BPDP for PN

ID#* 20220139 Version* 2
Select Reviewer:
Katie Merritt
Initial Review Completed Date 04/17/2023
Mitigation Project Submittal - 4/14/2023
Is this a Prospectus, Technical Proposal or a New Site?* Yes No
Type of Mitigation Project:*
Stream Wetlands Buffer Nutrient Offset
(Select all that apply)
Project Contact Information
Contact Name: * Email Address:
Catherine Roland [e-mail]
Project Information
ID#: * 20220139 Version:* 2
Existing ID# Existing Version
Project Type: DMS Mitigation Bank
Project Name: Salem Nutrient Offset Bank
County: Wayne
Document Information
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Mitigation Bank Information
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Nutrient Offset Memo
Salem Nutrient Offset Bank:
DWR #2022-0139v2
Date Prepared: April 12, 2023
This memo addresses comments from Katie Merritt with DWR in regard to the Salem Draft Nutrient Offset
submittal.
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1. It appears based off Table 5. 11.17 acres will be restored for nutrient offset credit. Please explain
why it says 12.32 will be restored for nutrient credit. This comment was also on the draft BPDP.
This sentence has been revised to say 11.51 acres will be used for nutrient offset credit. The
conservation easement is 12.32 acres.
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2. As requested in original draft comments, please acknowledge stream A here as well.
The sentence has been updated to state that all restoration activities along the ditches and the
stream will begin from the tops of the banks and extend a maximum of 200 feet perpendicular
to the channel where possible pursuant to 15A NCAC 02B .0295 (effective November 1, 2015).
3. Sentence doesn't make sense. Should it say "on the Parcel as indicated by the approved NCDWR
Site Viability Letter...?
This sentence has been updated for clarity.
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4. Throughout this report please make sure to use nutrient offset credit when describing the credits
rather than "nutrient" only.
This has been corrected throughout the report.
5. Correct to be DWR.
This sentence has been corrected.
6. It is crucial to jump start an herbaceous cover on ag lands that are being converted to nutrient
offset sites. Thus, please add the following commitment:
"An appropriate seed mix will also be applied to provide temporary and permanent ground cover
for soil stabilization and reduction of sediment loss during rain events in areas without existing
herbaceous cover" Indicate the type of seed mix WLS will use to meet herbaceous cover. Could
add to table 3 or create new table.
This sentence has been added to Section 3.3. The seed mix has been added to Table 3.
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7. It is highly recommended that providers agree to include pollinator species in their seed mixes.
DWR understands this is not a requirement, and that providers do not have to do this. Therefore,
adding it into your plan is only a suggestion and completely voluntary. (DWR expects a response
if not implementing).
WLS will include pollinator species. Seed mix is listed in Table 3.
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8. What is the intent with using transect plots indicated in Fig 7 and how will you utilize them in the
monitoring reports? Please add additional information in Section 4.1(are they rotating, what are
the sizes, etc.)
Language has been added to section 4.1 explaining the size of the permanent vegetations plots
as well as the random (non -fixed) transects.
9. lam calculating 11.51 acres according to Table 5. Why is it noted 12.32 acres are being restored?
12.32 is the acreage of the entire conservation easement, only 11.51 acres qualify for nutrient
offset credit when you remove the areas for non -diffuse flow and channels. WLS plans to plant
the entire conservation easement, including the non -diffuse flow areas.
10. Just so you know, DWR expects the veg plots to be shown in the location as depicted in Fig 7 at
As Built.
WLS plans to place the vegetation plots in the locations on Figure 7.
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11. Further in this section it states WLS is the landowner, therefore UP2Save must be recorded as
the Grantee of this conservation easement prior to the first credit release. However, it is still the
process that the formal transfer of responsibilities of the CE occurs after at Task 9.
WLS will record the conservation easement and UP2Save will be the Grantee of the easement
prior to the first credit release. WLS will formally transfer the responsibilities of the CE after task
9 is complete.
12. Riparian zones should be used to describe these areas. When using the term buffer in North
Carolina this means you are referring to a subject stream with a zone 1 and zone 2 as defined in
the buffer protection rules.
