20180182 Ver 1_Initial Credit Release (SAW-2017-01927)_20201028

Strickland, Bev
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Kichefski, Steven L CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020 11:46 AM
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Cidney Jones; Kevin Tweedy
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Davis, Erin B; Hamstead, Byron A; Bowers, Todd; Leslie, Andrea J; Wilson, Travis W.;
Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (US); Kim Browning; Haywood, Casey M CIV
(USA); Gledhill-earley, Renee; Jones, M Scott (Scott) CIV USARMY CESAW (USA);
McLendon, C S CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
Subject:
[External] Red Barn Mitigation Bank Initial Credit Release (SAW-2017-01927)
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Cidney/Kevin,
Please find attached the As-Built/MYO Credit Release letter for the Red Barn Mitigation Bank (SAW-2017-
01927). As requested, credit is being released for approved stream restoration and enhancement activities, as
well as, wetland rehabilitation and creation activities that satisfy the initial release requirements pursuant to
the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, "Agreement to Establish the Red Barn Mitigation Bank in
the Yadkin River Basin (HUC 03040101), Surry County, North Carolina", approved December 18, 2019 and the
final Red Barn Mitigation Plan dated November 2019. As it is laid out in the Credit Release Schedule, 30% of
the mitigation site's total stream restoration and enhancement credits and 30% of the site's wetland
rehabilitation and creation credits are to be released/have been released for sale at the current milestone
being addressed. Credit amounts are based on the revised totals from the as -built survey and previous amount
of credits released for the site. Credit amounts released at this time are to equal 1,199.25 Cool Stream Credits
and 0.20 Riparian Riverine Forested Wetland Credits. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
This electronic copy is an official Department of the Army Notification.
Regards,
Steve Kichefski
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington District, Asheville Field Office
151 Patton Avenue, Suite 208
Asheville, NC 28801
(828)-271-7980 Ext. 4234
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
151 PATTON AVENUE
ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006
October 28, 2020
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2017-01927
Re: As-Built/MYO credit release of the Red Barn Mitigation Bank
Mr. Kevin Tweedy
Ecosystem Planning & Restoration, PLLC
1150 SE Maynard Rd., Ste 140
Cary, NC 27511
Dear Mr. Tweedy:
This correspondence is in reference to the revised As -Built Baseline Monitoring Report
and request for the As -Built credit release, dated September 18, 2020, for the Red Barn
Mitigation Bank. Also please reference the initial As -Built Baseline Monitoring Report
submitted June 3, 2020 and the NC Interagency Review Team (NCIRT) As -Built site review
field meeting held on June 10, 2020. The Red Barn Mitigation Bank Site is located off Ester
Drive/Timeless Trail Road, south of NC 80 and approximately 0.5 miles west of Mount Airy in
Surry County, North Carolina. The 25.4-acre site project entails stream restoration and
enhancement generating cool stream mitigation units (SMU's), as well as, wetland rehabilitation
and creation generating riparian wetland mitigation units (WMU's) along tributaries to Stewarts
Creek, in the Upper Yadkin Watershed of the Upper Pee Dee River Basin (03040101).
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, "Agreement to Establish
the Red Barn Mitigation Bank in the Yadkin River Basin (HUC 03040101), Surry County, North
Carolina", approved December 18, 2019; and the site -specific Red Barn Final Mitigation Plan
dated November 2019, fifteen percent (15%) of the mitigation site's total stream restoration and
enhancement credits, as well as, fifteen percent (15%) of the site's wetland rehabilitation and
creation credit shall be available for sale immediately upon completion of all initial physical and
biological improvements made pursuant to the Mitigation Plan.
The revised As -Built Baseline Report referenced above documents a minor reduction in
overall credits available based on the as -built surveys and corrections to credit calculations
compared to those approved in the final mitigation plan. The revised overall cool stream and
riparian wetland credit available for the site is 8,032 SMU's and 2.02 WMU's.

By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above
requirements for the Year 0/As-Built release for all parcels within the bank; and 1,199.25 SMU's
and 0.20 WMU's are now available for sale. To account for the overall reduction in stream and
wetland credits available for the site, the As-Built/MYO credit release included a minor decrease
to account for extra initial credits released. To date, 2,409.60 SMU's constituting thirty percent
(30%) of the site's total stream restoration and enhancement credits, as well as, 0.61 WMU's
constituting thirty percent (30%) of the site's wetland rehabilitation and creation credits have
been released for sale.
During the NCIRT site meeting of June 10, 2020, several comments were made by
agency representatives regarding concerns noted with the as -built conditions. Some of these
concerns have already been addressed as summarized in the cover page of the revised as-
built/MYO submitted on September 18, 2020. The remaining concerns to watch throughout
monitoring or actions needed include:
1. Concerns regarding the amount of sediment deposition on UT2 where it enters the
project area. Make sure this area is monitored closely and add another permanent
photo point in this area. Could potentially use photo station 10 but facing
upstream.
2. IRT expressed concern for the channel reach just downstream of the crossing on
UT 1 due to dry channel conditions at a time when the rest of the site was wet and
flowing. Additional monitoring in this area needed to determine if this is a
persistent occurrence. Not to far downstream was SG2, but channel was flowing
again in this location at the time of the field visit so this gauge may not be helpful
in monitoring the dry reach.
3. Either a release or amendments to the CE need to be finalized in three areas. Any
fencing (cattle exclusion) and signage needs to be completed in those areas.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
Steve Kichefski at [phone] extension 4234.
Electronic Copies Furnished:
Erin Davis (NCDWR)
Travis Wilson (NCWRC)
Todd Bowers (USEPA)
Todd Tugwell (USACE)
Casey Haywood (USACE)
Scott McLendon (USACE)
Sincerely,
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Scott Jones, Chief
Asheville and Charlotte Regulatory Field Offices
Andrea Leslie (NCWRC)
Byron Hamstead (USFWS)
Renee Gledhill -Earley (NCSHPO)
Kim Browning (USACE)
Scott Jones (USACE)