20190239 Ver 2_As-Built Walk Comment Responses_20210527

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May 27, 2021
Katie Merritt
Nutrient Offset & Buffer Banking Coordinator
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27620
RE: DWR Task 2 Mitigation Site Earthwork, Planting, and Installation of Monitoring Devices
Comment Response Letter
Moccasin Creek Mitigation Bank Parcel (DWR # 2019-0239v2)
Johnston County, NC
Dear Ms. Merritt:
Wildlands Engineering, Inc. (Wildlands) has reviewed the Division of Water Resources (DWR) comments
dated April 21, 2021 and April 23, 2021 for the completion of Task 2: Mitigation Site Earthwork, Planting,
and Installation of Monitoring Devices for the Moccasin Creek Mitigation Bank Parcel. Responses to your
comments are included below. For your convenience, your comments have been reproduced and are
followed by our responses in bold type.
April 23, 2021
1. T-posts marking the inner 15' boundary along Moccasin Creek and UT1 were present, but there
were no easement placards/signs attached to the posts as required.
Action: Attach signs to all posts and provide photo documentation that the work is completed.
Easement placards have been reattached to all T-posts marking the inner 15' boundary along
Moccasin Creek and UT1. A photograph log displaying this is attached below.
2. Inefficient boundary markers showing the easement boundaries of the two utility lines that
intersect the site.
Action: Add additional T-posts to the inner boundaries of the two easements where the two
utility lines cross through the site. Add signs and bright taping to the T-posts and provide photo
documentation that the work is completed.
T-posts mounted with easement placards have been added to the inner easement boundary
where the utility lines cross through the site. Bright flagging tape has also been added to the
additional T-posts. Photographs displaying this have been added to the log below.
3. No seeding was observed to have been implemented by the Sponsor in accordance with the
approved BPDP.
Action: According to the BPDP, a temporary & permanent seed mix including pollinator -friendly
seed was to be applied to the site. Read through the approved BPDP and provide a plan for
Wildlands Engineering, Inc. • phone [phone] • fax [phone] • 1430 S. Mint Street, # 104 • Charlotte, NC 28203

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seeding the site in compliance with the approved BPDP. Since the site is currently vegetated by
an annual cover crop applied by the farmer, it will be acceptable for Wildlands to wait until
conditions are appropriate to apply a temporary and permanent seeding across the site. DWR
expects Wildlands to determine the best season to apply the seeding to receive the best
results/survival and provide that information to DWR in response to this email. It is highly
recommended that the seeding be in place prior to the cover crop dying.
A pollinator friendly seed mix was applied to the site on 5/17/2021. Wildlands anticipates
sufficient herbaceous cover to be present leading up to and during the time of Monitoring
Year 1 vegetation plot photographs. The table below depicts the pollinator friendly seed mix.
SPECIES
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Black-eyed Susan
20
Lance -leaved coreopsis
20
Sulphur cosmos
15
Plains coreopsis
10
Partridge pea
10
Coreopsis grandiflora
10
Cosmos bipinnatus
10
Narrow -leaved sunflower
5
4. DWR does not advise the usage of polytape on the site. However, DWR does recommend
adding a bright flagging to the T-posts along Moccasin Creek, UT-1 and within the inner
boundaries of the two utility easements.
Flagging tape has been added to the T-posts along Moccasin Creek, UT1, and within the inner
boundaries of the two utility easements. Photographs displaying this have been added to the
log below.
5. Plot #9 was in the wrong location according to the maps supplied with the approved BPDP.
Action: A corrected map needs to be submitted to DWR in response to this email, showing
accurate plot locations which are slightly different than what was provided in the approved
BPDP.
A map showing the current vegetation plot locations has been attached below.
April 21, 2023
1. According to the BPDP, both posts and polytape were to be placed along the CE along Moccasin
Creek. Was this performed? Why or why not?
Based on the as -built site walk, it was agreed that polytape was not necessary, due to
adequate signage along the Conservation Easement on Moccasin Creek and flagging tape
would be used instead.
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2. Were drain tiles discovered during site work? If so, what measures were taken?
No drain tiles were discovered on the Mitigation Bank Parcel during the time of site work.
3. Identify the seed mix that was used on the site.
The seed mix listed below was applied to the site.
SPECIES
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Black-eyed Susan
20
Lance -leaved coreopsis
20
Sulphur cosmos
15
Plains coreopsis
10
Partridge pea
10
Coreopsis grandiflora
10
Cosmos bipinnatus
10
Narrow -leaved sunflower
5
Seeding rate: 14 I bs./Acre
4. How many trees were planted? Total & per species?
A copy of the planting ticket from Bruton Natural Systems, Inc. is attached to this comment
response letter.
SPECIES (Bare Root 20"-28")
Stems Planted
Syca more
1,690
River Birch
1,270
Eastern Cottonwood
1,270
Boxelder
1,270
Swamp Chestnut Oak
1,270
Willow Oak
1,690
TOTAL
8,460
5. What was the planting density?
Approximately 604 stems per acre.
Please let me know if you need any additional documentation.
Sincerely
Andrea S. Eckardt
Project Manager
Wildlands Engineering, Inc. • phone [phone] • fax [phone] • 1430 S. Mint Street, # 104 • Charlotte, NC 28203

Project Location
Conservation Easement Boundary
Vegetation Plots
No Credit (TOB-15')
Buffer Mitigation (16-50')
Ir Buffer Mitigation (51-100')
Nutrient Offset (101-200')
Non -Project Streams
Sewer Line Easement
Power Line Easement
401
2017 Aerial Photography
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Monitoring Map
Moccasin Creek Mitigation Site
Neuse River Basin (03020201)
Johnston County, NC

CONSERVATION EASEMENT PHOTOGRAPHS
Moccasin Creek Mitigation Site

Conservation Easement Sign (04/27/2021)
Easement Line (04/27/2021)
Easement Line (04/27/2021)
Utility Easement and Signage (04/27/2021)
Plant Protection Zone Sign (04/27/2021)
Utility Easement and Signage (04/27/2021)
Moccasin Creek Mitigation Site