The text has been updated to say riparian zones instead of buffer zones.
13. If WLS is planning to be the landowner, then the MBI requires that the long-term steward be
chosen at the outset of the approved BPDP, which means, that the long term steward is noted
on the conservation easement as the Grantee. Please acknowledge your understanding on this
requirement somewhere in this section (4.6).
A sentence in section 4.6 has been added that states that Unique Places To Save will be noted
on the conservation easement as the Grantee.
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14. As noted previously, please show where this credits are depicted off Stream A in Fig 6.
Figure 6 has been updated to show the credits depicted off Stream A.
15. State where? i.e., at the entry point of Ditch 1, 4, and 5
Clarification has been made to this sentence to explain that a 0.05-acre deduction has been
made at each side of the entry point of Ditches 1, 4, and 5.
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16. Stream A is not a ditch, please correct.
This has been corrected.
17. Please explain how you got 14,981 if you are deducting .05 acres on each side of the three
ditches. If you determine this number is incorrect, please update the entire report accordingly.
The table has been updated from 14,981 ft2 to the correct number of 13,069 ft2. The area has
also been updated for D1 buffers 0-100 and 101-200. The total credits are 501,546 ft2.
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18. Please depict what the blue arrows mean on the ditch.
Text has been added to the legend stating that the blue arrows are the direction of flow.
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19. Depict the 414 sq ft of credit from Stream A as shown in Table 5 (differentiate between the ditch
credit colors). This comment was also on the draft BPDP.
Figure 6 has been updated to show the 415 ft 2 of nutrient offset credit on Stream A.
20. Call these areas out as non -diffuse flow in the legend.
The areas of non -diffuse flow are now called out in the legend.
21. Depict the non-credit areas (ditch footprint, non -diffuse flow) that are still being planted but not
credited in the legend.
The non-credit areas are now shown in the figure.
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Salem Nutrient Offset Bank
Bank Parcel Development Package
DWR #2022-0139 V2
Wayne County, North Carolina
Neuse River Basin (HUC 03020201)
April 2023
Prepared by:
WATER & LAND SOLUTIONS
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1
Project Location............................................................................................................................4
1.2
Project Description........................................................................................................................4
2 Project Area - Existing Conditions..............................................................................................................
5
2.1
Channel Descriptions....................................................................................................................
5
2.2
Existing Wetlands..........................................................................................................................
5
2.3
Soils............................................................................................................................................... 5
2.4
Existing Vegetative Communities................................................................................................. 5
2.5
Threatened and Endangered Species........................................................................................... 6
2.6
Cultural Resources........................................................................................................................
6
2.7
Constraints....................................................................................................................................6
2.8
FEMA Floodplain / Floodway Mapping......................................................................................... 6
3 Proposed
Neuse Riparian Restoration Plan............................................................................................... 6
3.1
Parcel Preparation........................................................................................................................
7
3.2
Riparian Restoration Activities...................................................................................................... 7
3.3
Planting.........................................................................................................................................
7
4 Monitoring and Maintenance Plan............................................................................................................ 8
4.1
Monitoring Protocol......................................................................................................................8
4.2
Performance Standards for Vegetation........................................................................................ 9
4.3
Photo Reference Stations............................................................................................................. 9
4.4
Visual Assessment.........................................................................................................................
9
4.5
Reporting Performance Criteria....................................................................................................9
4.6
Conservation Easement and Long -Term Management Plan......................................................10
4.7
Adaptive Management Plan........................................................................................................
11
4.8
Financial Assurances...................................................................................................................
11
5 Project Credit Potential............................................................................................................................
12
6 Citations...................................................................................................................................................
