilson (NCWRC)
Byron Hamstead (USFWS)
Todd Bowers (USEPA)
Renee Gledhill -Earley (NCSHPO)
Todd Tugwell (USACE)
Kim Browning (USACE)
Casey Haywood (USACE)
Scott Jones (USACE)