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Kevin:
Two more, both NOT for mitigation.
07-1449 North Pacolet River/Young and Morgan Props. -Polk County. This one looks fine and I have
no comments. Go ahead and issue unless you have concerns.
07-1505 Seven Falls Golf and River Club -Henderson County. You were out at this one on 8/2/07. a
Clement Riddle project. I have several questions/concerns. The boulder terracing method of
streambank stabilization is something i have not seen before. I am not sure why they are doing this,
rather than just sloping the banks, matting and live staking. Perhaps it allows them to get to the terrace
elevation quicker and have less sloped area along the stream corridor.
They have provided no information on the type of vegetation they plan to use, other than "establishing
native plant communities". I am concerned that since they are doing a golf course, they may not be
using woody vegetation, which is imperative for streambank stabilization..
In addition, they did not provide any information on planted riparian zone widths . Based on the scale
of the plan sheets, the buffer width appears to be from five to 25 feet in width. Since it is not for
mitigation we can't require 30 feet. However, from a stability perspective, five feet is not going to do
much.
Give me a call if you want to discuss.
Eric
Eric W. Kulz
Environmental Specialist
401 Oversight and Express Permitting Unit
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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Yet More Stream Stabilizations
Subject: Yet More Stream Stabilizations
From: Eric Kulz <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:38:11 -0400
To: Kevin Barnett <[e-mail]>
Kevin:
Two more, both NOT for mitigation.
07-1449 North Pacolet River/Young and Morgan Props. -Polk County. This one looks fine and I have
no comments. Go ahead and issue unless you have concerns.
07-1505 Seven Falls Golf and River Club -Henderson County. You were out at this one on 8/2/07. a
Clement Riddle project. I have several questions/concerns. The boulder terracing method of
streambank stabilization is something i have not seen before. I am not sure why they are doing this,
rather than just sloping the banks, matting and live staking. Perhaps it allows them to get to the terrace
elevation quicker and have less sloped area along the stream corridor.
They have provided no information on the type of vegetation they plan to use, other than "establishing
native plant communities". I am concerned that since they are doing a golf course, they may not be
using woody vegetation, which is imperative for streambank stabilization..
In addition, they did not provide any information on planted riparian zone widths . Based on the scale
of the plan sheets, the buffer width appears to be from five to 25 feet in width. Since it is not for
mitigation we can't require 30 feet. However, from a stability perspective, five feet is not going to do
much.
Give me a call if you want to discuss.
Eric
Eric W. Kulz
Environmental Specialist
401 Oversight and Express Permitting Unit
2321 Crabtree Blvd., Suite 250
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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