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NCDENR
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Quality
Pat McCrory Charles Wakild, P.E. John E. Skvarla, III
Governor Director Secretary
April 9, 2013
Mr. Bobby Ham
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
90 Ham Produce Road
Snow Hill, NC 28580
DWQ Project # 2008- 0511v1
Greene County
Re: Neuse River Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Umbrella Mitigation Banking
Instrument (UMBI)
Approval of Year I Monitoring — Track L -8 Contentnea CreeklLittle Contentnea Creek Bank
Dear Mr. Ham,
On January 15, 2013, DWQ received a Year I Monitoring Report for Tract L -8 of the Contentnea
Creek/Little Contentnea Creek Bank Parcel (CLCP) dated 2012 and submitted by Greene Environmental
Services, LLC (GES). On January 28, 2013, Katie Merritt, with the DWQ, requested additional
information regarding the subject Monitoring Report. Specifically, Ms. Merritt requested an explanation
for data that included stem counts measured in 0.5 increments. On February 18, 2013, Ms. Merritt
received a satisfactory response.
On January 11, 2013, as part of the approval of the monitoring report, Ms. Merritt requested all credit
ledgers along with corresponding sales' receipts and stormwater approval letters for sales' transactions
between July 20, 2012 and December 1, 2012. On January 16, 2013, Ms. Merritt received the nutrient
offset and riparian buffer credit ledgers for this bank. However, Ms. Merritt did not receive any
stormwater approval letters verifying the amount of nutrient offset required by the local governments.
In correspondence between Ms. Merritt and Jeff Becker with GES, it was discussed that GES must obtain
verification of nutrient offset required from the designated local government prior to any sale of nutrient
offset credits. Ms. Merritt concluded that all sales on the ledgers, dated January 5, 2013, were compliant.
As mentioned in previous correspondence between Ms. Merritt and GES, DWQ will release the final 10%
of nutrient offset and riparian buffer credits for the CLCP bank when five years of monitoring and
maintenance have been completed for Tract L -8, the appropriate success criteria is achieved, and the
conservation easement is assigned to a land trust approved by the DWQ.
Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater Compliance & Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1650
Location: 2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Phone: [phone] FAX: 919 - 807 -6494
Internet: http:// portal. ncdenr .org /web /wq /swp /ws /webscape
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Please note that credits generated at this site must be used for impacts in HUC 03020203.
Please feel free to contact Ms. Merritt at (919) 807 -6371 if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
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Karen Higgins, Supervisor
Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater
Compliance and Permitting Unit
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cc: Jeff Becker - Greene Environmental Services, LLC (via electronic mail)
File Copy (Katie Merritt)