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Figures
Figure1.........................................................................................................................Project Location Map
Figure 2........................................................................................................... Geographic Service Area Map
Figure 3.......................................................................................................... USGS Topographic/FEMA Map
Figure4.................................................................................................................................. NRCS Soils Map
Figure5.................................................................................................................... Existing Conditions Map
Figure 6........................................................................................................Nutrient Offset Conceptual Plan
Figure 7.......................................................................................................... Proposed Monitoring Features
Figure 8...................................................................................................................... Proposed Planted Area
Appendices
Appendix A............................................................................................ NCDWR Determination and Viability
Appendix8...................................................................................................................................... Photo Log
Appendix C.................................................................. Model Conservation Easement & Engagement Letter
Appendix D................................................................................................. USFWS IPaC Letter & Species List
AppendixE................................................................................................................................ EDR Summary
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1 Introduction
Water & Land Solutions, LLC (WLS) is submitting the Bank Parcel Development Package for the Salem
Nutrient Offset Bank ("Bank Parcel") under the proposed WLS Salem Nutrient Offset Banking Instrument
("NOBI"). The proposed Bank Parcel is being developed as a private nutrient offset bank in conjunction
with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Division of Water Resources
("NCDWR"). The Site will be planned and designed according to the NOBI, 15A NCAC 02B .0703, which
became effective on April 1, 2020. The performance standards will be consistent with the NOBI and 15A
NCAC 02B .0295 (n)(2) and will meet the general restoration and protection goals outlined in the 2010
Neuse River Basin Restoration Priority Plan (RBRP).
This Bank Parcel is proposed to provide nutrient offset credits for unavoidable impacts due to
development in the Neuse River Basin, United States Geologic Survey (USGS) 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code
(HUC) 03020201, excluding the Falls Lake Watershed. The Bank Parcels nutrient offset credit service area
is depicted in Figure 2.
1.1 Project Location
The Bank Parcel (35.456793,-77.993107) is located in Wayne County, North Carolina, between the Town
of Pikeville and the City of Goldsborough (Figure 1). The parcel boundary is within the 8-digit HUC
03020201 and is located in Buck Swamp- Little River subwatershed (030202011604). To access the site
from Raleigh, NC, follow US Interstate 40 East towards Benson/Wilmington. Take Exit 309 for US-70 East
towards Smithfield/Goldsboro. Continue onto US 70 bypass East. Then take Exit 356 for US-117 towards
Goldsboro. Follow Belfast Road to Salem Church Road, turn right onto Salem Church Rd and the site will
be on the right.
1.2 Project Description
The Bank Parcel encompasses land along six ditches that flow into an unnamed tributary to Hook's Mill
Creek in Wayne County, NC, and is characterized by active agricultural fields. The parcel ditches have been
maintained for agricultural drainage. Currently, the land use and ditches act as sources of nutrient
contamination to the project watershed and the Neuse River basin.
The project will involve the restoration of Neuse buffers to help reduce non -point source discharge of
contaminants into streams within the Neuse River basin. The project area is comprised of an easement
and is approximately 12.32 acres. The Site drains to Mill Creek and then into the Little River which is listed
as 'Class C' and Nutrient Sensitive Waters (C; WS-IV NSW), according to the North Carolina Division of
Water Resources (DWR) (2019). From the Site Hook's Mill Creekflows 1.5 miles southeast to its confluence
with Buck Swamp. Buck Swamp flows another 2,000 ft until its confluence with the Little River. The Little
River drains southeast to its confluence with the Neuse River in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Within the 12.32-acre conservation easement, 11.51 acres will be used for nutrient offset credit. NCDWR
performed an onsite Site Viability for Buffer Mitigation and Nutrient Offset on February 4, 2022 (letter
dated April 29, 2022) for the Bank Parcel (Appendix A). A corrected letter dated June 9, 2022, was issued
to correct the errors on Figure X and Figure 1, the corrected letter can be found in Appendix A.
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2 Project Area - Existing Conditions
2.1 Channel Descriptions
This Bank Parcel has two ditches (Ditch 1 and Ditch 3) and one stream (Stream A) that were determined
viable for Nutrient Offset. Ditch 1 flows north and then takes a ninety degree turn west and feeds directly
into Stream A. The top of Ditch 1 is surrounded by agricultural fields on both sides. When Ditch 1 takes a
ninety degree turn at the confluence with Ditch 2 the left bank is an agricultural field, and the right bank
is residential parcels. Ditch 3 flows north and feeds directly into Stream A. The left bank of Ditch 3 is
residential parcels, and the right bank is an agricultural field.
