SAW-2018-00094_RESFrenchBroad05UMB-PuncheonFork_MY2CreditRelease

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
151 PATTON AVENUE
ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006
December 28, 2022
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. SAW-2018-00094
Re: MY2 credit release of the RES French Broad 05 Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument
and Puncheon Fork Mitigation Site
Mr. Ryan Medric
Resource Environmental Solutions
3600 Glenwood Avenue, Suite 100
Raleigh, North Carolina 27612
Dear Mr. Medric:
This correspondence is in reference to the Monitoring Year 2 (MY2) Report dated
October 2022, submitted in support of your request for the fourth credit release for the Puncheon
Fork Mitigation Site, part of the RES French Broad 05 Umbrella Mitigation Bank, located
approximately five miles northwest of Swiss in Madison County, North Carolina. The purpose
of this letter is to confirm the MY2 release of credits for this mitigation site.
Pursuant to the Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) entitled, Agreement to Establish
the RES French Broad 05 Umbrella Mitigation Bank, approved May 30, 2019; the site -specific
Puncheon Fork Final Mitigation Plan dated May 22, 2020 and a final plan addendum received
September 4, 2020, ten percent (10%) of the mitigation site's total restoration and enhancement
credits shall be available for sale immediately upon completion of the required tasks pursuant to
the Mitigation Plan.
By copy of this correspondence, we confirm that you have satisfied the above
requirements for the MY2 release for all parcels within the bank; 283.6 SMU's and 0.098
WMU's constituting 10% of the mitigation site's total restoration and enhancement credits are
now available for sale.
Although the IRT did not visit this site as part of the MY2 evaluation, we have reviewed
the Year 2 Monitoring Report and offer the following comments, which should be addressed
during next year's monitoring review:
Todd Tugwell (USACE) comments:

I. You indicated that there are plans to install Flexi Baffles during low flow conditions
during the 2023 growing season 2023. Please be sure to provide photographs of the
installation in the MY3 report.
2. We appreciate the documentation of the repairs conducted at J135-C. Please continue
to watch these areas closely and provide an update in the MY3 monitoring report.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact
Steve Kichefski at [phone] extension 4234 or (828)-933-8032 (mobile).
Sincerely,
Todd Tugwell
Chief, Mitigation Branch
Regulatory Division
Electronic Copies Furnished (via email):
Erin Davis (NCDWR)
Olivia Munzer (NCWRC)
Travis Wilson (NCWRC)
Byron Hamstead (USFWS)
Todd Bowers (USEPA)
Renee Gledhill -Earley (NCSHPO)
Todd Tugwell (USACE)
Kim Browning (USACE)
Casey Haywood (USACE)
Scott Jones (USACE)