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Home My WebLink About20061693_Mitigation Information_20120515A�� SPA NCDENR North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality Beverly Eaves Perdue Charles Waklld P E Governor Director May 15 2012 Halifax County DWQ # 20061693 Philip S Harris III PE Natural Environment Unit North Carolina Department of Transportation 1598 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1598 Subject Marsh Swamp Bridge Mitigation Site Halifax County TIP No B 3853 Dear Mr Harris This correspondence is in reference to your letter dated May 14 2012 regarding the Marsh Swamp BridgeMitigation site located in Halifax County North Carolina on NC 561 This site is being utilized by the North Carolina Department of Transportation as compensatory mitigation for wetland impacts associated with project B 3853 On April 16 2012 Rob Ridings of DWQ participated in an inter agency field visit to review the site and verify that site success criteria had been met 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 Rob Ridings at 919 807 6403 Sincerely 1p� / 0i C arles Waklid Director cc Chad Coggins Division 4 Environmental Officer Jason Elliott NCDOT NEU File Copy Transportation and Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh North Carolina 27699 1617 Location 512 N Salisbury St Raleigh North Carolina 27604 Phone 919.807 63001 FAX 919 -807 6492 Internet www rimaterouality orq An Equal Opportunity 1 Affirmative Action Employer Dee Freeman Secretary NorthCarohna STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE GOVERNOR May 14 2012 Mr Tom Steffens Washington Regulatory Office ACOE P O Box 1000 Washington NC 27899 1000 EUGENE A CONTI RJR SECRETARY 1 Re Marsh Swamp Bridge Mitigation Site, Halifax County, State Project # 8 1301901 TIP No B 3853 Action ID No SAW 2006 41559 142 DWQ Project No 20061693 Mr Steffens As you are aware the Department has monitored the Marsh Swamp Bridge wetland restoration site since its construction in December of 2004 Located in Halifax County at Bridge No 82 over Marsh Swamp on NC 5611 this site consists of approximately 0 78 acres of wetland restoration for impacts associated with the B 3853 project The mitigation encompassed approximately 0 48 acres of riverine swamp wetland by removing an abandoned causeway back to wetland elevations of the existing adjacent wetlands If the wetland restoration is considered successful then 0 274 acres of the abandoned causeway restoration will be credited towards the mitigation requirements for this project The remaining 0 206 acres may be used for a future project in the same watershed pending U S Army Corps of Engineers approval Additionally NCDOT restored 0 304 acres of temporary fill in jurisdictional wetlands that was needed for the onsite detour to preconstruction contours The wetland restoration and temporary on site detour were constructed and re vegetated with appropriate hardwood species The restoration area must re attain jurisdictional status at the end of three years hydrologic monitoring was not required for this project According to permit conditions NCDOT was required to monitor the Marsh Swamp Bridge mitigation site for three years or until success criteria were met with visual vegetation 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 orQ/ doh/ preconstructl vel neulMonitorin >?/MonitorinQRenorts html MAILING ADDRESS TELEPHONE 919 707 6000 LOCATION NC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FAX 919 212 5785 CENTURY CENTER BUILDING B PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 1020 BIRCH RIDGE DRIVE 1598 MAIL SERVICE CENTER WEBsiTE WWW NCDOT ORG RALEIGH NC 27610 RALEIGH NC 27699 1598 r "' After three years of visual vegetation monitoring the Marsh Swamp Bridge mitigation site indicates that the planted species are surviving and wetland restoration area has re attained jurisdictional status Individual annual monitoring reports are available on NES website for 2009 2011 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 monitoring would be required There is however a portion of the site (approximately 0 17 acre) that is within a tenth of a foot in elevation to the adjacent wetland but has a definite difference in vegetation type The agencies agreed that DOT can close out the site and that there may be available assets at the site DOT will place a hold on the site in the debit ledger to give additional time for it to become more of a wetland and may in the future propose to use those assets if approved by the agencies NCDOT requests that the appropriate resource agencies provide written 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 7-(�5 ( , ...az _ Philip S Harris III P E Section Head PDEA Natural Environment Section cc Mr Rob Ridings 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 Chad Coggms NCDOT DEO4 Mr Randy Griffin NCDOT NEU