2.2 Existing Wetlands
Based on site investigations it was determined that there are no jurisdictional wetlands present within
the Bank Parcel.
2.3 Soils
The Bank Parcel is in the Rolling Coastal Plain ('65m') US Environmental Protection Agency Level IV
Ecoregion and the North Carolina Coastal Plain Physiographic Province. As shown on the NRCS Soils Map
(Figure 4), there are three main soil types on the Site: Dragston loamy sand, Rains sandy loam, and Weston
loamy sand.
Table 1. Project Soil Types
No Somewhat poorly drained soil on broad, smooth, flats of interstream
divides. Slopes from 0 to 2 percent. Infiltration is moderate and surface
runoff is slow.
No Poorly drained soil in oval depressions and on smooth flats in broad areas
between streams. Slopes are 0 to 2 percent. Infiltration is moderate and
surface runoff is slow, with ponding water in some places.
No Poorly drained soils on smooth flats and in depressions on broad inter
stream divides. Slopes are 0 to 2 percent. Infiltration is moderate and surface
runoff is slow, with ponding water in some places.
2.4 Existing Vegetative Communities
Land use surrounding the project area has been primarily agricultural for several decades. Before
anthropogenic land disturbances, the vegetation community likely consisted of Wet Pine Flatwood in the
project area (Schafale 2012). The existing vegetation within the project area is active agricultural fields.
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The Bank Parcel is primarily bare ground with some shrubs and herbaceous cover adjacent to the
maintained ditch network.
Table 2. Existing Site Vegetation
Sweetgu m
Broadleaf cattail
2.5 Threatened and Endangered Species
Liquidambar sryraciflua
Typha latifolia
Arundinaria tecta
Based on a review of the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) database, there are currently seven
federally listed threatened and endangered species known to occur in Wayne County: (E) Red -cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis), (E) Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), (E) Tar river
spinymussel (Parvaspina steinstansano), (E) Carolina Madtom (Noturus furiosus), (T) Yellow lance (Elliptio
lanceolata), (T) Atlantic Pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni) and (T) Neuse River Waterdog (Necturus lewisi). WLS
submitted a self -certification letter through the USFWS Information for Planning and Consultation
database (IPaC) (Appendix D). The project implementation is not likely to adversely affect any
federally protected species.
2.6 Cultural Resources
In accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, WLS investigated and confirmed that the
proposed project area and property do not contain nor are they adjacent to any properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places or the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (NCSHPO).
There are three survey -only sites (Brown House- WY0353, House- WY0352, and Herring -Mooring House-
WY0351) located 600 feet east of the conservation easement. These sites are not currently listed in the
National Register of Historic Places, nor will there be any ground -disturbing activities.
2.7 Constraints
There is an existing power line that runs east to west on the bottom edge of the parcel. This powerline
will not be in the conservation easement and therefore is not a concern for the project.
2.8 FEMA Floodplain / Floodway Mapping
This project is not located within a FEMA-regulated floodplain.
3 Proposed Neuse Riparian Restoration Plan
Riparian restoration is acceptable on the Parcel as indicated by the approved NCDWR Site Viability letter
dated April 29, 2022 and corrected letter dated June 9, 2022 (Attachment A). All restoration activities
along the ditches and the stream will begin from the tops of the banks and extend a maximum of 200 feet
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perpendicular to the ditch where possible pursuant to 15A NCAC 02B .0295 (effective November 1, 2015).
Figure 6 depicts the restoration plan based on existing conditions. The restoration of the Bank Parcel will
require converting existing agricultural land use practices into a dense and diverse vegetated riparian
forest. The riparian areas will be planted with appropriate native tree species. The restoration will provide
stabilization and improve water quality to tributaries that drain directly into the Little River.
3.1 Parcel Preparation
The current land uses adjacent to the ditches are primarily active farmland (Figure 5). The riparian
restoration areas will require limited site preparation due to current tilling practices and a lack of
hardened plow layers. No ripping is proposed due to the existing sandy soil conditions and no hardpan
layers were found on the Bank Parcel. Prior to planting, soil samples will determine if soil amendments
are needed to support the planted trees, any amendments made will be documented in the As -Built
Report.
