20060274 Ver 1_More Info Received_20140203

Wake Stone Corporation
Quarry Phone Numbers:
919/266- 9266 —K n i g h td a l e
919 /677 - 0050 — Triangle
919/775- 7349 — Moncure
252/985- 4411 —Nash County
843/756- 3400 —N. Myrtle Beach
Locations:
U.S. 64 East, Raleigh, N.C.
1 -40 at Harrison Ave., Cary, N.C.
U.S. 1 at Deep River, Moncure, N.C.
SR 1527 at 1 -95, Gold Rock, N.C.
3990 Hwy. 9 Bus. East, Loris, S.C.
January 28, 2014
Karen Higgins, Supervisor
401 and Buffer Permitting Unit
NC Division of Water Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699 -1650
RE: Year 4 Monitoring Report
Wake Stone Corporation Nash County Quarry
Newell Farm Mitigation Site —Warren County, NC
USACE Action ID 200221365, DWQ Project No. 20060274
Karen:
Business Office Address:
P.O. Box 190
Knightdale, N.C. 27545
919/266 -1100
Fax [phone]
www.wakestonecorp.com
In reference to your letter of January 13, 2014, 1 have asked David Gainey of Soil and
Environmental Consultants, PA to address your inquiry concerning "the area of the herbaceous
wetland" within which VP -4 (vegetation monitoring plot) is located. Mr. Gainey will provide this
information in his discussion of the vegetation monitoring portion of his forthcoming Year 5
Monitoring Report.
Although no woody stems were recorded for VP -4 (as you noted in your letter and as has been
discussed in the Year 4 and previous monitoring reports), the area surrounding VP -4 is densely
vegetated (100% coverage) with various emergent wetland plants. These plant species are
thriving in this portion of the restoration site, with the plant varieties representing those adapted
to the inundated mucky organic soils present in the area.
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Karen Higgins
January 28, 2014
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Even in the absence of woody stems in the portion of the site, we believe our restoration efforts
have been 100% successful and that site exceeds all expectations for stream and wetlands
enhancement, restoration, and protection as outlined in the Newell Farm Stream & Wetland
Restoration Plan. Please let me know if you have additional questions once you receive Mr.
Gainey's final monitoring report.
Sincerely,
Wake Stone Corporation
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Environmental Supervisor
Digital (pdf) copy via email:
Jean Manuele, USACE Raleigh Regulatory Field Office Supervisor
David Gainey, S &EC, PA