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RE: Grantsboro Sand Mine
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From: Dana A. Lutheran [mai|tn:d|[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 11:03 AM
To: Bun1ette,]ennifera
Subject: RE: Grantsboro Sand Mine
What do you mean by:
h. Please amend the planting plan to include at least three of the vegetation species listed.
Do you only want three woody species?
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Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 10:36 AM

To: Dana A. Lutheran
Subject: RE: Grantsboro Sand Mine
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617
(919) 807 -6364 phone
0ennifer.burdette @ncdenr.gov
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From: Dana A. Lutheran [mailto:dlutheran(abse. i.us]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 9:18 AM
To: Burdette, Jennifer a
Subject: RE: Grantsboro Sand Mine
Do you have a DWR project number I can insert into the preservation language? Or is there some other way you
would like to see it written?
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From: Burdette, Jennifer a rmailto :Jennifer.BurdetteCa)ncdenr.Qov]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 3:53 PM
To: Dana A. Lutheran (dlutheran(a)segi.us); 'scott cayton' (msc0404(a)gmail.com)
Cc: Greer, Emily C SAW ( Emily .C.Greer(a)usace.army.mil); 'David Scibetta' (dscibetta(cseQi.us)
Subject: Grantsboro Sand Mine
Dana,
For projects that require a public notice, we do not send out requests for more information until the
comment period is over to avoid confusing the public. Understanding that it is important to Mr. Cayton
to avoid any delays in processing, listed below are the items of additional information that we need to
process the application and will request by letter once the public comment period ends. Other

additional information may be required if we receive comments that require a response. I just wanted
to give you as much time as possible to revise the application and mitigation plan.
1. Please submit $176.78 to pay for the costs of advertising the public notice, as required in Title
15A NCAC 02H .503(f).
2. In section D. 5. a. of the application, it states that the two existing open water pits will be
converted to herbaceous systems. Later in the same section and the mitigation plan indicate
that the area will be planted with woody wetland plant species. Please confirm that the open
water areas will be planted with woody wetland plant species.
3. We request the following information regarding the Wetland Mitigation Plan:
a. In section II. A. and B. 2. of the Wetland Mitigation Plan, please clarify that 5.68 acres of
wetland preservation will be provided in addition to the 6.51 acres of restoration,
creation and enhancement proposed as mitigation for the existing and proposed
wetland impacts.
b. The Division considers the conversion of the open water areas on this site into forested
wetlands as restoration. The mitigation credit for each type of mitigation shall be
determined by dividing the type of mitigation provided by 1 for restoration, 1.5 for
creation, 2 for enhancement and 5 for preservation. Please amend the table in section
II. A. to reflect these ratios.
c. Please provide a schedule for mitigation construction. The Division requires that
mitigation construction be completed within 1 year of issuance of the 401 Water Quality
Certification for the project.
d. In section II. D., please indicate the source(s) of hydric soil.
e. Planting vegetation on 15 -foot centers yields 193 trees per acre, which will not achieve
the industry standard for wetland vegetation success of 260 trees per acre after five
years. The Division recommends over planting woody vegetation (e.g. 11 ft x 11 ft
spacing) to accommodate the expected mortality associated with large scale planting.
f. Because successional species such as Acer rubrum (Maple, red) are anticipated to
colonize the restoration area on their own, please remove this species from the planting
plan.
g. The Conservation Declaration must to be amended to reflect the total preservation area
of 12.19 acres and reference the 401 Water Quality Certification mitigation requirement
and enforcement by the Division of Water Resources.
h. Please amend the planting plan to include at least three of the vegetation species listed.
i. The following comments are related to the ecologically -based performance standards
for the wetland mitigation plan:
i. This Office believes that a total of five vegetation sampling plots are necessary
to evaluate the success of the vegetation planting within the proposed wetland
mitigation plan. Locate one plot in the center of each of the open water areas
to be restored. Locate two plots within the creation area. One of these should
be located in the center of the creation area east of the northern open water
area and one in the widest creation area located between the open water areas
and the enhancement area. Centrally locate one plot within the enhancement
area.
ii. This Office believes that a total of four wells are necessary to evaluate the
hydrological success of the proposed wetland mitigation plan. Locate one well
in the center of each pond. Two wells must be located in the wetland creation
area. Locate one well on the west side of the open water areas and one on the
east side of these areas.
iii. Please incorporate monitoring of the restoration and creation areas for
volunteer establishment that may jeopardize (or enhance) the success of the
planted species.

iv. This Office believes that the minimum requirement to meet hydrology success
criteria for all created and restored areas should be saturation within the upper
12 inches of the soil for 6% of the growing season (consecutive days) as
proposed for the enhancement area.
Please let me know if you need any clarification of the information requested.
Thanks,
Jennifer
Jennifer Burdette
401 /Buffer Coordinator
401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
Wetlands Branch
NCDENR — Division of Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617
(919) 807 -6364 phone
0ennifer.burdette @ncdenr.Pov
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