3.2 Riparian Restoration Activities
Riparian restoration is proposed along both sides of the uppermost reach of Ditch 1 and along the left
bank of the ditch as it turns ninety degrees at the confluence with Ditch 2. Riparian restoration also
includes the right bank of Ditch 3 where it begins to flow towards the stream on the Parcel (see Figure 5)
. Both Ditch 1 and Ditch 3 flow into Stream A, a small portion of Stream A will be included within the
conservation easement to ensure the hydrological connection of Ditch 1 and 3 is secured. All ditches have
stable banks, and no bank stabilization or earthwork is required. The revegetation plan for the entire
riparian restoration area will include planting native bare root tree species. WLS removed 13,068 ftZfrom
nutrient offset crediting to satisfy non -diffuse flow requirements per DWR guidance (Table 5). The
reduction of credit is located where Ditches 1, 4 and 5 enter the easement (Figure 6). WLS will utilize
herbicide and hand pruning to control invasive species and other undesirable vegetation during the
monitoring period to promote the growth of the target community and achieve success criteria. If mowing
is necessary within the conservation easement for purposes of establishing healthy stems by WLS during
the monitoring period, WLS will receive approval from NCDWR prior to any mowing activities. If necessary,
WLS will develop a species -specific control plan.
3.3 Planting
The specific vegetation species composition planting selection is based on the community type,
observation of the occurrence of species in riparian buffers adjacent to the Site, and best professional
judgment on species establishment and anticipated site conditions in the initial years following project
implementation.
Trees will be planted at a density sufficient to meet the performance standards outlined in Rule 15A NCAC
02B 0295 of 260 hardwood trees per acre at the end of five consecutive years. Proposed plantings will
predominantly consist of bare root vegetation and will be planted at a total target density of 680 stems
per acre. There will be a minimum of five species planted consisting of three canopy and two sub -canopy
species. No one tree species will be greater than 50 percent of the established stems. An appropriate seed
mix will also be applied to provide temporary and permanent ground cover for soil stabilization and
reduction of sediment loss during rain events in areas without existing herbaceous cover. The seed mix
will also include pollinator species. Planting is scheduled for Winter 2024 and the list of required species
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and potential additional species is shown in Table 3; any changes to species proposed to be planted will
have to be pre -approved by DWR prior to implementation. Species will be well mixed before planting to
ensure diversity of bare roots across the planted area.
Table 3. Tree Planting and Seed Mix List
Riparian Bare Root Plantings — Primary Species List
(Proposed 8' x 8' Planting Spacing @ 680 Stems/Acre)
Carpinus caroliana
American hornbeam Sub -canopy
FAC
Betula nigra
River birch Canopy
FACW
Persea borbonia
Redbay Sub -canopy
FACW
Quercus nigra
Water oak Canopy
FAC
Platanus occidentalis
American sycamore Canopy
FACW
Riparian Bare Root Plantings — Additional Species List
(Proposed 8' x 8' Planting Spacing @ 680 Stems/Acre
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green ash Canopy
FACW
Quercus alba
White oak Canopy
FACU
Ulmus americana
American elm Canopy
FAC
Quercus phellos
Willow oak Canopy
FACW
Quercus laurifolia
Laurel oak Canopy
FACW
Magnolia virginiana
Sweetbay magnolia Sub -canopy
FACW
Temporary and Permanent Seed Mix
Dichanthelium
FAC
3.0
clandestinum
Deer tongue
Elymus virginicus
Virginia wildrye
FACW
3.0
Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass
FAC
3.0
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little blue stem
FACU
3.0
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed susan
FACU
2.0
4 Monitoring and Maintenance Plan
The performance criteria for the Bank Parcel will follow the approved performance criteria presented in
the guidance documents outlined in the Consolidated Buffer Rule (15A NCAC 02B .0295). Annual
monitoring and semi-annual site visits will be conducted to assess the condition of the finished project.
The riparian restoration project is assigned specific performance criteria components for vegetation.
Performance criteria is evaluated throughout the five-year post -construction monitoring, the components
are outlined below.
