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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403 -1343
A�7TeMONOF June 11, 2013
Regulatory Division
Action ID: SAW- 2012 -00645
Mr. Doug Hughes
Weyerhaeuser NR Company
211 Armstrong Road
Columbia, MS 39429
Dear Mr. Hughes:
This correspondence is in reference to the Brice Creek Wetland Mitigation Bank that is being
developed by the Weyerhaeuser NR Company, on property located off of U.S. Highway 70 and
east of Catfish Lake Road, IN 34.945192 / W - 76.968006) between New Bern and Havelock, in
the Community of Croatan, in Craven County, North Carolina, within the Lower Neuse River
Basin, Hydrologic Unit Code (HCUC) 03020204. The purpose of this letter is to confirm the
release of credits from this Bank upon completion the required tasks, as described in Section VII,
of the Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) for this project.
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) entitled, Brice Creek Wetland
Mitigation Bank, signed January 10, 2013, fifteen percent (15 %) of the Bank's total restoration
and enhancement credits shall be available for sale immediately upon completion of all of the
following:
1. Execution of this MBI by the Sponsor, the DE, and other agencies eligible for membership
in the IRT who choose to execute this agreement;
2. Approval of the final Mitigation Plan;
3. Mitigation bank site has been secured;
4. Delivery of the financial assurance described in Section IX of this MBI; and
5. Recordation of the long -term protection mechanism described in Section X of this MBI, as
well as a title opinion covering the property acceptable to the DE.
By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements
and 83.2 non riparian wetland credits, constituting 15% of the Bank's total restoration and
enhancement credits are now available for sale. Please confirm these totals on your mitigation
bank ledger. Please be reminded that a Nationwide Permit 27 verification for this project, will be
required prior to initiation of construction activities and release of additional credits.
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Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
me at the Washington Regulatory Field Office, telephone 910 - 251 -4564.
Since ely,
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Senior Project Manager
Washington Regulatory Field Office
Copies Furnished:
Jennifer Derby, Chief
Wetlands and Marine Regulatory Section
US EPA
61 Forsyth Street, SW
Atlanta Georgia 30303 -8960
Pete Benjamin
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh North Carolina 27636 -3726
Mr. Todd Bowers
Wetlands and Marine Regulatory Section
Water Protection Division — Region IV
United States Environmental Protection Agency
61 Forsyth Street SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Mr. John Ellis
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Ecological Services - Raleigh Field Office
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636 -3726
Mr. Travis Wilson
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Ms. Jennifer Burdette
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
Mail Service Center 1650
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1650

Mr. Steve Sollod
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
127 Cardinal Drive Extension
Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
Mr. Christian Preziosi
Land Management Group, Inc.
3805 Wrightsville Avenue, Suite 15
Wilmington, North Carolina 28403