20181033 Ver 1_Mitigation Evaluation_20210629

Mitigation Project Name
Owen Farms
USACE Action ID
DMS ID
100064
DWR Permit
River Basin
French Broad
Date Project Instituted
Cataloging Unit
06010105
Date Prepared
County
Transylvania
Stream/ Wet. Service Area
Signature of Official Approving Credit Release
2018-01165
2018-1033
4/25/2018
6/1/2021
French Broad 06010105
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
Cold Stream Credits
Project Credits
Scheduled
o
Releases 7o
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%
1,513.168
1,513.168
0.000
1,513.168
2021
6/1/2021
3 - Year 1 Monitoring
10.00%
504.389
2022
4 - Year 2 Monitoring
10.00%
504.389
2023
5 - Year 3 Monitoring
10.00%
504.389
2024
6 - Year 4 Monitoring
5.00%
252.195
2025
7 - Year 5 Monitoring
10.00%
504.389
2026
8 - Year 6 Monitoring
5.00%
252.195
2027
9 - Year 7 Monitoring
10.00%
504.389
2028
Stream Bankfull Standard
10.00%
504.390
2025
Totals
1,513.168
Total Gross Credits
5,043.893
Total Unrealized Credits to Date
0.000
Total Released Credits to Date
1,513.168
Total Percentage Released
30.00%
Remaining Unreleased Credits
3,530.725
Credit Release Milestone
Riparian Credits
Project Credits
Scheduled
o
Releases 7o
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%
0.530
0.530
0.000
0.530
2021
6/1/2021
3 - Year 1 Monitoring
10.00%
0.177
2022
4 - Year 2 Monitoring
15.00%
0.265
2023
5 - Year 3 Monitoring
15.00%
0.265
2024
6 - Year 4 Monitoring
5.00%
0.088
2025
7 - Year 5 Monitoring
15.00%
0.265
2026
8 - Year 6 Monitoring
5.00%
0.088
2027
9 - Year 7 Monitoring
10.00%
0.177
2028
Stream Bankfull Standard
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Totals
0.530
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Total Gross Credits
1.767
Total Unrealized Credits to Date
0.000
Total Released Credits to Date
0.530

Mitigation Project Name
Owen Farms
DMS ID
100064
River Basin
French Broad
Cataloging Unit
06010105
County
Transylvania
Notes
Contingencies (if any)
Project Quantities
USACE Action ID
DWR Permit
Date Project Instituted
Date Prepared
Stream/ Wet. Service Area
Total Percentage Released 29.99%
Remaining Unreleased Credits 1.237
Mitigation Type
Restoration Type
Physical Quantity
Cold Stream
Restoration
3,180.000
Cold Stream
Enhancement I
125.000
Cold Stream
Enhancement II
5,047.000
Cold Stream
Preservation
423.000
Riparian
Restoration
1.320
Riparian
Enhancement
1.540
2018-01165
2018-1033
4/25/2018
6/1/2021
French Broad 06010105
Debits
Cold Stream
Restoration
Credits
Cold Stream
Restoration
Equivalent
Credits
Riparian
Restoration
Credits
Riparian
Restoration
Equivalent
Credits
Beginning Balance (mitigation credits)
5,001.593
42.300
0.997
0.770
Released Credits
1,500.478
12.690
0.299
0.231
Unrealized Credits
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Converted Credits
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
Owning Program
Reg. Id
TIP #
Project Name
USACE
DWR
DCM
Remaining Balance (Released credits)
1,500.478
12.690
0.299
0.231
Remaining Balance (Unreleased credits)
3,501.115
29.610
0.698
0.539
Total Remaining Balance (Released and Unreleased credits)
5,001.593
42.300
0.997
0.770
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From: Davis. Erin B
To: Baker, Caroline D
Subject: FW: [External] Notice of Initial Credit Release/ NCDMS Owen Farms/ SAW-2018-01165/ Transylvania County
Date: Monday, November 1, 2021 12:21:03 PM
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Good afternoon,
The 15-Day Record Drawing review for the Owen Farms Mitigation Site (SAW-2018-01165) ended
June 25, 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 the attached
Memo. Please address IRT concerns in a response to comments, addressed to USACE. There were no
objections to issuing the initial credit release. Please find attached the current signed ledger. The IRT
would like to visit this site next year after monitoring for year 1 is complete.
Erin Davis. DWR:
1. DWR is ok with the planted vegetation species/quantity substitutions. Were there any species
changes in the previously approved site seed mixes?
2. DWR appreciates the inclusion of aerial photos. These images are helpful for agency review.
3. During the IRT construction site walk following significant a storm event in November 2020, we
observed areas of floodplain scour and major movement of stone from original bed/bank placement.
Was there any adjustment of floodplain width and/or slope from the original design? And was there

any adjustment is rock size for riffles and/or bank toe structures?
Casey Haywood, USACE:
No issues with the changes to the species type and composition for the planted vegetation.
Appreciate the effort in identifying the planting zones
The report mentions Bog complex communities being planted with high percentages of
shrub species; I understand that these are not expected to reach the height requirement/vigor
standard, but I was wondering how success and/or survival is being monitored in these areas?
I did not see UT1, UT2, or UT3 in the Table 6 Project Attribute table. Why were these left
out of the table?
4. Given the amount of damage seen during the November site visit due to major storms, I
also think it would be beneficial to schedule a site visit for next year.
Thanks,
Kim
Kim Browning
Mitigation Project Manager, Regulatory Division I U.S. Army Corps of Engineers