20081143 Ver 1_USACE credit release letter_20141209

R ' • EReional DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY R
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE %
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 2841)3-1343
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ATTENTION OF December 9, 2014
Regulatory Division/1200A
Action ID: SAW- 2009 -02029
Mr. Worth Creech
Restoration Systems, LLC
1101 Haynes Street, Suite 211
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
Dear Mr. Creech:
This correspondence is in reference to the Bass Mountain Mitigation Bank that is being
developed by Restoration Systems, LLC. The Bass Mountain Mitigation Bank is located
northeast of the Bass Mountain Rd. and Beale Rd. intersection, near Snow Camp, Alamance
County, North Carolina, within the Cape Fear River Basin, Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)
03030002. The purpose of this letter is to confirm the release of credits from this Bank upon
completion of Task 3, as described in Section Seven, of the Mitigation Banking Instrument
(MBI) for this project.
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI) entitled, Bass Mountain Stream
Mitigation Bank, dated June 2009, ten percent (10 %) of the Bank's total restoration credits shall
be available for sale immediately upon completion of all of the following:
After the first year, provided the channel is stable and all other success measures are
met.
By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements
and 487.4 linear feet of SMUs constituting 10% of the Bank's total restoration credits are now
available for sale. To date, 40 percent of the total credits (2,058.3 SMUs) have been released.
Our records indicate that 1,570.8 SMUs have been debited from the Bank with a balance of 0.10
remaining. Therefore, the current total amount of credits available is 487.5 SMUs. Please
confirm these totals on your mitigation bank ledger.
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Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
James Lastinger at the Raleigh Regulatory Field Office, telephone [phone], extension 32.
Sincerely,
Jean B. Gibby
Chief, Raleigh Regulatory
Field Office
Copies Furnished:
Mr. Todd Bowers
Wetlands Regulatory Section
USEPA - Region 4
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsyth St, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303 -8960
Mr. John Ellis
United States Fish & Wildlife Service
Raleigh Field Office
Post Office Box 33726
Raleigh, NC 27636 -3726
Ms. Karen Higgins
NC DENR- Division of Water Resources
Wetlands, Buffers & Stormwater Compliance /Permits Unit
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617
Ms. Sue Homewood
NCDENR -DWR
450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Ste. 300
Winston - Salem, NC 27105
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Ms. Shari Bryant
NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Habitat Conservation Program
Post Office Box 129
Sedalia, NC 27342 -0129
Mr. Carl Pruitt
Assistant District Counsel
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington District
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403