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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20130436 Ver 1_As Built Report_20130705aoj3- IY43 (n To: Katie Merritt From: David Knowles Date: 05July2013 Re: EvansBallahack As -Built Report, Greene Environmental Services, LLC Katie- Included is the "As- Built" report for the EvansBallahack Bank Parcel, Tar River Mitigation Bank. We welcome the opportunity to discuss the project with you and address any concerns and questions that may arise. As you have mentioned, a follow -up site visit will be required. I will be out of state for two to three weeks during mid to late July, but Jeff Becker would be available to meet at the Edgecombe County site during my absence; I could be contacted via phone if needed. Otherwise, I should be available upon my return. When you have some possible dates available, please contact Jeff and me. Thank you and I hope you are having an enjoyable and productive summer. David Knowles 252.757 -1978, juncusl @yahoo.co Jeff Becker 919.215 -3899, jrbecker @bellsouth.net As -Built Report for Evans Ballahack Bank Parcel Greene Environmental Services, LLC Tar River Umbrella Mitigation Bank July 2013 Submitted to: Katie Merritt NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Quality — Wetlands and Storm Water Branch 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650 Phone: (919) 807 -6371; Fax: (919) 8076494 Submitted by: Jeff Becker 1004 Glencastle Way Raleigh, NC 27606 Phone: (919) 215 -3899; Fax: (919) 859 -0911 CTE5: MIQIIE i!i As- Built Report for Evans Ballahack Bank Parcel Greene Environmental Services, LLC Tar River Umbrella Mitigation Bank July 2013 Introduction and Background Greene Environmental Services, LLC (GES) of Snow Hill, North Carolina, in 2013, established a riparian buffer /nutrient offset mitigation site in the Tar River Basin. The site is located east of the Edgecombe County town of Tarboro, NC and may be accessed by driving east on US 264 approximately 5 miles from Tarboro (Figure 1). At Exit 491 take Chinquapin Road (SR 1524) 2 miles north to NC 111. Take a right turn on NC 111 and drive approximately 0.3 miles and take a right turn onto Roberson School Road (SR 1524). Continue on Roberson School Road for approximately 0.6 miles and take a right turn onto the unnamed farm road with circular metal grain storage buildings located in the distance from the road. Continue 0.3 miles on farm road to a bridge over a drainage canal. The project site is located to the east of the canal and south of the metal buildings along a streamside tree line (Figures 2 and 3). The purpose of the nutrient mitigation bank is to improve water quality within the Neuse River Basin by reducing nutrient and sediment inputs to the watershed and provide off -site mitigation for development requiring nutrient offsets. The bank parcel is located within the Lower Tar Watershed (HUC: 03020103). The bank parcel buffers an un -named tributary to drains to Ballahack Canal which in turn is a tributary to Conetoe Creek which enters the Tar River near the Pitt County town of Falkland, NC. Ballahack Canal is an impaired stream with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources — Division of Water Quality designation: 28- 87 -1.2 C NSW 8.4 mi. AL B -9 SS - -02 I FS. The local landscape is in row crop agriculture, cut -over forest scrubland and forest. Soils range from well drained loamy sands to very poorly drained loams (Figure 4). In the 2012 growing season, prior to the installation of tree seedlings, the site was in soybean production. The bank parcel is 10 acres, including 5.45 acres of Tar- Pamlico riparian buffer and 4.55 acres of nutrient offset buffer restoration (Figures 5a and 5b). This bank parcel was established under the terms and conditions of the Greene Environmental Services Tar- Pamlico River Basin Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Umbrella Bank made and entered into by Mr. Bobby Ham of Greene Environmental Services, LLC, acting as the Bank Sponsor and the North Carolina Department ofEnvironment and Natural Resources — Division of Water Quality which is included with this submission and will be signed by the Division Director. In October 