20141142 Ver 1_Corps of Engineer Correspondence_20141223

Homewood, Sue
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Bailey, David E SAW <David.E.Bailey2 @usace.army.mil>
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 3:19 PM
EMcClanahan
dbmichaels @triad.rr.com; Homewood, Sue; Tiffani Bylow
RE: Response to Comments (UNCLASSIFIED)
Thanks for your response and for the additional documentation. Item's 1 -3 and 5 of my Incomplete Application
document dated 11/26/2014 are satisfied. However, items 4 and 6 are currently unresolved.
Regarding item # 4, although water would still drain from the remnant 0.012 ac. wetland to the roadside swale along
Liberty Road, the majority of its functions and values are lost because it is not longer part of a much larger contiguous
wetland area. Its ability to capture, slow and retain overland flow would be significantly reduced as it would abut a fill
slope, thereby minimizing the opportunity to perform nutrient reduction functions through anaerobic processes. Any
wildlife habitat that may have been provided by this wetland area would also be reduced due to the much smaller size.
Further, although this remnant wetland occurs on the adjacent property, it is within our purview to take into account all
indirect effects the project may have on waters of the US including wetlands. As such, the 0.012 ac. remnant wetland
should be included as an indirect impact of the project and mitigated.
Regarding item # 6, after reading the NCEEP letter from October 2014, it is clear that they do not have non - riparian
wetland credits available in this HUC. Whereas the current proposed project requires riparian, non - riverine wetland
credits the NCEEP does have the appropriate type of wetland credits available. However, note the above paragraph
with respect to the number of available credits referred to in their letter. Also, and perhaps more importantly, the
USACE recently released additional stream and wetland credits from the Cripple Creek Mitigation Bank, whose service
area includes the proposed project. As such, please contact Restoration Systems for an mitigation acceptance letter for
the new amount of wetland credits required (i.e. 0.206 ac. + 0.012 ac.).
I have drafted the paperwork for rapid processing of this permit verification once the above additional information is
received. Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Dave Bailey
David E. Bailey, PWS
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US Army Corps of Engineers
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From: EMcClanahan [ mailto :EMcClanahan @ecslimited.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 8:26 AM
To: Bailey, David E SAW
Cc: dbmichaels @triad.rr.com
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Response to Comments
Hey David,
This is a narrative and revised drawings in response to the Tare sheet from a couple of weeks ago. Let me know if we
need a revised EEP letter - restated in a different way.
ERIC J. MCCLANAHAN, PWS - Senior Project Manager -- ECS Carolinas, LLP
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