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Selma Mill
Stream Mitigation Bank
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Neu -Con Umbrella Mitigation Bank
Johnston County, North Carolina
Neuse River Basin
H UC 030202011105
Environmental Banc & Exchange
909 Capability Drive, Suite 3100
Raleigh, NC 27606
919 - 829 -9909
j, j, 2 2.014
May 2014
® ICKSON
Community Inlrostruclure consu11onm
WK Dickson & Co., Inc.
720 Corporate Center Drive
Raleigh, NC 27607
919 - 782 -0495

Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ ..............................1
1.1 Project Description .......................................................................................... ..............................1
1.2 Project Location .............................................................................................. ..............................1
1.3 Service Area .................................................................................................... ..............................1
1.4 Purpose and Objectives .................................................................................. ..............................1
1.5 Site Ownership ............................... ............................... ................................ ..............................2
2 QUALIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... ..............................3 '
",2.1 Bank Sponsor ................................................................................................. ............................... 3
2.2 Consultant ....................................................................................................... ..............................3
3 EXISTING CONDITIONS .................................................................................. ..............................4
3.1 Existing Jurisdictional Waters of the U. S ......................................................... ..............................4
3.1.1 Site Mapped Soil Series .......................................................................... ............................... 4
3.2 Vegetation ....................................................................................................... ..............................4
3.3 Constraints ..................................................................................................... ..............................4
4 PROPOSED BANK CONDITIONS ..................................................................... ..............................6
4.1 Conceptual Mitigation Plan ............................................................................. ..............................6
4.1.1 Stream Restoration ................................................................................ ............................... 7
4.1.2 Monitoring ............................................................................................. ............................... 7
5 BANK ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION ...................................................... ..............................8
5.1 Establishment and Operation of the Bank ...................................................... ..............................8
List of Figures
Figure 1. Project Vicinity Map
Figure 2. USGS Topographic Map
Figure 3. National Wetlands Inventory Map
Figure 4a. 1950 Historical Conditions
Figure 4b. 1981 Historical Conditions
Figure 5. Soils Map
Figure 6. FEMA Map
Figure 7. Conceptual Design Plan
Figure 8. LIDAR Map
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1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Project Description
The Selma Mill Stream Mitigation Project is located on a 25.6 -acre site immediately north of Selma in
Johnston County, NC. Several unnamed tributaries that traverse the site that exhibit diminished habitat
and stability as a result of past and on -going agricultural activities and impervious watershed conditions.
The site was identified by EBX -Neuse I, LLC as having potential to help meet the compensatory
mitigation requirements for stream impacts in hydrologic unit 03020201 of the Neuse River Basin.
The proposed project involves the restoration and enhancement of 5,604 linear feet of streams that
have been disturbed by agricultural activities, active cattle grazing, and watershed land use. The
conceptual design presents 3,333 linear feet of stream restoration and 2,271 linear feet of stream
enhancement, generating 4,762 Stream Mitigation Units (SMU).
The Selma Mill project will also be utilized to'provide 20.9 buffer mitigation units through the NC
Division of Water Resources (DWR) Neuse Riparian Buffer Mitigation program. The buffer mitigation will
be developed through a separate banking instrument.
1.2 Project Location
The Selma'Mill Mitigation Bank is located in Johnston County immediately north of Selma, NC (Figure 1).
The coordinates of the site are 35.547574 °N and - 78.283716 °W. To access the Site from Selma travel
north on NC HWY 96 (N Sumner Street). The site is on the left side of the road beginning immediately
north of W Chestnut Street. The site extends approximately 2,300 feet north on the left side of NC HWY
96. A tributary crosses NC HWY 96 approximately 1,900 feet north of W Chestnut Street.
1.3 Service Area
The Selma Mill Mitigation Site will provide stream mitigation credits to offset unavoidable impacts to
aquatic resources within the Upper Neuse subbasin (8 -digit USGS HUC 03020201).
1.4 Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of the proposed Bank is to generate compensatory mitigation credits for inclusion in the
Neu -Con Umbrella Mitigation Bank in hydrologic unit 03020201 of the Neuse River Basin.
The project goals address stressors identified in the watershed, and include the following:
• Nutrient removal,
• Sediment removal,
• Stormflow attenuation,
• Filtration of runoff, and
• Improved aquatic and terrestrial habitat.
