20210536 Ver 1_Initial Evaluation Letter_20210817

Strickland, Bev
From: Dailey, Samantha J CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 11:16 AM
To: Matt Butler; Bradley Breslow
Cc: Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (US); Kim Browning; Haywood, Casey M CIV
(USA); Davis, Erin B; Wilson, Travis W.; Bowers, Todd; Munzer, Olivia
Subject: [External] SAW-2021-00489 / Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC / RES Cape Fear
02 UMBI / Tobacco Road Mitigation Project / Initial Evaluation Letter
Attachments: SAW-2021-00489 Tobacco Road Initial Evaluation Letter.pdf
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Good morning Matt,
Attached is the Initial Evaluation Letter for:
SAW-2021-00489 / Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC / RES Cape Fear 02 UMBI / Tobacco Road Mitigation
Project / Mebane, Alamance County
This electronic copy is an official Department of the Army Notification. However, if you wish to receive a paper
copy, one will be mailed upon request.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Best Regards,
Sam
Samantha Dailey
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Division
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
[phone], Ext. 22
[e-mail]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
August 17, 2021
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2021-00489
Re: NCIRT Initial Review of the RES Cape Fear 02 Umbrella Mitigation Banking
Instrument (UMBI), Tobacco Road Mitigation Project Prospectus
Mr. Matt Butler
Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
Raleigh North Carolina 27612
Dear Mr. Butler:
This letter is in reference to your prospectus document dated May 2021, for the
proposed Tobacco Road Mitigation Project, a modification to the RES Cape Fear 02
UMBI. The proposal consists of the establishment and operation of a commercial
umbrella mitigation bank, and the associated 44.64-acre Tobacco Road Mitigation
Project, located near the intersection of Thom Road and NC Highway 54, in Mebane,
Alamance County, North Carolina (35.973036° N,-79.282234° W). The proposed
Tobacco Road Mitigation Project would include stream and wetland restoration,
enhancement and preservation activities within the Motes Creek watershed, in the Cape
Fear River Basin (8-digit hydrologic unit code (HUC): 03030002).
The Corps determined the Prospectus was complete and issued a public notice (P/N
# SAW-2021-00489) on June 25, 2021. The purpose of this notice was to solicit the
views of interested State and Federal agencies and other parties either interested in or
affected by the proposed work. Attached are comments received in response to the
public notice from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the North Carolina
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office.
The Corps has considered the comments received from members of the Interagency
Review Team (IRT) and information that was discussed during an IRT site review on
April 8, 2021. We have determined that the proposed mitigation bank appears to have
the potential to restore, enhance and preserve aquatic resources within the 8-digit HUC
03030002 of the Cape Fear River. Therefore, the bank sponsor may proceed with
preparation of a draft UMBI.

Please provide a response to the attached comments with your draft UMBI
submittal. We appreciate your interest in restoring and protecting waters of the United
States. If you have questions regarding this letter, please contact me at the Raleigh
Regulatory Field Office by email at [e-mail] or telephone
[phone], Extension 22.
Sincerely,
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Samantha Dailey
Regulatory Project Manager
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
Electronic Copies Furnished:
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