20201865_DWR comments to USACE on Cornbread Valley Mitigation Plan_20230216

Baker, Caroline D
From: Homewood, Sue
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2023 7:23 AM
To: Baker, Caroline D
Subject: FW: Final DWR approval of Cornbread Valley Mitigation Plan
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DWR#: 20201865
Doc Date: 02/16/23
Doc Type: Mitigation — Mitigation Information
Doc Name: Comments to USACE
Thanks,
Sue Homewood (she/her/hers)
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Division of Water Resources
Sue. Homewood(@ncdenr.2ov
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From: Haupt, Mac <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 12:10 PM
To: Haywood, Casey M CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; Davis, Erin B CIV USARMY
CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Cc: Homewood, Sue <[e-mail]>
Subject: Final DWR approval of Cornbread Valley Mitigation Plan
Casey and Erin,
DWR approves the Final Cornbread Mitigation Plan and will process the plan for a 401 permit.
However, after giving a final review, there were several reservations with the final plan.
These reservations are listed below:
1. Any mitigation project that involves making a hydric soil call should include a licensed NC soil scientist, it is
required by law.
2. Also, there should always be a few wetland hydrology gauges to assess the preconstruction hydrology in
areas where there are wetland establishment and/or rehabilitation calls.

3. In addition to gauges being installed preconstruction, there should be numerous soil profiles to document
the existing conditions in areas where there will be any wetland mitigation.
4. To make up for the above discrepancies, DWR suggests that a number of extra soil profiles (above and
beyond the profiles required for the gauges) be included (performed by an LSS) in the monitoring areas that
involve wetland re-establishment and wetland creation.
DWR is glad to see a project in the Little Tennessee that not only includes a sizable stream restoration (catchment)
project but includes wetlands as well.
Good luck with this project and I hope to stop by some time down the road and check it out...
Thanks,
Mac Haupt
(Temporary Mitigation Coordinator-DWR)