20130436 Ver 1_As Built Report_20130820

To: Katie Merritt
From: David Knowles
Date: 16August2013
Re: Evans/Ballahack As -Built Report, Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Katie-
Included is the "As- Built" report for the Evans /Ballahack 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. Upon your review we have scheduled a site visit for September 4,
2013. We should reconfirm that date a week prior to the visit. Thank you and I hope you are
having an enjoyable and productive summer.
David Knowles
252.757 -1978, juncusl @yahoo.com
Jeff Becker
919.215 -3899, [e-mail]
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As-Built Report for Evans Ballahack Bank Parcel
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Tar River Umbrella Mitigation Bank
August 2013
Submitted to: Katie Merritt
NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1650 Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
E.
Submitted by: Jeff Becker
1004 Glencastle Way
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
AUG 2 0 2013

As- Built Report for Evans Ballahack Bank Parcel
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
Tar River Umbrella Mitigation Bank
August 2013
Introduction and Background
Greene Environmental Services, LLC (GES) of Snow Hill, North Carolina, in 2013, established
a riparian buffer/nutrient off-set mitigation site in the Tar River Basin. The site is located east of
the Edgecombe County town offarboro, 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 1 1 1 . Take a right turn on NC 1 1 1 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'I'ar 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 Resources designation: 28-87-1.2 C NSW 8.4 mi. Al, B-9 SS --
02 1 FS. 'rhe local landscape is in row crop agriculture, cut-over forest scrubland and forest.
Soils range from well drained loamy sands to very poorly drained loamy (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 of
Environment and Natural Resources — Division of Water Resources which is included with this
submission. In October 2012, a stream determination was recorded by Martin Richmond of
DWR and a preliminary site visited was made by Katie Merritt of DWR; the site was determined
to be suitable for nutrient offset mitigation and riparian buffer.

Plantings and Monitoring Plot Implementation
The Evans /Ballahack 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 Evans /Ballahack mitigation site were loams and sandy foams 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 Evans /Ballahack
parcel during February and March 2013 ("fable 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, 546ot PVC posts
atop metal rods at 100 -foot intervals. Five, 1 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).
As per discussions with Division of Water Resources staff, seedlings of water oak and willow
oak will not be used to as a criterion of planting success in monitoring plot BLK -4. Plot BLK -4
is located approximately 100 feet from a mature forest stand on adjacent property that contains
these specimens of these species, thus they are potential sources of propagules for natural
colonization. Upon completion of the initial planting an average of 15.4 ±5.6 seedlings was
recorded in the five monitoring plots ('fable 3); thus the average density was 623.5 +228.3
seedlings Fer acre (Table 4). Plot BLK -1 in Tract 1 had the greatest density of seedlings with 24
per 100m plot, thus 972 seedlings per acre. Plot BLK -4 in Tract 3 had the lowest density with
10 countable seedlings, thus 404.9 seedlings per acre.

In August 2013, a mid- growing season sampling of water table below the soil surface and
surface water depth below the ambient soil surface in the tributaries (UT -A and UT -B) were
taken. Water table depth below soil surface measurements were taken adjacent to each of the five
vegetation monitoring plots; water surface depth in the tributaries was measured at the nearest
point in the tributaries perpendicular to the monitoring plots. The average depth to water table
was 1.4 ±0.4 in (4.7 +1.4 ft) and the average depth to surface water in tributary streams was
1.5 +0.4 in (5.1 +1.2 ft) (Table 5). Water depths are likely to change seasonally and as rates of
evapotranspiration and precipitation fluctuate.
The Evans /Ballahack 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. If control of invasive species is deemed
necessary, glyphosate herbicide will be applied using backpack sprayers as well manual and
mechanical methods of control.
Table 1. Species suitability for soils at the Evans /Ballahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC.
Greene Environmental Services, LLC, Snow Itill, NC.
Tract
Dominant Soils
Soil Drainage
Species Suitability
I
Roanoke loam (Ro)
Poorly drained
river birch, yellow poplar, black gum,
sycamore
2
Cape Fear loam (Ca)
Very poorly
river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black
drained
gum, sycamore, bald cypress
3
Cape Fear loam (Ca)
Very poorly
river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black
drained
gum, sycamore, bald cypress
Altavista fine sandy loam, 0 to
Well drained
river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black
3 percent slopes (AaA)
gum, sycamore, white oak, willow oak,
water oak
4
Ballahack fine sandy loam
Very poorly
river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black
(Ba)
drained
gum, sycamore, bald cypress
Portsmouth fine sandy loam
Very poorly
river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black
(Pu)
drained
gum, sycamore, bald cypress
Conetoe loamy sand, 0 to 4
Well drained
river birch, persimmon, yellow poplar, black
percent slopes (CeB)
gum, sycamore, white oak, willow oak,
water oak

