20130412 Ver 1_Staff Comments_20130827

Strickland, Bev
From: Kulz, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:21 AM
To: Strickland, Bev
Subject: FW: Hoosier decision points (UNCLASSIFIED)
For laserfiche #13 -0412.
Eric W. Kulz
Environmental Senior Specialist
N.C. Division of Water Resources - Water Quality Programs Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater -
Compliance & Permitting Unit
1650 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650
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From: Kulz, Eric
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:21 AM
To: 'Matthews, Monte K SAW'; Bryant, Shari L.; bowers.todd(@epa.gov; Hall, Dolores; Jernigan,
Emily; Fritz Rohde (fritz.rohde(@noaa.gov)
Cc: Brown, Thomas L SAW; Williams, Andrew E SAW; Gibby, Jean B SAW; Wilson, Travis W.;
Tugwell, Todd SAW; Crumbley, Tyler SAW
Subject: RE: Hoosier decision points (UNCLASSIFIED)
Monte:
I am in full agreement with all of these points, especially limiting the credit to 1:1.
Eric W. Kulz
Environmental Senior Specialist
N.C. Division of Water Resources - Water Quality Programs Wetlands, Buffers, Stormwater -
Compliance & Permitting Unit
1650 MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1650
Phone: [phone]
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From: Matthews, Monte K SAW [mailto: Monte .K.Matthews(@usace.army.mil]
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:16 AM
To: Bryant, Shari L.; Kulz, Eric; bowers.todd(@epa.gov; Hall, Dolores; Jernigan, Emily; Fritz
Rohde (fritz.rohde(@noaa.gov)
Cc: Brown, Thomas L SAW; Williams, Andrew E SAW; Gibby, Jean B SAW; Wilson, Travis W.;
Tugwell, Todd SAW; Crumbley, Tyler SAW
Subject: Hoosier decision points (UNCLASSIFIED)
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Hello IRT;
Thanks for your help with the review of the draft Prospectus and the review of the initial
comments from the sponsor. I wanted to update you on some thoughts from the Corps'
perspective on a few outstanding items. Please provide any opinions on this that you might
have, especially if you don't believe your agency can't support the direction these items are
moving. Our goal is to present a consolidated IRT response on these items to the sponsor in
a week or two.
1) The limits of the impoundment: Our site visit helped with this quite a bit. It appeared
that the impoundment limits matched the conditions found in the field. John Hutton still
needs to send in survey data to confirm the field determinations. Officially, we (the Corps)
cannot concur on the impoundment limits without this data. Hopefully, we will see it soon.
2) The amount of credit generation: Under the old Dam Removal Guidance, credit could be
earned beyond the limits of the impoundment thru components such as anadromous fish, etc.
This has always been an issue with the Corps, and with the suspension of the Guidance we
would like to modify this slightly. Our initial thoughts are to align dam removal credits
with other forms of stream restoration and allow for a ceiling of credit generation to be set
at a 1:1 ratio with the limits of the impoundment. So, if our impoundment limit is 2,000
linear feet (for example) the total number of credits that could be earned would be 2,000.
The goals of the bank (endangered species, water quality, etc.) would divide the total
credits into achievable portions, but under no circumstances could the total number of
credits extend beyond the limits of impoundment.
3) Expanded service area: Our current thoughts are to limit Hoosier to the 8 -digit HUC and
allow the use outside this area on a case -by -case basis at the time of permitting.
Please provide any thoughts you have on these items. I'll wait a few days to send to the
sponsor in order to give the Team time to provide comments...
Also, I'm moving to the Corps Operations (Lakes), so my last day with Regulatory is this
Friday (8- 30 -13). Thomas Brown will be the new USACE Chair for the IRT on Hoosier Bank.
Please be sure and send any comments on the above information to Thomas. I've copied him on
this email so that you will have his address.
Thanks for your help,
Monte
Monte Matthews
Regulatory Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
Raleigh Regulatory Field Office
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
919 - 554 -4884 x 30
We would appreciate your feedback on how we are performing our duties. Our automated
Customer Service Survey is located at: http: // pert .nwp.usace.army.mil /survey.html Thank you
for taking the time to visit this site and complete the survey.
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