20201654 Ver 2_USACE Permit_20220412

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
ASHEVILLE REGULATORY FIELD OFFICE
151 PATTON AVENUE, ROOM 208
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 28801-5006
April 12, 2023
Regulatory Division
Action ID: SAW-2020-00632
Mr. Richard Kelly
Mulberry Farm — Madison LLC
1126 Upper Thomas Branch Road
Marshall, NC 28753
Dear Mr. Kelly:
Enclosed is a Department of the Army permit to construct the School of Wholeness and
Enlightenment (SOWE) which will include cabins, school buildings, horticultural building, event
center, dining hall, gym, wholeness center, staff houses, and administrative building. The road
network supporting the school and campus includes culvert crossings that impact streams and
wetlands. Several existing culverts will be removed, and the affected stream reach restored. A
Beaver Dam Analog (BDA) structure will be constructed to create an aesthetic pond at the
entrance and potentially enhance aquatic habitat on site. Total impacts are 904 LF of stream
channel (0.085 acre) and 0.053 acre of wetlands. The Corps is issuing this permit in response to
your written request of January 27 2022, and the ensuing administrative record.
The Corps is in receipt of the revised plans submitted March 24, 2023, describing the
change to the construction sequence for the Bac-of-hose/Administrative Building. This
modification involves the temporary installation of a 60 liner foot culvert for construction access.
Stream enhancement activities within this stream reach will proceed following culvert removal
as previously proposed. Accordingly, permit condition a. Work Limits has been revised to reflect
the updated plans.
Any further deviation in the authorized work will likely require modification of this permit. If a
change in the authorized work is necessary, you should promptly submit revised plans to the
Corps showing the proposed changes. You may not undertake the proposed changes until the
Corps notifies you that your permit has been modified.
Carefully read your permit. The general and special conditions are important. Your failure to
comply with these conditions could result in a violation of Federal law. Certain significant
conditions require that:
a. You must complete construction before December 21, 2028.
b. You must notify this office in advance as to when you intend to commence and complete
work.
c. You must allow representatives from this office to make periodic visits to your worksite

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as deemed necessary to assure compliance with permit plans and conditions.
d. In order to compensate for impacts associated with this permit, mitigation shall be
provided in accordance with the provisions outlined in the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Wilmington District, Compensatory Mitigation Responsibility Transfer Form.
The requirements of this form, including any special conditions listed on this form, are
hereby incorporated as special conditions of this permit authorization.
You should address all questions regarding this authorization to Ms. Brandee Boggs at the
Asheville Regulatory Field Office, telephone [phone] extension 4224.
FOR THE COMMANDER
,/ ���� Date: 2023.04.12
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M. Scott Jones, PWS
Chief
Asheville Regulatory Field Office
Enclosures
1. Appeals Form
2. Permit
3. Special Conditions
4. Plans
5. Water Quality Certification
6. Mitigation Transfer Form
cc via email (with enclosures): Permit; Special Conditions and Plans
Mr. Jim Jones, SOWE Global
[e-mail]
Mr. Kevin Davis, Lehrer Cumming
[e-mail]
Mr. Clement Riddle, ClearWater Environmental
[e-mail]
Ms. Sue Homewood, NC Division of Water Resources
[e-mail]
Ms. Andrea Leslie, NC Wildlife Resources Commission
[e-mail]
Mr. Todd Bowers, EPA
[e-mail]
Mr. Byron Hampstead
[e-mail]

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bcc via email (without enclosures):
CESAW-RG-A/Boggs
CESAW-RG-A/Jones