20190158 Ver 1_Mitigation Monitoring Report Review_20210503

Mitigation Project Name
Brahma Site
USACE Action ID
DMS ID
100092
DWR Permit
River Basin
Cape Fear
Date Project Instituted
Cataloging Unit
03030002
Date Prepared
County
Alamance
Stream/Wet. Service Area
Signature of Official Approving Credit Release
2019-00126
2019-0158
12/17/2018
4/8/2021
Cape Fear 03030002
1 - For NCDMS, no credits are released during the first milestone (Site Establishment).
2 - For NCDMS projects, the initial credit release milestone occurs when the as -built report (baseline monitoring report) has been approved by the NCIRT and posted to the
NCDMS Portal, provided the following criteria are met:
1) Approval of Final Mitigation Plan;
2) Recordation of the preservation mechanism, as well as a title opinion acceptable to the USACE covering the property;
3) Completion of all physical and biological improvements to the mitigation site pursuant to the mitigation plan;
4) Receipt of necessary DA permit authorization or written DA approval for projects where DA permit issuance is not required.
3 - A 10% reserve of credits is to be held back until the bankful event performance standard has been met.
Credit Release Milestone
Warm Stream Credits
Project Credits
Scheduled
Releases %
Estimated
Scheduled
Release #
Proposed
Released #
Not Approved
#Releases
Approved
Credits
Anticipated
Release
Year
Actual
Release
Date
1 - Site Establishment
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2 - Year 0 / As -Built
30.00%
1,164.320
1,164.320
0.000
1,164.320
2021
4/8/2021
3 - Year 1 Monitoring
10.00%
388.107
2022
4 - Year 2 Monitoring
10.00%
388.107
2023
5 - Year 3 Monitoring
10.00%
388.107
2024
6 - Year 4 Monitoring
5.00%
194.053
2025
7 - Year 5 Monitoring
10.00%
388.107
2026
8 - Year 6 Monitoring
5.00%
194.053
2027
9 - Year 7 Monitoring
10.00%
388.107
2028
Stream Bankfull Standard
10.00%
388.107
2025
Totals
1,164.320
Total Gross Credits
3,881.066
Total Unrealized Credits to Date
0.000
Total Released Credits to Date
1,164.320
Total Percentage Released
30.00%
Remaining Unreleased Credits
2,716.746
Credit Release Milestone
Riparian Credits
Project Credits
Scheduled
Releases %
Estimated
Scheduled
Release #
Proposed
Released #
Not Approved
#Releases
Approved
Credits
Anticipated
Release
Year
Actual
Release
Date
1 - Site Establishment
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2 - Year 0 / As -Built
30.00%
1.996
1.996
0.000
1.996
2021
4/8/2021
3 - Year 1 Monitoring
10.00%
0.666
2022
4 - Year 2 Monitoring
10.00%
0.666
2023
5 - Year 3 Monitoring
15.00%
0.998
2024
6 - Year 4 Monitoring
5.00%
0.333
2025
7 - Year 5 Monitoring
15.00%
0.998
2026
8 - Year 6 Monitoring
5.00%
0.333
2027
9 - Year 7 Monitoring
10.00%
0.665
2028
Totals
1.997
Total Gross Credits
6.655
Total Unrealized Credits to Date
0.000
Total Released Credits to Date
1.996
Total Percentage Released
30.00%
Remaining Unreleased Credits
4.659
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Mitigation Project Name
Brahma Site
USACE Action ID
DMS ID
100092
DWR Permit
River Basin
Cape Fear
Date Project Instituted
Cataloging Unit
03030002
Date Prepared
County
Alamance
Stream/Wet. Service Area
Notes
Contingencies (if any)
Project Quantities
Mitigation Type
Restoration Type
Physical Quantity
Warm Stream
Restoration
740.000
Warm Stream
Enhancement I
3,034.000
Warm Stream
Enhancement II
2,378.000
Warm Stream
Preservation
911.000
Riparian
Restoration
4.740
Riparian
Enhancement
3.709
Riparian
Preservation
0.601
2019-00126
2019-0158
12/17/2018
4/8/2021
Cape Fear 03030002
Debits
Warm Stream
Restoration
Credits
Warm Stream
Restoration
Equivalent
Credits
Riparian
Restoration
Credits
Riparian
Restoration
Equivalent
Credits
Beginning Balance (mitigation credits)
3,789.966
91.100
4.740
1.915
Released Credits
1,136.990
27.330
1.422
0.574
Unrealized Credits
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Converted Credits
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Owning Program
Req. Id
TIP #
Project Name
USACE
Permit #
DWR Permit #
DCM Permit
#
Remaining Balance (Released credits)
1,136.990
27.330
1.422
0.574
Remaining Balance (Unreleased credits)
2,652.976
63.770
3.318
1.341
Total Remaining Balance (Released and Unreleased credits)
3,789.966
91.100
4.740
1.915
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From:
Davis. Erin B
To:
Baker, Caroline D
Subject:
FW: [External] Notice of Initial Credit Release/ NCDMS Brahma Mitigation Site/ SAW-2019-00126/ Alamance Co.