4.1 Monitoring Protocol
Permanent vegetation monitoring plots are installed and evaluated within the riparian restoration areas
to measure the survival of the planted trees. Riparian vegetation monitoring will be based on the Carolina
Vegetation Survey -Ecosystem Enhancement Program Protocol for Recording Vegetation: Level 1-2 Plot
Sampling Only Version 4.2. Annual qualitative and quantitative vegetation monitoring will occur each year
for a minimum of five consecutive years on the riparian restoration areas and will be conducted during
the fall season with the first year occurring at least five months from initial planting. Nine vegetation
monitoring plots will be installed (10m x 10m), , as well as two non -fixed random vegetation transects
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(25m x 4m). These plots will cover at least two percent of the 12.32 acres of the planted area. Plots will
be randomly placed throughout the planted riparian areas. The proposed location of the plots is shown in
Figure 7. The two random vegetation transects will have new random locations each monitoring year and
may be located at the direction of DWR to monitor potential problem areas as directed by DWR during
monitoring. Photos will be taken from all photo points each monitoring year and provided in the annual
reports. All planted stems within the plots will be marked with flagging tape and recorded.
The following data will be recorded for all trees in the plots: species, common name, height, planting date
(or volunteer), vigor and grid location. The total number of volunteer woody stems will also be
documented and reported. Appropriate native volunteer stems of native hardwood tree species may be
included to meet the performance standards upon NCDWR approval.
4.2 Performance Standards for Vegetation
The measures of vegetative success for the Bank Parcel will be the survival of at least four native hardwood
tree species, where no one species is greater than 50 percent of the established stems, established at a
density of at least 260 planted trees per acre at the end of Year 5. Appropriate native volunteer stems of
native hardwood tree species may be included to meet the performance standards upon NCDWR
approval. WLS shall submit the annual monitoring report to NCDWR by December 315t of each year for
five consecutive years.
4.3 Photo Reference Stations
Photographs will be taken within the project area once a year to visually document stability for five years
following construction. Permanent markers will be established and located with GPS equipment so that
the same locations and view directions on the Site are photographed each year. Visual inspections and
photos will be taken to ensure that restored riparian areas are being maintained and compliant.
4.4 Visual Assessment
Visual assessments should support the specific performance standards for each metric as described
above. Visual assessments will be performed within the Site on a semi-annual basis during the five-year
monitoring period. Problem areas with vegetative health will be noted (e.g., low stem density, vegetation
mortality, invasive species, or encroachment). Areas of concern will be mapped and photographed
accompanied by a written description in the annual report. Problem areas will be re-evaluated during
each subsequent visual assessment. Should remedial actions be required, recommendations will be
provided in the annual monitoring report.
4.5 Reporting Performance Criteria
Within 30 calendar days after the Bank Parcel has been completed and all nutrient offset areas have been
planted, WLS will submit a written notification to NCDWR that documents that all nutrient offset activities
have been completed and that the conservation easement has been marked. The documentation will
include the following:
• Short summary of activities completed as required per the approved BPDP;
• Figures representing all riparian restoration, riparian enhancement and riparian preservation
activities where applicable;
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• Figures representing location of all monitoring plots installed;
• Detailed planting plan- including type of species planted, density of species planted, and any
modifications to the planting plan from what was approved in the BPDP;
• Description of how the conservation easement boundaries were marked;
• Any major changes to the conservation easement boundary or to the amount of Nutrient Offset
Credits from what was proposed in the approved in the BPDP.
Complete monitoring reports will be prepared in the fall of each monitoring year and submitted to
NCDWR. Annual monitoring reports will be based on the most recent NCDWR Template. The monitoring
period will extend five years beyond the completion of site plating or until performance criteria have been
met.
4.6 Conservation Easement and Long -Term Management Plan
The Bank Parcel will be protected in perpetuity by a recorded conservation easement. The conservation
easement is designed to ensure that Ditches 1 and 3 remain hydrologically connected to Stream A. The
conservation easement includes 22 feet of Stream A that will be permanently protected. The conservation
easement will allow for annual monitoring and maintenance of the Project during the monitoring phase.
