20140189 Ver 1_Mitigation Evaluation_20220318

From:Davis, Erin B
To:Baker, Caroline D
Subject:FW: \[External\] RE: RES Neu-Con UMB, Arrington Bridge Site (SAW-2015-00360) Year 6 Annual Monitoring Report
Review and Credit Release Request
Date:Monday, March 21, 2022 10:51:41 AM
Attachments:2015-00360 Arrington Bridge Year 6 Monitoring Credit Release.pdf
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From: Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) \[mailto:[e-mail]\]
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 1:19 PM
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Casey M CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; Kim Browning
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<[e-mail]>; Bowers, Todd <[e-mail]>; Brad Breslow
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Subject: \[External\] RE: RES Neu-Con UMB, Arrington Bridge Site (SAW-2015-00360) Year 6 Annual
Monitoring Report Review and Credit Release Request
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Ryan,
The credit release for the Arrington Bridge III MY 6 request is attached. Please review the
documents and let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Todd Tugwell
Mitigation Project Manager
Wilmington District, US Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
[phone]
We would appreciate your feedback on how we are performing our duties. Our automated
Customer Service Survey is located at: https://regulatory.ops.usace.army.mil/customer-service-
survey/ Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and complete the survey.

From: Tugwell, Todd J CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)

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Subject: RES Neu-Con UMB, Arrington Bridge Site (SAW-2015-00360) Year 6 Annual Monitoring
Report Review and Credit Release Request

Good afternoon,

The below reference bank Sponsor has submitted an Annual Monitoring Report for NCIRT review,
and is requesting a release of credits. The Annual Monitoring Report has been posted to the RIBITS
Cyber Repository for the bank site (see link and instructions provided below). If you are unable to
access the document or prefer to have a hard copy mailed to you, please let me know as soon as
possible, and I will arrange to get you a copy of the report.

This review will follow the process outline for Credit Release Approval in the 2008 Mitigation Rule
(Section 332.8(o)(9)), which requires an IRT review period of 15 calendar days from the date of this
email notification. Please provide any comments by 5 PM on the 15-day comment deadline shown
below. Comments provided after the 15-day comment deadline may not be considered. If you
would like to request a site visit prior to submitting comments, please notify me as soon as possible
but prior to the 15-day comment due date. If a site visit is required, the due date for IRT comments
will be extended to 15 days after the date of site visit. Once I have received a request for a site visit,
I will coordinate with the IRT and Sponsor to arrange for the on-site meeting; however, please note
that due to workload it may take a month or longer to arrange the meeting. Within 30 days of the
conclusion of the IRT review period (comment deadline), a copy of all comments will be provided to
the bank Sponsor and the IRT along with District Engineer's intent to approve or disapprove this
credit release.

Sponsor: EBX-Neuse I, LLC (RES)
Bank Name: RES Neu-Con Umbrella Mitigation Bank
Site Name: Arrington Bridge
USACE ID: SAW-2015-00360
River Basin: Neuse
HUC: 03020201
County: Wayne

Requested Credit Release: Year 6 Annual Monitoring
5% of the total wetland restoration and/or enhancement credits: 1.63 Riparian Wetland Credits

15-Day Comment Start Date: January 18, 2022
15-Day Comment Deadline: February 2, 2022
45-Day Credit Release Approval Deadline: March 4, 2022

NOTE: Deadlines will be extended if an on-site meeting is requested.
Please be sure to log on to RIBITS before following the link below. Once in the Cyber Repository,
select the arrow beside appropriate folder to view and/or download the documents.
Cyber Repository Link: https://ribits.ops.usace.army.mil/ords/f?
p=107:278:31079320425074:::RP,278:P278_BANK_ID:3485
Thank you and please contact me with any questions,
Todd Tugwell
Mitigation Project Manager
Wilmington District, US Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
[phone]
We would appreciate your feedback on how we are performing our duties. Our automated
Customer Service Survey is located at: https://regulatory.ops.usace.army.mil/customer-service-
survey/ Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and complete the survey.

Todd Tugwell
Mitigation Project Manager
Wilmington District, US Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
[phone]

We would appreciate your feedback on how we are performing our duties. Our automated
Customer Service Survey is located at: https://regulatory.ops.usace.army.mil/customer-service-
survey/ Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and complete the survey.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE

WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343

March 18, 2022

Regulatory Division

Action ID No. SAW-2015-00360
Re: Year 6 Monitoring Report Review and Credit Release associated with Neu-Con
Umbrella Mitigation Bank, Arrington Bridge III Mitigation Site

Mr. Ryan Medric
EBX-Neuse, LLC
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612

Dear Mr. Medric:

This correspondence is in reference to the Neu-Con Umbrella Mitigation Bank,
Arrington Bridge III Mitigation Site. The site includes unnamed tributariesthat flow to the
Neuse River in the Upper Neuse Cataloging Unit (03020201), in Wayne County, North
Carolina. The purpose of this letter is to transmit comments provided by the NC
Interagency Review Team (NCIRT) during the review of the annual monitoring report
(see attached) and to confirm the Year 6 credit release for this mitigation site.

Pursuant to the site’s Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument and the site-specific
Mitigation Plan, the following mitigation credits shall be available for sale provided the
annual monitoring report demonstrates interim performance standards are being met:

5% of the total enhancement and/or restoration Wetland Mitigation Units
(WMUs) associated with year 6 annual monitoring (1.63 Riparian Riverine
WMUs)

Based on a review of the data provided for the wetland restoration on the site, we
confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements, and 1.61 Riparian Riverine
WMUs are now available for sale. To date, 29.26 WMUs (90% of the total WMUs) have
been released for sale. Please note that this amount is 0.02 credits less than requested
because the number of previously released credits was slightly more than scheduled,
possibly due to rounding errors. In order for 10% of the total credits to remain for the final
release, this adjustment was necessary. Please ensure to audit ledgers on all your
projects so that they accurately reflect the credit release schedules.