The project goals will be addressed through the following project objectives:
• Construction of stable stream channels,
• Stabilization of existing stream channels,
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• Buffer enhancement and restoration,
• Addition of large woody debris such as log vanes, log weirs, and root wads,
• Construction of trash removal device, and
• Stormwater control from urban watershed.
1.5 Site Ownership
The land required for the construction, management, and stewardship of this mitigation project includes
portions of the parcels listed in Table 1.
Table 1. Site Ownership
Option 1
Landowner
PIN
County
Deed Book &
Page Number
Parcel
Acreage
Protected
Acreage
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -0517
Johnston
'00444-0216
2.18
2.18
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -1137
Johnston
00634 -0465
0.22
0.22
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -2842
Johnston
- - --
1.35
0.11
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -2955
Johnston
00595 -0433
0.37
0.08
Howard, Paul H
261514 -34 -2063
Johnston
00595 -0433
0.84
0.25
Howard, Paul H
261514 -34 -2163
Johnston
- - --
0.79
0.26
Howard, Paul H
261514 -34 -2360
Johnston
00488 -0026
1.9
0.87
Howard, Paul H
261514 -44 -4014
Johnston
00656 -0466
95.9
18.26
Janice B Coats
Revocable Trust
261514 -44 -4614
Johnston
03618 -0161
13.74
3.38
Option 2
Landowner
PIN
County
Deed Book &
Page Number
Parcel
Acreage
Protected
Acreage
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -0517
Johnston
00444 -0216
2.18
2.18
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -1137
Johnston
00634 -0465
0.22
0.22
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -2842
Johnston
- - --
1.35
0.11
Howard, Paul H
261514 -33 -2955
Johnston
00595 -0433
0.37
0.08
Howard, Paul H
261514 -34 -2063
Johnston
00595 -0433
0.84
0.25
Howard, Paul H
261514 -34 -2163
Johnston
- - --
0.79
0.26
Howard, Paul H
261514 -34 -2360
Johnston
00488 -0026
1.9
0.87
Howard, Paul H
261514 -44 -4014
Johnston
00656 -0466
95.9
11.65
Janice B Coats
Revocable Trust
261514 -44 -4614
Johnston
03618 -0161
13.74
0.005
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2 QUALIFICATIONS
2.1 Bank Sponsor
The Selma Mill Mitigation Site shall be established under the terms and conditions of the EBX Neu -Con
Umbrella Mitigation Bank made and entered into by EBX Neuse I, LLC (EBX), acting as the Bank Sponsor.
Company Name: EBX Neuse I, LLC
Company Address: 909 Capability Drive, Suite 3100, Raleigh, NC 27606
Contact Name: Norton Webster
Telephone: [phone]
Email: norton @ebxusa.com
2.2 Consultant
The Designer for the Selma Mill Mitigation Site is W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc (WK Dickson).
Company Name: W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc.
Company Address: 720 Corporate Center Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607
Contact Name: Daniel Ingram
Telephone: [phone]
Email: dingram @wkdickson.com
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3 EXISTING CONDITIONS
3.1 Existing Jurisdictional Waters of the U.S.
A detailed wetland delineation has not been performed. The delineation will be approved by the USACE
during the initial environmental screening phase of the project. The stream channels were classified
using North Carolina Division of Water Quality methodology.
3.1.1 Site Mapped Soil Series
The Johnston County Soil Survey shows thirteen mapping units across the project site. Map units include
ten soil series and borrow pits (Figure 5). The upland soils found in this area of the county formed in
sandy sediments from marine and fluviomarine deposits or loamy alluvium. The upland soils at this site
are on a river terrace above the active floodplain. The soil series found on the site are described below
and summarized in Table 2.
Table 2. Mapped Soil Series
Map
Unit
Map Unit Name
percent
Drainage
Hydrologic
Landscape
Symbol
Hydric
Class
Soil Group
Setting
Goldsboro sandy loam,
Moderately
Flats, Marines,
GoA
0 — 2% slopes
2o
�
well
B
Terraces
Lynchburg sandy loam
Somewhat
Flats, Marines,
L y
2%
poorly
C
Terraces
Norfolk loamy sand, 0
Flats, Marines,
NoA
— 2% slopes
5%
Well
g
Terraces
Norfolk loamy sand, 2
NoB
— 6% slopes
2%
Well
B
Floodplains
Norfolk -Urban land
NuA
complex, 0 -3/o slopes
0%
Well
B
Uplands
Ra
Rains sandy loam
80%
Poorly
B/D
Flats, Marines,
Terraces
Wehadkee loam,
Depressions, Flood
Wt
frequently flooded
85%
Poorly
D
plains
3.2 Vegetation
Current land use around the project is primarily residential, pasture, agriculture, and forestry. Land use
immediately surrounding the project includes residential, pasture, and row crops. Within the project
easement two prominent vegetative communities are present: active pasture and row crops. Exotics
species are also present, including Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense).
