20020991 Ver 1_Monitoring Report_20150513

Kings Creek
NCEEP Project Number: 208
Contract Number: D09082S
USACE ACTION ID # 2002 -31182 DWQ 401# 02 -0991
CLOSEOUT REPORT
Stream Restoration
Table 1. Project Attributes
Kin s Creek / Project No. 208
Site Coordinates: 36.388956, - 81.301289
Project County
Transylvania
General Location
Brevard
Physiographic Region
Blue Ridge
Ecoregion
Broad Basins
Project River Basin
French Broad
USGS HUC for Project (14 digit)
06010105010050
NCDWQ Sub -Basin for Project
04 -03 -01
WRC Class (Warm, Cool, Cold)
Cool
Trout Waters Designation
Yes
Project Performers
Source Agency
EEP
Provider
NA
Designer
Buck
Engineering
Monitoring Firm
Equinox Environmental
Channel Construction
L -J Inc.
Plant Remediation
EEP
Property Interest Holder
Brevard College /State of
North Carolina
Table 2. Project Activity and Reporting History
Kings Creek / Project No. 208
Activity or Deliverable Completion or
Delivery
Institution Date
April 2003
Permit Date
2002
Mitigation Plan*
NA
Construction Plans
Sep -04
Construction
2006
Live Stakes and Bare Root Trees
Planted
2006
Mitigation Plan / As -built (Year 0
Monitoring - Baseline)
May -06
Year 1 Monitoring
2008
Year 2 Monitoring
Nov -10
Supplemental Live Stake Planting
Mar -11
Year 3 Monitoring
Nov -11
Beaver and Beaver Dam Removal
Oct -12
Year 4 Monitoring
Dec -12
Invasives Control — 4 treatments
2013
Year 5 Monitoring
Nov -13
Invasives Control
2014
NA — Not available
*A design document was produced by NCSU when the project was
under the auspices of CWMTF. The project was then transferred to
WRP /EEP amidst the development of the construction plans.

Proiect Setting and Background Summary
The Kings Creek Stream Restoration Project is located on the mainstem of Kings Creek, a tributary to the French Broad
River, on property owned by Brevard College, Transylvania County, North Carolina. It is located within HUC
06010105010050, the upper French Broad River watershed, which is listed as a Targeted Local Watershed (TLW) in the
2009 French Broad River Basin Restoration Priorities (RBRP) plan. Design development began in 2001 with NCSU and
the CWMTF when a design document was developed. The project was subsequently acquired by EEP when construction
plans were being developed by Buck Engineering and an option was obtained in April 2003. EEP implemented the design.
Prior to restoration, land use immediately adjacent to the left bank of the creek (North) consisted of an old field and
wetland. The latter was avoided as part of the design. A track and softball fields bordered the project site. Several
private residences border the project on the right bank (South), some of which declined to offer a conservation easement
in some areas. The total conservation easement consists of 6.1 acres, mostly contained within the Brevard College
property. Historically, Kings Creek had been straightened and was incised due to historic channel buffer alterations.
Active bank erosion along the project was significant in its extent and severity. The lack of riparian vegetation, incision,
and widening impacted aquatic habitat and the project profile was devoid of pools. The reaches above the project on the
college campus and in town are also heavily dominated by riffle bedform.
The project is split into three reaches. The incised condition of the existing channel necessitated the restoration of the
channel dimension, pattern, and profile along the fall of the valley as well as excavation of a new floodplain at the
designed bankfull elevation. Reach 2 in its entirety and sections of reaches 1 and 3 include areas where the property
owners on stream right declined to offer a conservation easement (see figure 1). No work was performed along the right
bank in reach 2 or in the channel; however, excavation of the new floodplain continued along the left bank, maintaining
floodplain connectivity between Reaches I and III. All other areas were subject to full restoration. The landowner on
stream right for the lower 300 feet was approached once again in 2014 and has finally entered into an option that will
allow for adequate buffer on stream right. This will be a contingency going into closeout.
The site was treated for invasive plants 4 times in 2013 and is receiving an additional treatment in 2014. Species included
Chinese privet, Mutliflora rose, Oriental bittersweet, Kudzu, Japanese honeysuckle, Japanese spirea, and Bamboo.
