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Home My WebLink About20081143 Ver 1_USACE Correspondence_20111201DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 1 WILMINGTON DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS 69 DARLINGTON AVENUE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA 28403 1343 REPLY TO 4TTE \TIO\ OF Regulatory Division/ 1145 Action ID No SAW 2007 01188 Ms Tara Disy Allden Restoration Systems LLC 1101 Haynes Street Suite 211 Raleigh North Carolina 27604 Dear Ms Allden December 1 2011 X- 1IL13 This correspondence is in reference to the Cripple Creek Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank that you have developed Specifically the project is located east of Roney Lineberry Road north of Woodbrooke Drive south of Deep Creek Church Road and west of North Fonville Road in northeast Alamance County North Carolina within the Cape Fear River Basin Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 03030002 The purpose of this letter is to confirm the release of credits from this Bank upon completion of Task 3 as described in General Provision 19 of the Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) for this project Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) entitled Cripple Creek Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank dated December 1 2009 ten percent (10 %) of the Bank s total restoration credits shall be available for sale immediately upon completion of all of the following a Submission of the 1 st year monitoring report b Sponsor documents acceptable survival and growth of planted vegetation and attainment of acceptable wetland hydrology as described under the success criteria in the monitoring section of the mitigation plan The Year 1 Annual Monitoring Report for the Cripple Creek Mitigation Bank was submitted on October 27 2011 Subsequently a site inspection of the Bank was conducted on Noy ember 28 2011 The report indicated that one groundwater gauge (Gauge 2) did not meet the success criteria All other groundwater gauges that vNere operational through the year met the success criteria The report also indicated that all planted vegetation plots met the established success criteria The site inspection revealed a minor amount of streambank erosion between cross section stations 15 and 16 and a minor amount of wetland fill (0 Ol ac e) ill 1.1, wi m e conservation easement which was deposited fiom some clearing activity immediately adjacent to the conservation easement As agreed upon during the site inspection the bank erosion will be observed during the next few months and no repair work is necessary at this time Also the minor amount of fill will be removed from the conservation easement area By copy of this correspondence we confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements and 448 7 linear feet of stream mitigation credits (SMCs) 0 64 riparian wetland mitigation credits (rWMCs) and 0 145 non riparian wetland mitigation credits (nrWMCs) constituting 10% of the Bank s total restoration credits are now available for sale To date 40 percent of the total credits (1 794 8 SMCs 2 56 rWMCs and 0 58 nrWMCs) have been released Our records indicate that 697 7 SMCs and 0 75 rWMCs have been debited from the Bank Therefore the current total amount of credits available is 1 097 1 SMCs 1 81 rWMCs and 0 58 nrWMCs Please confirm these totals on your mitigation bank ledger Thank you for your time and cooperation If you have any questions please contact Mr Andrew Williams at the Raleigh Regulatory Field Office telephone 919 554 4884 extension 26 Sincerely Jean B Gibby Chief Raleigh Regulatory Field Office Copies Furnished Ms Jennifer Derby Wetlands and Marine Regulatory Section US EPA 61 Forsyth Street SW Atlanta Georgia 30303 8960 Mr Pete Benjamin U S Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Post Office Box 33726 Raleigh North Carolina 27636 3726 v Mr Ron Sechler National Marine Fisheries Service Habitat Conservation Division 101 Pivers Island Road Beaufort North Carolina 28516 Ms Sue Homewood North Carolina Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Quality 585 Waughtown Street Winston Salem NC 27107 Mr Eric Kulz Division of Water Quality Wetlands and Stormwater Branch North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Mail Service Center 1650 Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1650 Ms Tammy Hill Division of Water Quality Wetlands and Stormwater Branch North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Mail Service Center 1650 Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1650 Ms Shari Bryant North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Post Office Box 129 Sedalia North Carolina 27342 0129 Mr Todd Tugwell U S Army Corps of Engineers 11405 Falls of Neuse Road Wake Forest North Carolina 27587 N