Date:
Monday, November 1, 2021 10:48:36 AM
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Good morning,
The 15-Day Record Drawing review for the Brahma Mitigation Site (SAW-2019-00126) ended April
29,2021. Per Section 332.8(o)(9) of the 2008 Mitigation Rule, this review followed the streamlined
review process. All comments received from the NCIRT are incorporated in this email. Please address
IRT concerns in the MY1 Report. A site visit is not requested at this time. There were no objections to
issuing the initial credit release. Please find attached the current signed ledger.
Erin Davis. DWR:
1. Considering many of the construction modifications were structure material changes from log
to stone, DWR was glad to see the effort made to place wood debris in the floodplain and
wetland areas.
2. Since three of the crossings did not install floodplain pipes as originally designed, DWR
requests photo documentation that these areas remain stable through the monitoring period.
Please add photo points at all crossings.
3. Please watch areas of low groundcover and assess if reseeding is warranted this growing
season.
4. DWR approves the additional species planted and appreciated the effort made to increase
community diversity.

5. DWR appreciated the inclusion of the drone video (very helpful for this review), as well as, soil
log data.
6. Is it possible to get an aerial markup showing the approximate location of the new chicken
houses and drainage pipes in relation to the project site? Is water from the new drainage
pipes entering the site as concentrated or diffuse flow?
Todd Bowers, EPA:
I do not have any substantial comments or concerns at this time. The modifications to the as -built
stream structures and vegetation plan were noted. Nice to see a more diverse tree assemblage (less
green ash) on the site and that it was planted well within the dormant season. I noted the slight
imbalance of species on 4 of the fixed and 1 of the random veg plots due to higher than expected
dominance of oak, sycamore, or green ash in certain areas. No remedial actions recommended at
this time.
Casey Haywood, USACE:
The drone footage provided was appreciated and useful in reviewing the report. Also
appreciate the table listing deviations from the construction plans.
Noted that Veg plot 6, 15, & 16 are meeting success but have a dominant species
composition greater than 50%.
I have no issues with the species that were added to the planting list. However, it would
have been helpful if these spp were also added to the Vegetation Association table located on the
same page.
4. Stream flow gauges: recommend including photo documentation of these monitoring
instruments in the baseline report per the 2016 guidance.
UT4: According to the mitigation plan comments, this stream was credited at valley length
and therefore this reach needs to meet headwater stream performance standards in order to
receive stream credit. To meet this standard, continuous surface water flow within the valley or
crenulation must be documented to occur every year for at least 30 consecutive days during the
prescribed monitoring period. Therefore, it is recommended that a flow gauge and/or trail cam be
installed in the upper third of this reach to monitor success.
UT2: It was noted in the mitigation plan that a flow gauge was requested and installed in the
upper one third of this reach due to concern of it being dry in the summer months and it is also
shown on the CCPV map. However, it doesn't appear that the Monitoring Summary table was
updated to reflect this change. Please update for consistency.
Thanks,
Kim Browning
Mitigation Project Manager, Regulatory Division I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers