20201146 Ver 1_IRT Agency Comments_20221018 (2)

Baker, Caroline D
From: Davis, Erin B
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Subject: FW: [External] FW: SAW-2020-01123 Newman Ranch Mitigation Project Question
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Doc Date: 10/18/22
Doc Type: Mitigation — Mitigation Information Doc Name: IRT Agency Comments
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From: Isenhour, Kimberly T CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
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From: Sugg, Mickey T CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
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Subject: RE: SAW-2020-01123 Newman Ranch Mitigation Project Question
Follow-up to our telephone conversation, providing you with the only comments I found in Jordan's file. I didn't see any
email comments from the IRT. As mentioned, this may be one of the bank proposals that will be conveyed to the
centralized mitigation team in Raleigh. I will confirm with Todd in the near future and will let you know. In the
meantime, send your draft mitigation plan to me if I don't have an answer by the time the plan is ready.
-mickey
Mickey Sugg, Chief
Wilmington Regulatory Field Office
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
69 Darlington Avenue

Wilmington, NC 28403
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From: Matthew Deangelo <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 11:34 AM
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Subject: [URL Verdict: Neutral][Non-DoD Source] SAW-2020-01123 Newman Ranch Mitigation Project Question
Mickey,
This is Matt DeAngelo from RES. I am the lead ecologist for the Newman Ranch Mitigation Project and am working
closely with Brad Breslow on this project. We are planning to submit the Draft mitigation plan in a few weeks, but I do
still have some lingering questions ... I know that you were recently handed this project from Jordan Jessop, so I wanted
to make sure nothing was getting lost in the weeds.
We received the initial evaluation letter (see attached) from Jordan in February 2022, but there were no attachments or
subsequent comment letters from any other agencies. Therefore we are asking if the Corps received any such letters,
and if not, do we need to go through with a consultation with USFWS and reach out to WRC and SHPO? We know that
there are present populations of red -cockaded woodpecker within a mile of our Project and we have mature pines
onsite, so we want to be sure we are in compliance with USFWS. Additionally, according to NCNHP, there are some state
species of interest that I would have suspected WRC would have at least been interested in. Further, there is an
abandoned NASCAR speedway that exists on the property (not within easement) that I also thought would have caught
the eye of SHPO even though it is not listed in their database.
I suppose in general that I am surprised not to see any comments from agencies, so I want to make sure that we have
done our due diligence and if we need to do anything else, we would like to do so ASAP.
Regardless, we do plan to submit the Draft mitigation plan in September.
Thank you,

Matt DeAngelo
Ecologist III
RES I res.us <Blockedhttp://www.res.us/>
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