Goals and Obiectives
As stated in the May 2006 Kings Creek Mitigation Report, the specific objectives of the project are as follows:
• Restore, to the extent possible, dimension, pattern, and profile along 2,119 linear feet of channel;
• Improve floodplain functionality by matching floodplain elevation with bankfull stage, thereby increasing
watershed attenuation and reducing peak flows;
• Establish native floodplain vegetation, which will allow treatment of diffuse storm flow and nutrient uptake
while establishing part of a wildlife corridor in the watershed;
• Remove invasive exotic vegetation species from the stream corridor;
• Improve the water quality in the Kings Creek watershed by reducing bank erosion, increasing nutrient storage
and uptake, and increasing the dissolved oxygen of the system.
Success Criteria
• Dimension - Minor changes such as settling of the channel and banks, increase in vegetative density, decrease in
width/depth ratio, and decrease in cross sectional area may occur and can be interpreted as a shift towards
stability. The cross sections indicate stability with some narrowing observed and one of the pool cross sections
decreased in depth earlier in the monitoring history, which since arrested. The site did experience some bank
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stability. The cross sections indicate stability with some narrowing observed and one of the pool cross sections
decreased in depth earlier in the monitoring history, which since arrested. The site did experience some bank
erosion. EEP examined the site in 2014 and observed that approximately 200 feet ( -5% of the project bank
footage) was noticeable and/or possibly active. Other areas which had developed in the past have since stabilized
and the vegetation is very dense along the channel and the instream habitat is generally very good. The project
has ready floodplain access and has overbanked many times during the monitoring period. Overall the project
dimension is stable.
• Pattern and Profile - Longitudinal profiles should show that bedform features remain stable, e.g., not aggrading
or degrading. Short term aggradation/degradation may occur depending on peak annual discharge. Pattern,
sinuosity, and pool /riffle sequence should not change over the monitoring period. The profile has remained stable
and has significantly more diversity with significant pool habitat, which was nonexistent both above and within
the project prior to construction.
• Bed Material - D50 and D84 should increase (become coarser) in riffles and decrease (become finer) in pools. The
pre- existing riffle substrate distributions indicated a pavement and subpavement D50 of 15 and 8 mm,
respectively. The substrate distributions during monitoring were greater than or equal to these distributions with
year 5 exhibiting general coarsening in the reach to coarse gravel.
• Photo Reference Sites - For use in qualitatively assessing channel condition. Photos should indicate the absence
of developing bars, scour, and bank erosion, while showing the maturation of woody vegetation on the project
site. Some scour did develop, but the majority has arrested and the integration of vegetation, root wads and
structures have made for excellent habitat.
• Vegetation Survival Plots - Interim vegetative success will be based on 320 planted stems /acre at year three and
final vegetative success will be based on 260 planted stems /acre. The sites vegetation plots indicate the success
criteria were met. In general the sites vegetation is dense, of adequate size, and diverse with between 10 and 13
species per plot, 18 species site wide. Invasive plants are being controlled.
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Table 3. Kings Creek ( #208) Mitigation Assets
Kings Creek (EEP - #208 - Mitigation Assets
Note: Reach 3* Prior attempts by SPO staff had failed to secure additional easement at the bottom of the project on stream right. Another attempt by EEP
property staff in 2014 indicates an option is now likely to be secured. In the event this land cannot be secured
an additional 201 feet will have to be removed from credit resutling in a revised yeild of 1523 SMUs. This is a stated closeout contingency
in the report.
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Pre
Drainage
Existing
As -Built
Creditible
Mitigation
Credits
Restoration
Priority
Area
Reach
I Footage
Footage
Footage
Ratio
SMU
Level
Level
Acres/SM
Note
Reach 1
824
964
837
1:1
837
R
PH
-
127 feet removed for single sided easement
Reach 2
191
256
0
0
0
R
PH
-
Credit ineligible - one sided easement; bench cut on stream left
Reach 3*
800
897
887
1:1
887
R
PH
2688/4.2
10 feet removed for elec utility
Totals
1815
2117
1724
1:1
1724
Note: Reach 3* Prior attempts by SPO staff had failed to secure additional easement at the bottom of the project on stream right. Another attempt by EEP
property staff in 2014 indicates an option is now likely to be secured. In the event this land cannot be secured
an additional 201 feet will have to be removed from credit resutling in a revised yeild of 1523 SMUs. This is a stated closeout contingency
in the report.