'Table 2. Bare -root seedlings planted during February and March, 2013, in four tracts at the 10 -acre
Evans/Ballahack Mitigation Bank in E,dgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental Services, 1.LC,
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 ni ra
River birch
75
125
200
100
500(10%
Dios yros virginiana
Persimmon
0
100
50
50
200 (4 %)
Liriodendron
tulipelfera
Yellow poplar
100
250
_
300
50
700(14%)
N ssa s lvatica
Black gum
50
200
300
50
600(12%)
Platanus occidentalis
Sycamore
_
50
100
300
50
500(10%)
Quercus alba
White oak
50
50
550
_
50
700(14%)
Quercus ni ra
Water oak
50
50
300
50
500(10%)
Quercus phellos
Willow oak
0
150
300
50
500(10%)
Quercus rubra
Red oak
25
25
100
50
200 4%
Taxodium distichuna
Bald cypress
0
200
200
200
600(12%)
TOTALS
5
400
1250
2650
700
5000
Table 3. Seedling counts by species in 10 in by 10 m monitoring plots recorded in May 2013.
Evans /Ballahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental Services, LLC,
Snow Hill, NC.
Seedling Species
Common Name
BLK-
1
BLK-
2
BLK-
3
BLK-
4
BLK-
5
Totals
Betula ni ra
River birch
3
2
3
0
0
8
Diospyros virginiana
Amer, persimmon
0
0
0
0
0
0
Liriodendron tuh erfera
Yellow poplar
7
3
2
3
l
16
Nyssa'sylvatica
Blackgum
7
3
2
3
4
19
Platanus occidentalis
Sycamore
0
0
2
0
0
2
Quercus alba
White oak
4.
0
1
3
3
11
Quercus nigra
Water oak
2
0
0
0
_
2
10
Quercus phellos
Willow oak
1
2
1
0
0
7
Quercus rubra
Red oak
0
0
1
1
2
5
Taxodium distichum
Bald cypress
0
8
0
0
0
8
Totals
24
18
12
10
13
77
Average ( +Std. Dev.) total seedlings among the
five monitoring lots:
15.4 +5.6

'Fable 4. Seedling density per acre based on seedling counts in 10 m by 10 in monitoring plots recorded
in May 2013. Evans /Ballahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental
Services, LLC, Snow Hill, NC.
Seedling Species
Common Name
BLK-
1
BLK-
2
BLK-
3
BLK-
4
BLK-
5
Average
Betula nigra
River birch
121.5
81.0
121.5
0.0
0.0
64.8
Dios yros vir giniana
Amer, persimmon
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Liriodendron tuli er era
Yellow poplar
283.4
121.5
81.0
121.5
40.5
129.6
Nyssa sylvalica
Blackgu n
283.4
121.5
81.0
121.5
161.9
153.8
Platanus occidentalis
Sycamore
0.0
0.0
81.0
0.0
0.0
16.2
Quercus alba
White oak
161.9
0.0
40.5
121.5
121.5
89.1
Quercus nigra
Water oak
81.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
81.0
32.4
Quercus phellos
Willow oak
40.5
81.0
40.5
0.0
0.0
32.4
Quercus rubra
Red oak
0.0
0.0
40.5
40.5
121.5
40.5
Taxodium distichum
Bald cypress
0.0
323.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
64.8
Totals
971.7 1
728.7 1
485.8 1
404.9
526.3
NA
Average (+Std. Dev. seedling density among the
five monitoring lots:
623.5 +228.3
"Table 5. Depth to water table and depth to surface water in tributary streams measured August 2013.
Evans /Ballahack Mitigation Bank in Edgecombe County, NC. Greene Environmental Services, LLC,
Snow Hill, NC.
Plot
Water Table
Depth (m)
Water Table
Depth (ft)
Surface Water
Depth in Stream
(m)
Surface Water
Depth in Stream
(ft)
BLK -1
1.4
4.6
1.5
4.9
BLK -2
0.9
3.0
0.9
3.0
BLK -3
1.7
5.6
1.8
5.9
BLK -4
2
6.6
1.7
5.6
BLK -5
1.2
3.9
1.8
5.9
Average
1.4
4.7
1.5
_
5.1
Std. Dev. 1
0.4
1.4
0.4
_
1.2

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90 Ham Produce Rd.
Snow Hill, NC 28580
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90 Ham Produco Rd.
Snow Hill, NC 28580
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Nutrient Offset Area: 0.04 ac (1,742 sq. ft)
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Figure 6a. Monitoring Plot BLK -1 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC.
10 meter
NE - - - -- — SE
NW SW
1
Willow oak
13
Yellow poplar
2
Yellow olalar
14
Black gum
3
White oak
15
River birch
4
River birch
16
White oak
5
Water oak
17
Black gUrn
6
Yellow Poplar
18
River birch
7
Black gUrn
19
Yellow Poplar
8
White oak
20
Black guru
9
Yellow poplar
21
Black gum
10
Yellow poplar
22
White oak
I I
Black gum
23
Yellow poplar
12
Black guin
24
Water oak

Figure 6b. Monitoring Plot BLK -2 seedling locations. June 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC.
1.0 meters
NE SE
NW SW
1
Bald cypress
10
Black gum
2
Yellow poplar
1 1
Bald cypress
3
Black guru
12
River birch
4
River birch
13
Bald cypress
5
Bald cypress
14
Yellow poplar
6
Bald cypress
15
Willow oak
7
Bald cypress
16
Yellow poplar
8
Bald cypress
17
Black gram
9
Bald cypress
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
Rivet- birch
3
Black gum
9
Yello�1ar
4
White oak
10
Red oak
5
Willow oak
11
Yellow poplar_
6
Sycamore
12
Black gum

Figure 0d. Monitoring Plot BLK'4 seedling locations. ]uno2U|l Greene Environmental Services, [LC.
10 meters
NE SE
NW Sw
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..1une 2013. Greene Environmental Services, LLC.
10 meters
NE SE
NW SW
1
Black gum
8
Red oak
2
Black gum
9
Black gum
3
Watet- oak
10
Yellow poplar
4
White oak
1 1
Red oak
5
White oak
12
Water oak
6
Water oak
13
Black ),'Um
7
White oak

Figure 7
Evans/Ballahaek Monitoring Plot
Photographs
June 2013
Plot BLK-1, Tract I
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 s))Ivatieu) seedling
Red oak (Quercus ruhra) seedling
Sycamore (Plalanus occitlentalis) seedling