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Home My WebLink About20041235 Ver 1_Other Agency Comments_200907020 ` Q31S DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY no WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS 69 DARLINGTON AVENUE WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403 -1343 JUL 2 zoos 00 REPLY TO DENR • WATER ATTENTION OF WEUNDSMo STORMWA June 29, 2009 ERAAtEN Regulatory Division Action ID. 2009 -00932 North Carolina Department of Transportation Project Analysis and Environmental Analysis Branch Attn: Gregory J. Thorpe, Ph D 1 South Wilmington Street Raleigh North Carolina 27699 -1548 Dear Mr. Thorpe: This letter confirms the final Interagency Review Team's (IRT) evaluation of the May 2009 Privateer Farm Addendum (enclosed) to the North Carolina Department of Transportation Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument ( NCDOT UMBI). The addendum describes the stream and wetland restoration within the 430 -acre site of Privateer Farm, which is one of several legacy mitigation sites that will be incorporated in the NCDOT UMBI. The Privateer Farm Mitigation Site, containing a tributary of Harrison Creek and Little Alligator Swamp, and is located west of NC Hwy 53, north of Elizabethtown, at the Bladen/Cumberland County line, North Carolina. Our office, in coordination with the IRT, has approved the May 2009 Privateer Farm Addendum and its use for stream and wetland compensatory mitigation in accordance with the NC DOT UMBI. However, please be aware that the initial release of credits, as described in the NC DOT UMBI, will not be implemented until it has been executed. Approximately 266.5 total riverine wetland credits and 8,066 linear feet of credits are expected to be generated in the bank site. Once the UMBI is executed, 65 percent, or 173 credits, of riverine wetlands and 70 percent, or 5,646 linear feet, of stream shall be made available. Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr. Mickey Sugg at (910) 251 -4811. Sincerely, Mickey Sugg, Project Manager Wilmington Regulatory Field Office Enclosure -2- Copies Furnished (with enclosure): Mr. Gary Jordan U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Post Office Box 33726 Raleigh North Carolina 27636 -3726 Mr. Steve Sollod Transportation Project Coordinator N.C. Division of Coastal Management 1638 Mail Service Center Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1638 Mr. Travis Wilson N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission 1142 I -85 Service Road Creedmoor, North Carolina 27522 Mr. Ron Sechler National Marine Fisheries Service Pivers Island Beaufort, North Carolina 28516 Ms. Tammy Hill Division of Water Quality N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 2321 Crabtree Boulevard Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 -0535 Ms. Kathy Matthews U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wetlands Regulatory Section- Region IV 109 T.W. Alexander Drive Durham, North Carolina 27711 Copies Furnished (without enclosure): Ms. Leilani Paugh N.C. Department of Transportation 1 South Wilmington Street Raleigh North Carolina 27699 -1548 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 N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Wilmington, North Carolina 28405 Mr: John Dorney ; i si on of ater Quality .CDepart ment of Environment and atural Resources 2321 Crabtree Boulevard Raleigh, North Carolina 27626 -0535 Mr. Steve Everhart Division of Coastal Management N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 127 Cardinal Drive Extension Wilmington, North Carolina 28405