Please review the comments provided by the NCIRT during their review of the
monitoring report. While it is not necessary to provide a response to specific comments
at this time, please be sure to address the issues raised in future monitoring report
submittals.
Thank you for your interest in restoring and protecting waters of the United States. If
you have questions regarding this letter,please contact meat
[e-mail] telephone [phone].
Sincerely,

Todd Tugwell
Mitigation Project Manager
Regulatory Division
Electronic Copies Furnished:
NCIRT Distribution List

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
CESAW-RG/TugwellMarch 18, 2022
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: ActionID # SAW-2015-00360, NCIRT Review Comments on the Neu-Con
Umbrella Mitigation Bank,Arrington Bridge IIIMitigation SiteYear 6 Monitoring Report
Todd Tugwell, USACE
1.In the discussion pertaining to the replanting of vegetation around plots 4, 6, 7
10, and 11, it was noted that thetrees were planted in March2021. These plots
were monitored in August 2021. Please note that it is not appropriate to count
recentlyplanted vegetation toward the success of performance standards.
Vegetation should be in theground for 2 growing seasons before being counted.
2.Please note that open water areas on the site willbe reevaluatedduring Year 7
monitoringprior to final closure of the site. If these areas continue topose a
concern, either for ecologicalsuccess of the site, or as a risk to aircraft, it may be
necessary to fill them in. Please be sure to addressthe status of open water
areas in next year’s monitoring report.
3.Ledgers for the site appear to be ahead of the projected release schedule,
possibly due to rounding of past releases. The current release will be adjusted to
ensure that 10% of credits remain for Year 7/Closeout of the site.
Casey Haywood, USACE
4. Agree with Erin’s comments below.
5.The only other thing to note was that some of their plots had extremely high
numbers of volunteer red maple (70+), so I am wondering what their protocol was
for counting these stems? Were they over a foot high?
Erin Davis, NCDWR:
1.It appears discussion points from the Dec. 2020 IRT site visit were addressed in
MY6. DWR appreciated that random woody stem plots were surveyed,and
herbaceous species/cover data was collected.
2.DWR is ok with the explanation of why alligator weed and parrotfeather are not
currently being treated onsite at this point in the monitoring period. We are glad
that there is a plan to continue treating the cattail onsite.
DWR is ok with the proposed credit release as long as there is sufficient wetland
credit remaining to cover identified at-risk open water areas. Given that we visited
the site in Dec. 2020 (see attached meeting minutes), no site visit is requested.
Todd Tugwell
MitigationProject Manager
Regulatory Division

From:Dailey, Samantha J CIV USARMY CESAW (USA)
To:Katie Webber; Davis, Erin B; Haywood, Casey M CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); Wilson, Travis W.
Cc:Ryan Medric; Heath Hidlay; Bradley Breslow
Subject:\[External\] RE: Arrington Bridge III Site Visit Minutes.
Date:Monday, December 21, 2020 11:21:05 AM
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Hi Katie,
I believe this accurately represents our site visit for Arrington Bridge III on Dec. 10th. I appreciate you compiling
and providing the recap.
Have a wonderful Christmas,
Sam
Samantha Dailey
Regulatory Project Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Division
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
[phone], Ext. 22
[e-mail]
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From: Katie Webber <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2020 4:36 PM
To: Dailey, Samantha J CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; Davis, Erin B
<[e-mail]>; Haywood, Casey M CIV (USA) <[e-mail]>; Wilson, Travis
W. <[e-mail]>
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Subject: \[Non-DoD Source\] Arrington Bridge III Site Visit Minutes.
Good afternoon,
Thank you for coming to our Arrington Bridge III site visit last Thursday. I have some notes from our meeting that
we will refer to in 2021 and during the remaining monitoring period.
IRT recommended the following:
* Random woody stem transects in Year 6
* Start collecting herbaceous veg data on-site to bolster site success should tree success be an issue.
* Start mapping parrot feather and cattail, treat cattail, and explain in future reports why not treating parrot
feather (aquatic herbicide not selective enough to treat just parrot feather)
In future reports:
* Add cumulative annual data to the following year’s report (start graph in sept/Nov after monitoring from
previous year is complete
* Open water area – may need to kick out, or otherwise adjust crediting ratio if it does not meet success
* Add new easement signposts as needed

* Fly drone after leaf out? (RES will review this considering Air Force Base)
* Add in Volunteers to report at this point (which we started this year)
* Add high risk areas section to report in Year 6
We are going to get in touch in spring 2021 to discuss the herbaceous monitoring and woody stem transects more in
depth and how they will affect our monitoring reports & success criteria for the remainder of the project. We will
treat Cattail this spring. It was requested we provide some background for construction history on-site. We realized
there’s actually a construction history in Section 1.3 of the monitoring report. Please refer to this section and if you
have any other questions we can discuss in more detail.
Please advise if I have missed anything from our visit.
Thank you all.
All of us at RES wish you a Merry Christmas!!
Katie Webber, LSS
Project Manager
RES | res.us <Blockedhttp://www.res.us/>
Office: 984.275.3483 Cell: 410.279.5741
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Carolina 27612.