Credit Release Task 7 SassarixaSwmpII.docx

ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISER
Secretary
RICHAM E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
December 15, 2022
Wildlands Holdings III, LLC DWR Project #: 2019-0661
Attn: Shawn Wilkerson Johnston County
(via electronic mail: swilkersongwildlandseng.com )
Re: Sassarixa Swamp II Nutrient Offset & Buffer Mitigation Banking Instrument
Credit Release Task 7
Dear Mr. Wilkerson:
On November 16, 2022, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received notification and
supporting documentation from Wildlands Holdings III, LLC (Wildlands) that the conservation
easement for the Sassarixa Swamp II site has been successfully assigned to Unique Places to Save
(UPS). UPS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and has been approved by DWR as a long-term
steward for this mitigation bank.
In accordance with the MBI, signed on May 4, 2020 the following Project Milestones have been met
and the corresponding credits shall be released:
Task/Milestones
7) Item B (1) of Section X in the MBI has been
completed and approved by DWR
(conservation easement assignment)
Credits
Nitrogen
'Riparian
Coastal HW
Credits
Buffer
Buffer
Credits
Credits
5%
5%
5%
'Credit release percentages exclude the areas adjacent to Coastal HW Stream Mitigation
By copy of this correspondence, DWR confirms that you have satisfied the above requirements for
the above -referenced site and the following credits are being released:
• 5% of the Nitrogen nutrient offset credits (0.05 x 33,512.002 lbs-N = 1,675.600 lbs-N)
• 5% of the Neuse riparian buffer enhancement credits (0.05 x 34,287.615 ft2=1,714.381 ft2)
• 5% of the Neuse riparian buffer restoration credits excluding Coastal HW Stream
Restoration (0.05 x 283,752 ft2 = 14,187.600 ft2)
• 5% of the Neuse riparian buffer restoration credits associated with Coastal HW Stream
Restoration (0.10 x 62,329.743 ft2 = 3,116.487 ft2) are now available to sell.
(these credits need to be recorded on the buffer enhancement credit ledger & are not
transferrable to nutrient offsets)
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
NOR1H CAROL Na 919.707.9000

Sassarixa Swamp II Site
Wildlands
December 15, 2022
Please note that nutrient offset credits generated at this site must be used for impacts in HUC
03020201 of the Neuse River Basin excluding the Falls Lake Watershed pursuant to 15A NCAC
02B .0703. Additionally, the riparian buffer credits must be used for impacts in the Neuse
River Basin in accordance with guidelines in the Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule, 15A
NCAC 02B .0295, which became effective on November 1, 2015.
Please feel free to call Katie Merritt at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Katie Merritt
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
cc:File Copy (Katie Merritt)
Camden Brunick (Wildlands) — sent via electronic mail: cbrunickgwildlandseng com
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