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To: Ian McMillan
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From: Eric Kulz
Subject: Comments on Stream Mitigation Plan
Carolina Golf Club -Mecklenburg County (20071037)
Backwater Environmental/Wetland and Natural Resource Consultants
The plan provided is basically a conceptual plan, and does not include any design specifications
or geomorphological data on either the restoration reaches or a reference reach (no reference
reach has been selected yet). They are proposing to submit the actual design plan "after further
reference stream studies and golf course renovation activities" So in other words, it sounds like
they don't plan on submitting the actual mitigation plan until after the impacts are done. I'm not
crazy about this idea.
In concept, the plan looks OK, as far as golf course restoration projects go. Proposed buffers do
not appear to be 50 feet wide based on what is provided in the plan, and some areas are only to
have shrubs and herbaceous vegetation due to golf course use constraints. I am getting less
fond of golf course projects as time goes on.
North Carolina Division of Water Quality; 401 Oversight and Express Permitting Unit
1650 Mail Service Center; Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27604-2260
Telephone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
http://ncwaterq uality.org/wetlands
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