2012, a stream determination was recorded by Martin Richmond of DWQ and a preliminary site visited was made by Katie Merritt of DWQ; the site was determined to be suitable for nutrient offset mitigation and riparian buffer. Plantings and Monitoring Plot Implementation The EvansBallahack bank parcel was planted with character trees in February and March 2013 at a rate of 500 seedlings per acre. The suite of tree species selected for the bank parcel should be well - adapted or tolerant to the soil and drainage conditions throughout the site. Soils at the EvansBallahack mitigation site were loams and sandy loams and ranged from very poorly drained soils to well drained; historic ditching has most likely increase the rate of soil drainage (Figure 4). Bareroot seedlings were obtained from the North Carolina Forest Service Nursery, Claridge Nursery, Goldsboro, NC. All tree seedlings planted generally range in height from 1 foot to 4 feet. The species most frequently planted on soils with poor drainage were bald cypress, black gum and river birch (Table 1). The species most frequently planted on better drained soils were red oak and white oak. Persimmon, yellow poplar, sycamore, water oak and willow oak were planted throughout with the exception of areas with exhibited frequent ponding. Seedlings were planted in rows roughly paralleling the buffered stream at l Oft by l Oft spacings. A total of 5000 bareroot seedlings of ten character species were planted at the EvansBallahack parcel during February and March 2013 (Table 2). Yellow poplar, black gum, white oak and bald cypress were the most frequently planted species, accounting for 52 % of the seedlings planted. River birch, sycamore, willow oak and water oak accounted for 40% of the total seedlings planted. Persimmon and red oak accounted for 8% of the total seedlings planted. While planting, soils, microsite and surface drainage conditions were noted and appropriate species were planted on these sites (Table 1). Surveyed boundary points were demarked with 6 -foot metal T -posts and the boundary between the mitigation parcel and the adjacent agricultural land was marked with white, 5 -foot PVC posts atop metal rods at 100 -foot intervals. Five, l Om by l Om monitoring plots were established on the parcel using CVS protocols (Figures 5a and 5b). Tracts 1, 2 and 4 each have one plot; the largest tract, Tract 3, has two plots. The corners of each plot were marked with white, 10 -foot PVC posts atop metal rods. Seedlings within the monitoring plots were flagged with blue, plastic, flagging tape and white pinflags. All seedlings within each plot were located and mapped (Figures 6a -6e). Plot photographs were made from a location at the northwest corner with a view toward the southeast corner (Figure 7). A set of photographs is included depicting tract boundaries and representative seedlings (Figure 8). Upon completion of the initial planting an average of 17.2 ±4.9 seedlings was recorded in the five monitoring plots (Table 3); thus the average density was 696.3 +197.1 seedlings per acre. Plot BLK -1 in Tract 1 had the greatest density of seedlings with 24 per IOOm2 plot, thus 972 seedlings per acre. Plot BLK -3 in Tract 3 had the lowest density with 12 seedlings, thus 486 seedlings per acre. The EvansBallahack Parcel will be monitored during the 2013 growing season to ensure that the parcel boundaries are maintained and that any easement terms are in compliance. At the end of the growing season, the monitoring plots will be assessed and photographed and the first annual submitted to the NC Division of Water Quality. If remedial planting is required, the planting effort will take place during winter 2013/2014. Table 1. Species suitability for soils at the EvansBallahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental Services, LLC, Snow Hill, NC. Tract Dominant Soils Soil Drainage Species Suitability 1 Roanoke loam (Ro) Poorly drained river birch, yellow poplar, black gum, Betula nigra River birch 75 sycamore 2 Cape Fear loam (Ca) Very poorly river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black Persimmon 0 drained gum, sycamore, bald cypress 3 Cape Fear loam (Ca) Very poorly