MY1 Credit Release_Upper Rocky_SAW-2015-01816

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
November 29, 2022
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2015-01816
Re: Year 1 Monitoring Report Review and Credit Release associated with WLS Upper
Rocky Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument, Upper Rocky Mitigation Site
Mrs. Cara Conder
Water & Land Solutions
7721 Six Forks Road, Suite 130
Raleigh, North Carolina 27615
Dear Mrs. Conder:
This correspondence is in reference to the WLS Upper Rocky Umbrella Mitigation
Bank, Upper Rocky Mitigation Site. The site is located south of William Hough High
School, between NC 115 and Bailey Road, in Huntersville, Mecklenburg County, North
Carolina. The mitigation site is within the Rocky Watershed of the Upper Pee Dee River
Basin, Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 03040105. The purpose of this letter is to transmit
comments provided by the NC Interagency Review Team (NCIRT) during the review of
the annual monitoring report and to confirm the Year 1 credit release for this mitigation
site.
Pursuant to the site's Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument and the site -specific
Mitigation Plan, the following mitigation credits shall be available for sale provided the
annual monitoring report demonstrates interim performance standards are being met:
10% of the total enhancement and/or restoration Stream Mitigation Units
(SMUs) associated with year 1 annual monitoring (900.10 Warm Water SMUs)
10% of the total enhancement and/or restoration Wetland Mitigation Units
(WMUs) associated with year 1 annual monitoring (0.857 Riparian Riverine
WMUs)
Based on a review of the data provided for the site, we confirm that you have satisfied
the above requirements; 900.10 Warm Water SMUs and 0.857 Riparian Riverine WMUs
are now available for sale. To date, 3600.40 SMUs (40% of the total SMUs) and 3.929
WMUs (40% of the total WMUs) have been released for sale.

Please review the comments provided by the NCIRT during their review of the
monitoring report. While it is not necessary to provide a response to specific comments
at this time, please be sure to address the issues raised in future monitoring report
submittals.
Thank you for your interest in restoring and protecting waters of the United States. If
you have questions regarding this letter, please contact me at
Kimberly. d.browning(a)-usace.army. mil or telephone [phone].
Sincerely,
Todd Tugwell
Mitigation Project Manager
Regulatory Division
Electronic Copies Furnished:
NCIRT Distribution List