Upon DWR issuance of the final credit release as described in the credit release schedule of the MBI, the
Project stewardship will be transferred to a DWR approved long-term steward. WLS has partnered with
Unique Places To Save (UP2Save) as the long-term steward for the Project site (See Appendix C for
conservation easement template and engagement letter).
Unique Places To Save
Attn: Michael Sisco
PO Box 1183
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
803-553-1644
info@ uniqueplacestosave.org
This party shall serve as conservation easement holder and long-term steward for the property and will
conduct periodic inspection of the Project to ensure that restrictions required in the conservation
easement are upheld. Any endowment funds for the conservation easement and deed restrictions shall
be negotiated prior to transfer to the responsible party. Funding will be supplied by the responsible party
on a yearly basis until such time and endowments are established. The use of funds from the Endowment
Account is governed by NC General Statute GS 113A-232(d) (3). Payments and interest gained by the
endowment fund may be used only for stewardship, monitoring, stewardship administration, and land
transaction costs, if applicable. The management activities will be conducted in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the approved NOBI as agreed to by WLS.
The conservation easement plat will depict all relevant ditch centerlines, top of banks, and riparian zones.
The conservation easement boundaries will be identified in the field to ensure a clear distinction between
the Bank Parel and adjacent properties. Boundaries may be identified by a fence, marker, bollard, post,
tree blazing, or other means as allowed by site conditions and/or conservation easement. Boundaries will
be marked with signs identifying the property as a nutrient offset site and will include the name of the
long-term steward. All boundary markers will be installed prior to the submittal of Task 2 of the NOR The
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easement boundary will be checked annually as part of monitoring activities, and the conditions as well
as any maintenance performed will be reported in the annual monitoring reports.
The land required for riparian area planting, management, and stewardship of the project includes
portions of the parcel listed in Table 4. Water & Land Solutions purchased the property in June 2022. WLS
will place a conservation easement of 12.32 acres on the parcel and it will be recorded at the Wayne
County Register of Deeds. UP2Save will be noted on the conservation easement as the Grantee.
Table 4. Existing Property Owner
Water & Land Solutions, Conservation Book: 3744
2692828741 Wayne 12.32
LLC Easement Page:491
4.7 Adaptive Management Plan
In the event the site or a specific component of the site fails to achieve the necessary performance
standards as specified in the approved Plan, WLS shall notify and coordinate with NCDWR to develop a
remedial action plan. The remedial action plan should describe the source or reason for the failure, a
concise description of the corrective measures that are proposed, and a time frame for the
implementation of the corrective measures.
4.8 Financial Assurances
Following approval of the Salem BPDP, WLS will provide financial assurances in the form of a Performance
Bond from a surety that is rated no less than A -"as rated by A.M. Best. Financial assurances will be payable
at the direction of the NCDWR to its designee or to a standby trust. The initial performance bond will be
for 100 percent of the implementation costs, but not less than $150,000. In lieu of posting the
performance bond, the Sponsor may elect to construct the project prior to the first credit release.
After completion of the construction and monitoring devices, a monitoring bond for $100,000 will be
secured to implement the monitoring and maintenance of the riparian restoration areas for a minimum
of five years.
Performance bonds for monitoring shall be renewed to cover the next year's monitoring period, with
confirmation of renewal provided to NCDWR with each annual monitoring report when applicable.
NCDWR reserves the right to alter the credit release schedule if monitoring reports are submitted without
proof of bond renewals when applicable.
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Salem Nutrient Offset Bank
DWR #2022-0139v2
5 Project Credit Potential
Out of 12.32 acres that will be protected with a permanent conservation easement, 501,546 ft' are
proposed to generate nutrient offset restoration credits. The total potential nutrient offset credit that the
Bank Parcel will generate is summarized in the Project Credit Table (Table 5) and is 501,546 ftzsquare feet.
Nutrient Offset credit is proposed from 0'-200' along Ditch 1 and Ditch 3 and from 0'-100' on Stream A.
