20170110 Ver 2_Credit Release Task 8- WeaverFarm_20220630

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHARI) E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
June 30, 2022
Barrett Jenkins DWR Project #: 2017-0110v2
Restoration Systems, LLC Wayne County
1101 Haynes St., Suite 211
Raleigh, NC 27607
(via electronic mail: bienkins&restorationsystems.com )
Re: Weaver Farm Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI)
Weaver Farm Nutrient Offset & Buffer Mitigation Bank
Credit Release— Task 8
Dear Mr. Jenkins:
On November 16, 2021, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received a Year 4 Monitoring
Report from Restoration Systems, LLC (RS) for the Weaver Farm Mitigation Site. Data provided in
the report suggests that the significant replanting and seeding efforts, soil amendments, and chemical
treatments performed on the site as part of the Adaptive Management Plan are benefitting the site.
According to the monitoring report, the following items were noted:
1. 4 of 22 plots failed to meet performance criteria; Two of these plots only failed by 1
stem. However, plots 18 & 22 only had 2 planted stems present.
2. Stems appear to be doing better this year than in years past, with many stems starting to
reach 3-5 feet. Considering the nature of the remedial efforts taken place across this site,
tree heights are relatively normal.
3. Photos provided in the report show healthy herbaceous vegetation throughout all the plots.
Based on the current conditions of the site revealed in the monitoring data, the history of this site, the
remediation performed, the health of planted stems and the presence (or lack thereof) of acceptable
volunteer species, it is highly likely that an additional monitoring year may be required, which would
extend into Fall 2023. This decision will be made when the submittal of the Year 5 monitoring report
is reviewed by DWR staff in Winter 2022 and a site visit performed.
Additionally, in alignment with the previous credit releases, RS is to continue to maintain herbaceous
cover throughout the site where evidence of bare soil and lack of herbaceous cover is present. RS is
to add at least 3 stratified random tansects and provide corresponding vegetation data with each
annual report through Year 5. Transects can be in any shape but must be comparable in size with the
fixed vegetation plots. Transects must include a GPS coordinate and bearings so they can be
identified in the field when needed. Transect data are to include planted and volunteer stems that
measure at least 12 inches in height, photos and a supporting figure showing their physical location.
Lastly, RS is to ensure flagging is maintained on all planted stems within each monitoring plot.
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
NOR1H CAROL Na 919.707.9000

Weaver Farm Site
Restoration Systems, LLC
June 30, 2022
DWR received a continuation certificate for performance bond (#22BSBHT4261) in the amount of
$100,000 issued to RS from The Hartford Fire Insurance Company to cover monitoring and
maintenance at the subject site. The term of this bond applies through the approval by DWR of the
Year 5 Monitoring Report and therefore, may be required to be renewed upon notification of that
approval if an additional monitoring year is deemed necessary. Future credit releases will be
dependent on both the renewal of this performance bond and the annual monitoring reports.
In accordance with the MBI, signed on July 7, 2017, the following Project Milestones have been met,
and the corresponding credits shall be released:
Task/Milestones
Credit
8) Monitoring Report #4: Approved by the DWR & financial 5%
assurance renewed (full release)
By copy of this correspondence, DWR confirms that you have satisfied the above requirements for
the above -referenced tract and 5% of your Neuse riparian buffer Restoration credits (0.05 x 267,894
ft2 = 13,394.70 ft2) and 5% of your Nitrogen nutrient offset credits (0.05 x 34,913.58 lb-N =
1,745.68 lb-N) are now available for sale.
Please note that nutrient offset credits generated at this site must be used for impacts in HUC
03020201 of the Neuse River Basin excluding the Falls Lake Watershed pursuant to 15A NCAC
02B .0703. Additionally, the riparian buffer credits must be used for impacts in the Neuse
River Basin according to guidelines in the Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule, 15A NCAC
02B .0295, which became effective on November 1, 2015. Additionally, riparian buffer
Preservation credits cannot be converted into nutrient offset credits.
Please feel free to call Katie Merritt at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
EDocuSigned by:
A43C72700BD543E...
Katie Merritt
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
cc:File Copy (Katie Merritt)
Raymond Holz— Restoration Systems (via electronic mail)
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