20080511 Ver 2_Response to Monitoring Report-Denial_20130226

Merritt, Katie
From:Merritt, Katie
Sent:Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:46 AM
To:David Knowles
Cc:jrbecker; 'Lia Myott'
Subject:LaGrange Year 1 Report
Hi David,
I hope you are doing well these days. It has been pretty rainy up here in Raleigh. I just received the LaGrange Year 1
Monitoring Report. I am slightly confused, but I am pretty sure we can clear up my confusion in a phone call when you
get a chance.

At this time, I can’t accept this report as a Year 1 Monitoring Report and there are a couple of reasons why. One reason,
being that I haven’t received and approved of an Asbuilt Report for LaGrange. I have approved the BPDP. I think I can
accept the Year 1 Report more as an AsBuilt Report though. A second reason I can’t accept this as a Monitoring Report,
is that this entire site has not gone through a full growing season. A little over 10% of the site was just planted (per
requests from DWQ) in Winter 2012. Vegetation data should be collected after planted stems have become established
and have had at least one full growing season.

In addition, during our onsite site visit last spring, DWQ discussed with you the need to plant more stems in areas that
were bare. It was also noted that additional stems were needed along the stream buffer within the first 10 feet from
top of bank. During that site visit, DWQ requested that one of the two monitoring plots must be located within the
riparian buffer itself. In order to complete my review of this report as more of an “AsBuilt Report” and issue a
corresponding credit release letter, please address how your supplemental plantings addressed these problem areas
identified onsite. A Year 1 Monitoring Report, along with financial assurance to cover the “post construction” phase (aka
5 years of Monitoring) should be submitted by December 31, 2013 with vegetation to be collected no earlier than
August 2013.

I’ll give you a call this afternoon to discuss further.

Thank you kindly,
Katie

Katie Merritt
Environmental Senior Compliance Specialist & Nutrient Offset Bank Coordinator
Wetlands & Stormwater Branch
NCDENR-Division of Water Quality
Work: 919-807-6371

Website: http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/swp/ws/webscape

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