20210536 Ver 1_Tobacco Road Buffer Plan - DWR Review_20221012

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From: Merritt, Katie
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 4:29 PM
To: Jamey McEachran <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> >
Cc: Davis, Erin B <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> >; Browning, Kimberly D CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
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Subject: Tobacco Road Buffer Plan - DWR Review

Hey Jamey,

Pursuant to Titles 15A NCAC 02B .0295, a provider shall submit a project plan proposal to the Division for review and approval that includes specific elements of the project. On June
3, 2022, Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC (EBX) submitted a Buffer Mitigation & Nutrient Offset Plan (Plan) for the Tobacco Road site, to the Division, for review and approval. This
Plan is Appendix A of the Tobacco Road Stream & Wetland Mitigation Plan. According to the initial review by DWR staff of the subject Plan, some elements were either not provided, not
explained thoroughly, not accurate or lacking in sufficient information.

Therefore, until DWR receives an updated Plan addressing all comments and edits provided in the attached 1) comment summary and 2) PDF version of the document itself, DWR cannot finalize
the review of the Plan or issue an approval of the Plan. In an effort to be as efficient as possible at providing comments to RS during this busy time, I have provided my comments in
a different format. Attached are the comments & edits provided within the actual PDF of a condensed Plan (without Appendices) as well as a comment summary.

When EBX is ready to submit their final project Plan, please include a summary of all EBXs’ responses to the DWR comments acknowledging how EBX addressed the comments. Please upload
the final Plan using our Mitigation Project Information Upload Form through this link: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/Forms/Mitigation_Information_Upload . Please note the DWR ID# 2021-0536
(version 1) on all electronic submissions for this project.

Thank you for your patience during this time and if you have any difficulty reading though the comments or edits please let me know.

Katie

Katie Merritt

Nutrient Offset & Buffer Banking Coordinator

401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

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