river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black 100 250 drained gum, sycamore, bald cypress 700(14%) Altavista fine sandy loam, 0 to Well drained river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black 200 3 percent slopes (AaA) 50 gum, sycamore, white oak, willow oak, Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 50 water oak 4 Ballahack fine sandy loam Very poorly river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black White oak (Ba) drained gum, sycamore, bald cypress 50 Portsmouth fine sandy loam Very poorly river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black 50 (Pu) drained gum, sycamore, bald cypress 500(10%) Conetoe loamy sand, 0 to 4 Well drained river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black 150 percent slopes (CeB) 50 gum, sycamore, white oak, willow oak, ercus rubra Red oak 25 water oak Table 2. Bare -root seedlings planted during February and March, 2013, in four tracts at the 10 -acre EvansBallahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental Services, LLC, Snow Hill, NC. Numbers of Seedlings of Character Tree Species Planted Seedling Species Common Name Tract 1 Tract 2 Tract 3 Tract 4 Total Betula nigra River birch 75 125 200 100 500(10% Diospyros vir iniana Persimmon 0 100 50 50 200(4%) Liriodendron tuli er era Yellow poplar 100 250 300 50 700(14%) N ssa s lvatica Black um 50 200 300 50 600(12%) Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 50 100 300 50 500(10%) ercus alba White oak 50 50 550 50 700(14%) ercus nigra Water oak 50 50 300 50 500(10%) ercus hellos Willow oak 0 150 300 50 500(10%) ercus rubra Red oak 25 25 100 50 200(4%) Tazodium distichum Bald cypress 0 200 200 200 600(12%) TOTALS 1 400 1250 2650 700 5000 Table 3. Species counts in IOm by 10 m monitoring plots recorded in May 2013. EvansBallahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental Services, LLC, Snow Hill, NC. Seedling Species Common Name BHK- 1 BHK- 2 BHK- 3 BEIK- 4 BE K- 5 Totals Betula nigra River birch 3 2 3 0 0 8 Diospyros vir iniana Amer. persimmon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liriodendron tuli er era Yellow poplar 7 3 2 3 1 16 N ssa s lvatica Black um 7 3 2 3 4 19 Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 0 0 2 0 0 2 ercus alba White oak 4 0 1 3 3 11 ercus nigra Water oak 2 0 0 6 2 10 ercus phellos Willow oak 1 2 1 1 3 0 7 ercus rubra Red oak 0 0 1 1 2 5 Taxodium distichum Bald cypress 0 8 0 0 0 8 Totals 1 24 1 18 12 19 13 17.2 +4.9 Avg +SD GE rvices. LLC 90 Ham Produce Rd. Snow Hill. NC 28580 Figure 1— Vicinity Map 1000 2000 I� llT B Tract 1 Legend ri Unnamed Tribut TrdCt ary ® Nutrient met t� //7/ Riparian Buffer r J Tract 3 L Tract 4 r„ . .... ..,- =T-A F (3E Figure 2 — USGS Topographic Map Greene Environmental Services. LLC 90 Ham Produce Rd. Snow Hill. NC 28580 t Legend Unnamed Tsibutarie. ® Nutrient Cffset ® Riparian Buffef CTE Greene Environmental Services, LLC 90 Ham Produce Rd. Snow Hill. NC 28580 Tract 1 Tract 4 UTI A Figure 3 —Aerial Map UT-B Tract 2 Tract 3 ►� I R r rA.Aj Approximate Location Evans Ballahack Site LEGEND AaA: Altavista fine sandy loam Ba: Ballahack fine sandy loam Ca: Cape Fear loam CeB: Conetoe loamy sand PU: Portsmouth fine sandy loam RO: Roanoke loam CTE Figure 4 — Soils Map Greene Environmental Services, LLC 90 Ham Produce Rd. Snow Hill. NC 28580 IT Tra ct 1 Riparian Buffer Area: 0.46 ac (20,038 sq. ft) Nutrient Offset Area: 0.04 ac (1,742 sq. ft) I 1i a N " ii r Plot c> 7 1 dW � ID 9 AN iirpiil E- � 8 � z � ifi M z 'r z ~ 'm W - W i > BLK -2 ;j W LIJ • 7 ' W W LL. tt n O� r aA Match Line Z } W !fj � �1 T 4 W H t � 4 Tract 2 Riparian Buffer Area: 1.26 acres (54,886 sq. ft) Nutrient Offset Area: 1.56 ac (67,954 sq. ft) N.T.S. Tar River Buffer El CTE Area Nutrient Offset Figure 5a - Survey Excerpt Greene Environmental Services. LLC 90 Ham Produce Rd. Snow Hill. NC 28580 Tract 3 M Riparian Buffer Area: 2.80 ac (121,968 sq. ft) Nutrient Offset Area: 2.85 ac (124,146 sq. ft) a �� Match Line �z } w IDS T$ r� UU w J � 0 U n C J Qa � Tract 4 Plot BLK -3 Riparian Buffer Area: 0.93 ac (40,511 sq. ft) Nutrient Offset Area: 0.10 ac (4,356 sq. ft) t r Plot R BLK -5 t "Isamu Plot ;I I � BLK -4 N.T.S. FiTar River Buffer Area CTE Nutrient