3.3 Constraints
The site is easily accessible from NC HWY 96. The proposed project is constrained by existing culvert
elevations beneath W Chestnut Street and NC HWY 96. Overhead power lines are also preset in the
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project area. There are no major constraints to construction of the Site. The Site is readily accessible
from N Sumner Street via access roads on the property. One existing stream crossing will remain along
Reach A to allow the landowner access to the agriculture fields and adjacent property. The project area
is not within a FEMA 100 -year flood zone (Figure 6).
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4 PROPOSED BANK CONDITIONS
4.1 Conceptual Mitigation Plan
The Selma Mill stream mitigation project presents the opportunity to provide up to 4,762 SMU through
two options. Table 3 details the mitigation types and WMUs generated. The proposed conceptual
design plan is shown in Figure 7a and Figure 7b.
Table 3. Proposed Mitigation Summary
Option 1
Reach Length (LF) Mitigation SMU
Ratio
Al
939
1:1.0
939
A2
1,625
1: 1.0
1,625
B1
956
1:1.5
637
B2
320
1: 2.5
128
B3
399
1:1.0
399
B4
229
1: 1.5
153
B5
215
1: 1.0
215
C1
766
1: 1.5
511
C2
155
1: 1.0
155
Total:
5,604
-
4,762
Option 2
Reach Length (LF) Mitigation SMU
Ratio
Al
939
1:1.0 939
A2
1,625
1: 1.0 1,625
B2
127
1: 2.5 51
B3
275
1:1.0 275
B4
229
1: 1.5 153
B5
215
1: 1.0 215
C2
86
1: 1.0 86
Total:
3,496
- 3,343
Option 1 contains the full mitigation
potential of the Selma Mill Site. Option 2 is presented as an
alternative to account for potential landowner constraints with the Janice B. Coats Revocable Trust
parcel. The ultimate extents of the Bank will
be contingent on potential uplift, IRT coordination, and
landowner negotiation.
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4.1.1 Stream Restoration
Current stream conditions along the proposed restoration reaches demonstrate significant habitat
degradation as a result of impacts from livestock, historic land uses, and impervious watershed
conditions. Additionally, the riparian buffer is in poor condition throughout most of the project area due
to grazing and agriculture.
The Selma Mill project will include Priority Level I stream restoration and stream enhancement Levels I
and II. Additionally, stormwater controls and trash removal may be provided by construction of a BMP.
Stream restoration efforts will be accomplished through analyses of geomorphic conditions and
watershed characteristics. The design approach will apply a combination of analytical and reference
reach based design methods that meet objectives commensurate with both ecological and geomorphic
improvements. Proposed treatment activities may range from minor bank grading and planting
(enhancement) to re- establishing stable planform and hydraulic geometry (restoration). For reaches
requiring full restoration or extensive enhancement, natural design concepts will be applied and verified
through rigorous engineering analyses and modeling. The objective of this approach is to design a
geomorphically stable channel that provides habitat improvements and ties into the existing landscape.
Planted vegetation will be based on target reference communities.
4.1.2 Monitoring
Stream stability and vegetation survival will be monitored across both the restoration and enhancement
areas of the Site to determine the success of the stream and buffer mitigation. Stream stability will be
monitored with cross section surveys and visual assessment stream walks. Vegetation survival rates will
be monitored using vegetation plots. If constructed, BMP performance will be determined through -
water quality. Potential parameters include Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorous with samples taken
upstream of the project, at the BMP outlet, and in the downstream channel.
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5 BANK ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION
5.1 Establishment and Operation of the Bank
This Bank Parcel shall be established under the terms and conditions of the EBX Neu -Con Umbrella
Mitigation Bank made and entered into by and among EBX -I, LLC, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine
Fisheries Services, the North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, the
NCDWR, and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, collectively, the Interagency Review
Review Team.
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Selma Mills Site Streams
0 300 600 1,200 Proposed Easement
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Selma Mills Site streams
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