_External_ RE_ Buffer Transaction - Alamance Church Road Widening - DWR 20200237

Carpenter, Kristi
From: Barrett Jenkins <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, July 8, 2022 4:04 PM
To: Maher, Niki
Cc: Ruiz, Melissa; Ferguson, Matthew; Ingle, Guy; Conchilla, Ryan; Carpenter,Kristi
Subject: [External] RE: Buffer Transaction - Alamance Church Road Widening - DWR 20200237
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Niki,
In response to your audit of the Bass Mountain buffer mitigation bank, you identified the need for the City of
Greensboro to purchase an additional 666 sgft of buffer mitigation credit for their Alamance Church Road Widening
project. They have completed that obligation by purchasing the additional credits from our Benton Branch buffer
mitigation bank. The Mitigation Credit Transfer Certificate is attached including both MCTC for their project as well as
the NCDEQ letter stating the need for the mitigation.
Let me know if you have any questions or further action is required.
Thanks,
Barrett
From: Barrett Jenkins <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2022 5:29 PM
To: guy. [e-mail]; Maher, Niki <[e-mail]>
Cc: Ruiz, Melissa <[e-mail]>; Carpenter, Kristi <>; Coleman, Amber <[e-mail]>;
Subject: FW: Buffer Transaction - Alamance Church Road Widening - DWR 20200237
Guy and Niki,
Restoration Systems sold Greensboro 333 buffer mitigation credits for the Alamance Road Project in March of 2020 for
an impact to 333 square feet of buffer that required 999 buffer mitigation credits. NCDWR has audited our ledgers,
identified the error, and requested we reach out to you explaining the situation. Attached is the original mitigation
credit transfer certificate, and corrected mitigation credit transfer certificate as well as an updated ledger for our bank
both referencing that this credit sale was for partial fulfillment of the mitigation need.
Sorry for the inconvenience and please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
Thanks,
Barrett Jenkins
Restoration Systems, LLC
919.334.9118

From: Maher, Niki <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2022 3:06 PM
To: Barrett Jenkins<[e-mail]>
Subject: FW: Buffer Transaction - Alamance Church Road Widening - DWR 20200237
Barrett,
The information Ryan reiterated/confirmed here indicates that 999 Zone 1 buffer credits were required to fulfill the
project's needs. Because the ledger and MCTC only indicated 333 credits, both documents need to more fully indicate
that what was provided by IRS only PARTIALLY fulfilled the requirement. I'm afraid the fact that the partial fulfillment
happened to be 1/3 of what was needed and the mitigation ratio factor was 1:3 may have further confused things.
• Please add "PARTIAL" to the project name in the ledger: "(DWR #2020-0237)- PARTIAL".
• As a reminder, for partial fulfillment of the required credits, the MCTC also must acknowledge that credits sold
only satisfy a portion of the permit requirement and that the remaining credits need to be purchased by another
mitigation bank/ provider. The MCTC must be corrected and reissued to the applicant, with DWR copied on that
correspondence.
Once the requested action items are completed and documentation addressing the items above has been received,
DWR can proceed with finalizing the credit sale audit.
Thank you for your continued cooperation and patience,
Niki
Niki Maher
Environmental Specialist, 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
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From: Conchilla, Ryan
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2022 10:16 AM
To: Carpenter, Kristi <[e-mail]>; Barrett Jenkins<[e-mail]>
Cc: Maher, Niki <[e-mail]>
Subject: Buffer Transaction - Alamance Church Road Widening - DWR 20200237
Hi Kristi,
In review of the project folder, please find reference to the approval letter issued for this project on 3-11-2020. 333 feet
of Buffer Zone 1 impact was proposed, at a 3:1 ratio is 999 feet of mitigation as listed on page 2.
Let me know if I can provide further assistance.
Thanks -
Ryan Conchilla, PWS
Environmental Specialist II
401 and Buffer Transportation Permitting Branch (DOT Divisions 7+8)
Division of Water Resources, NC Department of Environmental Quality
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