Offset Area Figure 5b — Survey Excerpt Greene Environmental Services. LLC 90 Ham Produce Rd. Snow Hill. NC 28580 Figure 6a. Monitoring Plot BLK -1 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC. 10 meter NE SE 10 11 ♦ 12 ♦ ♦ 23 ♦ 10 ♦ 13 9 ♦ 9 ♦ 7 ♦ 24 ♦ 4 ♦ 15 ♦1 8 17♦ ♦ 21 7 ♦ 19 12 Black um 24 Water oak 6 5 4 0 t6 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NW SW 1 Willow oak 13 Yellow poplar 2 Yellow poplar 14 Black um 3 White oak 15 River birch 4 River birch 16 White oak 5 Water oak 17 Black um 6 Yellow poplar 18 River birch 7 Black um 19 Yellow poplar 8 White oak 20 Black um 9 Yellow poplar 21 Black um 10 Yellow poplar 22 White oak 11 Black um 23 Yellow poplar 11 ♦ 12 ♦ ♦ 23 ♦ 10 ♦ 13 ♦ 9 ♦ 7 ♦ 24 ♦ 4 ♦ 15 ♦1 ♦5 17♦ ♦ 21 ♦ 20 ♦ 19 SW 1 Willow oak 13 Yellow poplar 2 Yellow poplar 14 Black um 3 White oak 15 River birch 4 River birch 16 White oak 5 Water oak 17 Black um 6 Yellow poplar 18 River birch 7 Black um 19 Yellow poplar 8 White oak 20 Black um 9 Yellow poplar 21 Black um 10 Yellow poplar 22 White oak 11 Black um 23 Yellow poplar 12 Black um 24 Water oak SW 1 Willow oak 13 Yellow poplar 2 Yellow poplar 14 Black um 3 White oak 15 River birch 4 River birch 16 White oak 5 Water oak 17 Black um 6 Yellow poplar 18 River birch 7 Black um 19 Yellow poplar 8 White oak 20 Black um 9 Yellow poplar 21 Black um 10 Yellow poplar 22 White oak 11 Black um 23 Yellow poplar Figure 6b. Monitoring Plot BLK -2 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC. 10 meters NE SE 10 ♦ ♦ 11♦ ♦ ♦ 13 12♦ ♦10 9 2 ♦ ♦3 ♦ 14 8 6 7 ♦ ♦ 9 Bald c ress 18 Willow oak 7 5 ♦8 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NW SW 1 Bald c press 10 Black um 2 Yellow poplar 11 Bald cypress 3 Black um 12 River birch 4 River birch 13 Bald cypress 5 Bald c press 14 Yellow poplar 6 Bald c press 15 Willow oak 7 Bald c press 16 Yellow poplar 8 Bald cypress ♦ ♦ 11♦ ♦ ♦ 13 ♦10 2 ♦ ♦3 ♦ 14 ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ NW SW 1 Bald c press 10 Black um 2 Yellow poplar 11 Bald cypress 3 Black um 12 River birch 4 River birch 13 Bald cypress 5 Bald c press 14 Yellow poplar 6 Bald c press 15 Willow oak 7 Bald c press 16 Yellow poplar 8 Bald cypress 17 Black um 9 Bald c ress 18 Willow oak Figure 6c. Monitoring Plot BLK -3 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC. 10 meters NE SE NW SW 1 River birch 7 Sycamore 2 River birch 8 River birch 3 Black um 9 Yellow poplar 4 White oak 10 Red oak 5 1 Willow oak 11 Yellow poplar 6 Sycamore 12 Black gum Figure 6d. Monitoring Plot BLK -4 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC. 10 meters NE SE 10 Water oak 11 Water oak 2 Yellow poplar 12 White oak 3 Willow oak 13 ♦ 5 4 Water oak 15 Water oak 9 Persimmon 15 Yellow poplar 6 Persimmon 16 Persimmon 7 Red oak 17 8 8 Water oak ♦ 13 18 14 9 Willow oak 19 Water oak 10 White oak 7 6 ♦ 6 16 11 ♦ 5 4 3 17 ♦ 3 ♦ 2 ♦ 10 18 2 ♦9 ♦1 1 0 ♦ 7 g 19 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NW SW 1 Water oak 11 Water oak 2 Yellow poplar 12 White oak 3 Willow oak 13 White oak 4 Water oak 14 Water oak 5 Persimmon 15 Yellow poplar 6 Persimmon 16 Persimmon 7 Red oak 17 Willow oak 8 Water oak 18 Yellow poplar 9 Willow oak 19 Water oak 10 White oak NW SW 1 Water oak 11 Water oak 2 Yellow poplar 12 White oak 3 Willow oak 13 White oak 4 Water oak 14 Water oak 5 Persimmon 15 Yellow poplar 6 Persimmon 16 Persimmon 7 Red oak 17 Willow oak 8 Water oak 18 Yellow poplar 9 Willow oak 19 Water oak 10 White oak Figure 6e. Monitoring Plot BLK -5 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC. 10 meters NE SE NW SW 1 Black um 8 Red oak 2 Black um 9 Black gum 3 Water oak 10 Yellow poplar 4 White oak 1 I Red oak 5 White oak 12 Water oak 6 Water oak 13 Black gum 7 White oak Figure 7 EvansBallahack Monitoring Plot Photographs June 2013 Plot BLK -1, Tract 1 Plot BLK -2, Tract 2 Plot BLK -3, Tract 3 Plot BLK -4, Tract 3 Plot BLK -5, Tract 4 Figure 8 Evans /Ballahack Parcel Photographs June 2013 Parcel boundary Tract 2 view to north Parcel boundary Tract 2 view to south Parcel boundary Tract 4 view to east Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) seedling Red oak (Quercus rubra) seedling Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) seedling