These areas are not convertible to Riparian Buffer Credit per the NOBI. The nutrient offset credit
generating area is entirely cleared active agricultural land (unforested) and includes a 0.05-acre deduction
on each side of a non -diffuse flow entry point at the entry of Ditch 1, 4, and 5 into the proposed easement,
per NCDWR Buffer Interpretation/Clarification 2008-019.
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Table 5. Project Credit Table
Table 5. Salem, 2022-0139 V2, Project Credits
Reuse 03020261 - Outside Falls Lake
Project Area
N Credit Conversion Ratio (ft2/pound)
P Credit Conversion Ratio (ftt/pound)
19.26394
N/A
Credit Type
IF
Location
Subject? (enter
No if
ephemeral or
ditch t
Feature Type
Mitigation Activity
Min -Max Buffer
width (ft)
Feature Name
Total Area (ft�]
Total [Creditable]
Area of Buffer
Mitigation (ft2)
Initial Credit
Ratio [x:1j
%Full Credit
Final Credit
Ratio (x:1)
Convertible to
Riparian
Buffer?
Riparian Buffer
Credits
Convertible to
Nutrient offset?
Delivered
Nutrient
Offset: IN(Ibs)
delivered
Nutrient
Offset: P [Ibs]
N utr ie nt Offset
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
D-1 Do
D1
234,416
1
1D6%
No
—
Yes
12,232.140
—
NutrientOffset
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
1D1-20D
D1
200,194
1
33%
No
—
Yes
1g446.390
—
NutrientOffset
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
0-200
D3
32,523
1
Ml
No
—
Yes
1,696.572
—
NutrientOffset
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
1D1-20D
D3
20,940
1
33%
No
—
Yes
1,092.677
—
NutrientOffset
Rural
Yes
IJP
Restoration
D-160
StreamA
415
1
1D6%
No
—
Yes
21.655
—
INutrienOffset
Rural
No
Ditch
Restoration
diffused flowt
deductions
13,068
0
1
—
—
—
Totals (ft2):
Total Buffer (ft2):
Total Nutrient Offset (ft2):l
501,546
0
0.000 25,499.435 1 0.000
0
a
501,546
1 N/A
Enter Preservation Credits Below
Total Ephemeral Area (ft2) for Credit:
Total Eligible Ephemeral Area (fill
Total Eligible for Preservation fft'l:
Credit Type Location Subject? Feature Type Mitigation Activity Min -Max Buffer Feature Name
Width (ft)
Preservation Area Subtotals
TOTAL AREA OF BUFFER MITIGATION (TABM)
Mitigation Totals
Square Feet
Credits
Restoration:
0
D.006
Enhancement:
D
D.006
Preservation:
D
D.006
Total Riparian Buffer:
0
0.660
TOTAL NUTRIENT OFFSET MITIGATION
Mitigation Totals
Square Feet
Credits
Nutrient Offset:
Nitrogen:
5D1,546
25,489.435
Phosphorus:
D.006
0
4
Total Area (sf)
Total (Creditable)
Area for Buffer
Mitigation (ft2]
0
0
Ephemeral Reaches as %TABM
Preservation as %TABM
Initial Credit %Full Credit Final Credit Riparian
Ratio [x:1] Ratio (x:1) Buffer credits
4

6 Citations
Lee, T.L, Peet, R.K., Roberts, S.D., and Wentworth, T.R. 2006. CVS-EEP Protocol for Recording Vegetation, Version 4.2.
http://cvs.bio.unc.edu/protocol/cvs-eep-protocolv4.2- levl-2.pdf.
NC Environmental Management Commission. 2014. Rule 15A NCAC 0213.0295 - Mitigation Program
Requirements for the Protection and Maintenance of Riparian Buffers.
(RBRP) Division of Mitigation Services, 2010, amended 2018. Neuse River Basin Watershed Restoration Priorities (RBRP).
August 2018.
Schafale, M.P. 2012. Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina, Fourth Approximation. North Carolina Natural
Heritage Program, Division of Parks and Recreation, NCDENR, Raleigh, NC.
United States Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Threatened and Endangered Species in North
Carolina (County Listing). Wayne County. 2017.
United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey Division. 1994. Soil Survey,
Wayne County, NC.

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