20140107 Ver 1_USACE Draft Mit Plan Comment Memo_20140908

Strickland, Bev
From: Kulz, Eric
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 9:29 AM
To: Strickland, Bev
Subject: FW: Notice of Intent to Approve NCEEP Draft Mitigation Plan with Comments /
Norman's Pasture I & II Wetland Mitigation Project / Sampson County /
SAW - 2013 -00109 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Attachments: Draft Mit Plan Comment Memo-Normans Pasture I & II_SAW- 2013- 00109.pdf
Error. This project is 14 -0107 (both v1 and v2). Sorry!!!!
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From: Kulz, Eric
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 10:45 AM
To: Strickland, Bev
Subject: FW: Notice of Intent to Approve NCEEP Draft Mitigation Plan with Comments / Norman's Pasture I & II Wetland
Mitigation Project / Sampson County / SAW- 2013 -00109 (UNCLASSIFIED)
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From: Tugwell, Todd SAW [ mailto :Todd.Tugwell @usace.army.mil]
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 3:53 PM
To: Fritz Rohde (Fritz. Rohde @noaa.gov); Chapman, Amy; Baker, Virginia; Beter, Dale E SAW; bowers.todd @epa.gov;
Crumbley, Tyler SAW; Karoly, Cyndi; Cox, David R.; Hall, Dolores; Emily Jernigan @fws.gov; Kulz, Eric; Higgins, Karen;
Kathryn Matthews @fws.gov; McLendon, Scott C SAW; Gledhill- earley, Renee; Sollod, Steve; Wilson, Travis W.; Wicker,
Henry M JR SAW; Greer, Emily C SAW
Cc: Schaffer, Jeff; Miguez, Kristin; Joe Pfeiffer
Subject: Notice of Intent to Approve NCEEP Draft Mitigation Plan with Comments / Norman's Pasture I & II Wetland
Mitigation Project / Sampson County / SAW- 2013 -00109 (UNCLASSIFIED)
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
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The 30 -day comment review period for Norman's Pasture I & II Wetland Mitigation project (USACE AID SAW 2013-
00109, EEP Project # 95717/96310) closed on August 31st. All comments that were posted on the Mitigation Plan
Review Portal during the review process are attached for your records. Additionally, comments can be reviewed on the
Mitigation Plan Review Portal (utilizing the excel option).
We have evaluated the comments generated during the review period, and determined that the concerns raised during
the review are generally minor and can be addressed in the final mitigation plan. Accordingly, it is our intent to approve
this Mitigation Plan unless a member of the NCIRT initiates the Dispute Resolution Process, described in the Final
Mitigation Rule (33 CFR Section 332.8(e)). Please note that initiation of this process requires that a senior official of the
agency objecting to the approval of the mitigation plan (instrument amendment) notify the District Engineer by letter
within 15 days of this email (by COB on September 19, 2014). Please notify me if you intend to initiate the Dispute
Resolution Process.

Provided that we do not get any objections, we will provide an approval letter to NCEEP at the conclusion of the 15 -day
Dispute Resolution window. This approval will also transmit all comments generated during the review process to
NCEEP, and indicate what comments must be addressed in the Final Mitigation Plan. All NCIRT members will receive a
copy of this letter and all comments for your records.
Thanks for your participation,
Todd TugwelI
Special Projects Manager
Regulatory Division
Wilmington District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
11405 Falls of Neuse Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
(919) 846 -2564
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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ATTENTION OF:
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403 -1343
CESAW -RG /Tugwell September 4, 2014
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
SUBJECT: Norman's Pastures I & II Wetland Restoration Projects - NCIRT Comments During 30-
day Mitigation Plan Review
PURPOSE: The comments listed below were posted to the NCEEP Mitigation Plan Review Portal
during the 30 -day comment period in accordance with Section 332.8(g) of the 2008 Mitigation
Rule.
NCEEP Project Name: Norman's Pasture I & II Restoration Projects, Sampson County, NC
USACE AID #: SAW- 2013 -00109
NCEEP #: 9535117/96310
30 -Day Comment Deadline: 31 August, 2014
1. Eric Kulz, NCDWR, 15 August 2014:
• Page 31 describes grading and filling of ditches. Are the ditches to be filled by
grading spoil piles? It is unclear what is being graded. Please describe in detail or
provide plan sheets with existing and proposed grades.
• The planting list did not include species like American elm and tulip poplar, both of
which were identified in on -site wetlands. DWR recommends adding these species
to the planting list.
• Stream T1 is proposed for enhancement II, and the plan indicates some structures
are to be added. Please provide a detail sheet showing the number and location of
structures to be added. DWR understands that the final number and location of
structures will be decided in the field, but an approximation of the number and
location of structures would be helpful.
• On the proposed monitoring plan in Appendix C, DWR requests the addition of a
vegetation plot within the footprint of the pond on the north side of the site.
2. Todd Tugwell, USACE, September 04, 2014:
• The project easement boundaries are irregular, and include several areas that are
not part of the easement but are entirely encompassed by the easement. This could
cause confusion in enforcing easement conditions and is not optimal with regard to

the amount of fragmentation that might result. It is not clear what can be done in
these areas or what is proposed for these areas. Can these areas just be included in
the easement, using specific language that allows for certain activities so there is still
some level of control?
• Section 6.0 — the release schedule includes wetlands but does not appear to cover
stream credits.
• The discussion on hydrology performance in Section 9.0 indicates that gauge data
will be "supplemented by documentation of wetland hydrology indicators as defined
in the 1987 USACE Wetland Delineation Manual." Please make it clear that this does
not mean that hydrology indicators can replace gauge data for the purpose of
determining success for the hydrology performance standards.
• Please change the vegetation performance standards to indicate that the stem /acre
density is only for planted vegetation.
/s/
Todd Tugwell
Special Projects Manager
Regulatory Division