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Home My WebLink About19990222_Other Documents_20120515AFKWA G"'a"i MC®ENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Coleen H Sullins Governor Director May 15 2012 Pitt County DWQ No 19990222 Gregory J Thorpe Ph D Manager North Carolina Department of Transportation Project Development & Environmental Analysis Branch 1598 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1598 Subject Greene Street Bridge Mitigation Site Pitt County TIP No B 2225 Dear Dr Thorpe Dee Freeman Secretary This correspondence is in reference to your letter dated May 14 2012 regarding the Greene Street Bridge Mitigation Site located in Pitt County North Carolina This site is being utilized by the North Carolina Department of Transportation as compensatory mitigation for wetland impacts associated with project B 2225 By copy of this letter we are notifying you that no further monitoring of the site will be required since the construction and success criteria for the mitigation site has been met Thank you for your time and cooperation If you have any questions please contact David Wainwright at (919)807 6405 Sincerely F C -Chart es akild Director cc Bill Biddlecome US Army Corps of Engineers Washington Field Office (electronic copy only) Clay Willis Division 1 Environmental Officer (electronic copy only) Chris Militscher Environmental Protection Agency (electronic copy only) Travis Wilson NC Wildlife Resources Commission (electronic copy only) Steve Sollod Division of Coastal Management (electronic copy only) Garcy Ward NCDWQ Washington Regional Office (electronic copy only) File Copy Transportation Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1650 Location 512 N Salisbury Street Raleigh North Carolina 27604 Phone 919 807 6300 1 FAX 919 807 6494 Internet http / /portal ncdenr org /web /wq An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer NorthCarohna Nawrially STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE EUGENE A CONTI JR GOVERNOR SECRETARY May 14, 2012 Mr Tom Steffens Washington Regulatory Office ACOE P O Box 1000 Washington NC 27899 1000 Re Greene Street Bridge Mitigation Site, Pitt County Project # 8 2220601 TIP No B 2225 Action ID No 1995005645, DWQ WQC Project No 990222 Mr Steffens As you are aware the Department has monitored the Greene Street Bridge wetland restoration site since its construction in March of 2004 Located in Pitt County between the Greene Street and Pitt Street bridges in Greenville this site provides 0 34 acres of cypress gum swamp restoration, 1 41 acres of bottomland hardwood restoration 0 40 acres of cypress -gum swamp enhancement and 0 95 acres of preservation for impacts associated with the B 2225 project The wetland restoration and enhancement areas were constructed and revegetated with appropriate hardwood species Per the permit requirements NCDOT proposed to monitor the Greene Street Bridge mitigation site for five years or until success criteria were met with hydrological and vegetation and monitoring conducted each year During the monitoring period annual monitoring reports were submitted to the appropriate regulatory agencies via the PDEA Natural Environment Section (NES) website http //www ncdot org/doh/preconstruct/pe/neu/Monitoring/MomtoringReports html During the onsite agency review for site close out held on August 26th 2010 it was noted that approximately two thirds of the vegetation on the site had had been mowed or cut down by hand clearing Since that meeting the site has been signed identifying it as a mitigation site to prevent further disturbance It was agreed at that time that NCDOT would continue visual vegetation monitoring for at least one additional year hydrologic monitoring would no longer be required due to the success of the previous five years of monitoring During the 2011 evaluation the area that was mowed and hand cleared had hardwood vegetation re sprouting MAILING ADDRESS NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER RALEIGH NC 27699 1598 TELEPHONE 919 707 6000 LOCATION FAX 919 212 5785 CENTURY CENTER BUILDING B 1020 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE WEBSITE WWW NCDOT ORG RALEIGH NC 27610 1 A site visit was conducted on April 16th 2012 with the regulatory agencies and NCDOT personnel present It was determined at that meeting that the site success criteria had been met and that no further momtormg would be required NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource agencies provide documentation stating that no further monitoring is required and that the site is closed If you have any questions about this project please contact Mr Randy Griffin at (919) 707 6121 Sincerely Philip S Harris III P E Section Head PDEA Natural Environment Section cc Mr David Wainwright DWQ Mr Travis Wilson WRC Mr Chris Militscher EPA Mr Gary Jordan USFWS Mr Scott McLendon ACOE Mr Brian Wrenn DWQ Mr David Harris P E , NCDOT REU Mr Jay Johnson NCDOT DEO2 Mr Randy Griffin NCDOT NEU