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Hi Colleen,

I’m forwarding the below email on behalf of Sara Duquette, along with requested attachments and tables. To summarize, all proposed fence crossing impacts have been removed, and only
one overhead line crossing is proposed. The other line crossings will be underground, and will not impact any features. NOTE: responses to each of your original comments are in red,
just below Sara’s email. Please let us know if you need additional information.

Thanks for your help, and have a great weekend!

Garrett Otten, PE

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From: Sara Duquette <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, July 1, 2022 2:32 PM
Subject: RE: Phobos Solar LLC Phase II DWR# 20211271 Ver 2

Hi Colleen, Please see responses below in red and within this text. The Fence crossings for this project have been eliminated, all impacts to streams, wetlands, or buffered areas have
been completely avoided. Please see attached revised impact exhibit and impact table below. The only impacts that will occur are from clearing needed for an overhead power line. The
forested wetland and the zone 1 and zone 2 buffers will be impacted from an 86ft wide overhead power line easement within the Neuse River Watershed. According to the buffer regulations,
pp(i) aerial lines are deemed allowable within the buffer if the width is less than 150ft. Conversion impacts to the wetland total 0.19acres, Zone 1 impacts (deemed allowable total
0.15 ac, and Zone 2 impacts (deemed allowable) total 0.09ac. All other impacts associated with overhead lines have been eliminated, these areas will be drilled and will not impact any
buffers, streams, or wetlands. These minimizations and avoidance measures should address the comments and concerns from North Carolina Wildlife Resource Division.

Site

Reason

Impact type

Type

Name

Forested

Type of Jurisdiction

Impact amount

Sheet 2A

Clearing for overhead utility line

P

Bottomland hardwood

Wetland

Forested

Corps

0.19ac

Sheet 2A

Clearing for overhead utility line

P

Zone 1 buffer

Zone 1 buffer

Forested

DEQ

0.15ac

Sheet 2A

Clearing for overhead utility line

P

Zone 2 buffer

Zone 2 Buffer

Forested

DEQ

0.09ac

From: Cohn, Colleen M <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> >
Sent: Monday, May 9, 2022 7:13 PM
To: Randy Ficarrotta <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> >
Cc: Barnes, Kyle W CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> >
Subject: Phobos Solar LLC Phase II DWR# 20211271 Ver 2

External Email

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Good afternoon,

I am beginning my review of the above referenced project, and in order to complete the review, some additional information is required:

1. DWR has received comments from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission regarding this project. For your convenience, I have attached a copy of the comments to this email, but they can
also be accessed in the project folder here: https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/Browse.aspx?dbid=0&startid=2233313 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?u
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these comments. The impacts that were of concern have been eliminated.
2. Please provide additional information on the necessity of having two fence crossings on Figure 2C. Fence Crossings #3 & #4 appear to be only about 75 feet apart. Please discuss avoidance
and minimization of impacts for these crossings. I am having a difficult time seeing it on the project design plans (see item 6 below). Fence Crossings have been eliminated.
3. Please provide additional information on the necessity of Fence Crossing #5. It appears that there is a fence on the other side of the Stream that is just outside of the buffer, and
that Fence Crossing #5 could be avoided. On sheet CS-101, it looks like the property line fence is not shown and is outside the Limits of Disturbance. Fence Crossings have been eliminated.
4. Please provide additional information on why Fence Crossing #10 cannot be moved or reconfigured to better avoid and minimize buffer impacts or avoided altogether. The Fence appears
to cross the stream multiple times, and there appears to be another fence on the other side of the stream outside of the buffer on sheet CS-104. Fence Crossings have been eliminated.
5. All of the buffer impact maps show the streams as straight lines, and do not indicate where the top of bank of the stream features are. The buffer rules are in effect for the first
50 feet from top of bank and move with the sinuosity of the stream, as shown on the project design plans (but they are at too large of a scale). Please revise the buffer impact maps
to indicate the top of banks of the streams. Figures have revised to show streams delineated and buffers drawn from top of bank of all streams.
6. “MATCHLINE SHEET” label appears on top of the requested impact area for impact area “1C” on all of the maps as it falls in the area between sheets CS-102 and CS-105. If I remember
correctly, I also asked about this area in my RFAI for Version 1. Please revise the plans to move the label so that it does not obscure the impact. I’m including a snip below to show
what I mean: Please see attached sheet that has been revised to show the area. The proposed fence crossing has been removed, and there is no impact in this area.

Thanks,

Colleen Cohn

Environmental Specialist II

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Division of Water Resources

Raleigh Regional Office

3800 Barrett Drive

Raleigh, NC 27609

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