Page 4 of 22

Figure 1— Kings Creek ( #208) Project Assets and Monitoring
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Cross - Section Dimensional Morphology Summary
Monitoring Data - Dimensional Morphology Summary
(Dimensional Parameters - Cross - Sections)
Kings Creek / Project No. 208
Dimension
Cross - Section 1
Riffle
Cross - Section 2
Pool
Base
MY1
MY2
MY3
MY4
MY5
Base
MY1
MY2
MY3
MY4
MY5
Record elevation (datum) used
-
-
21089
2108.9
2108.9
2108.9
-
-
2108.1
2108.1
2108.1
2108.1
Bankfull Width (ft)
26.7
-
26.8
26.8
27.5
27.2
31.1
-
30.3
29.8
29.6
27.6
Floodprone Width (ft)
>150
-
>150
>150
>150
>150
>150
-
>150
>150
>150
>150
Bankfull Mean Depth (ft)
2.2
-
2.2
2.1
2.0
2.0
2.5
-
1.9
1.9
1.9
2.0
Bankfull. Max Depth (ft)
3.1
-
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
4.7
-
3.7
3.5
3.4
3.3
Bankfull Cross - Sectional Area ft2
58.5
-
58.0
57.3
56.1
55.2
76.6
-
58.5
55.6
55.0
54.1
Bankfull Width/Depth Ratio
12.2
-
12.4
12.5
13.5
13.4
12.7
-
15.7
16.0
15.9
14.1
Bankfull Entrenchment Ratio
>3.7
-
>5.6
>5.6
>5.4
>5.5
>3.9
-
>4.9
>5.0
>5.1
>5.4
Bankfull Bank Height Ratio
1.0
-
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
-
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.1
Cross - Sectional Area Between End Pins (ft2)
-
-
59.6
58.4
56.6
56.1
-
-
61.6
57.4
57.1
55.9
d50 (mm)
-
-
24
13
17
33
-
-
16
17
29
16
Cross - Section 3
Riffle
Cross - Section 4
Pool
Dimension
Base
MY1
MY2
MY3
MY4
MY5
Base
MY1
MY2
MY3
MY4
MY5
Record elevation (datum) used
-
-
2104.7
2104.7
2104.7
2104.7
-
-
2104.1
2104.1
2104.1
2104.1
Bankfull Width (ft)
24.2
-
25.7
25.6
25.8
27.9
28.3
-
25.8
25.9
24.1
22.8
Floodprone Width (ft)
>150
-
>150
>150
>150
>150
>150
-
>150
>150
>150
>150
Bankfull Mean Depth (ft)
2.1
-
2.1
2.0
2.1
1.8
2.0
-
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.9
Bankfull Max Depth (ft)
3.0
-
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
-
4.4
4.5
4.5
4.2
Bankfull Cross - Sectional Area (ft2)
51.9
-
53.1
52.0
53.0
51.1
55.5
-
63.1
67.4
65.9
65.3
Bankfull Width/Depth Ratio
11.3
-
12.4
12.6
12.5
15.3
14.4
-
10.5
9.9
8.8
7.9
Bankfull Entrenchment Ratio
>3.6
-
>5.8
>5.9
>5.8
>5.4
>3.2
-
>5.8
>5.8
>6.2
>6.6
Bankfixll Bank Height Ratio
1.0
-
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
-
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
Cross - Sectional Area Between End Pins (ft2)
-
-
60.2
59.3
59.4
56.1
-
-
66.1
69.3
67.6
66.5
d50 (mm)
-
-
33
24
12
47
-
-
13
2
2
13
- Information unavailable

Table 7 Planted at the King's Creek Restoration Site
Scientific Name
Common Name
Percent Planted by
Species
Total Number of
Stems
Native Woody Species
Betula ni ra
River Birch
17%
500
Nyssa sylvatica
Black Gum
17%
500
Alnus serrulata
Tag Alder
15%
450
Platanus occidentalis
Sycamore
10%
300
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Green Ash
8%
250
Corylus americana
American
Hazlenut
5%
150
Viburnum dentatum
Arrowwood
5%
150
Lindera benzoin
S icebush
5%
150
Aronia arbuti olia
Red Chokeberrry
5%
150
Hamamelis vir iniana
Witch Hazel
5%
150
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
5%
150
Cornus amomum
Silky Dogwood
3 %
100
607
Native Herbaceous Species Iw
Juncus effusis
Soft Rush
20%
N/A
Panicum clandestine
Deerton e
20%
N/A
Panicum vergatum
Switchgrass
10%
N/A
Veromia noveboracensis
Ironweed
5%
N/A
El mus vir inicus
Virginia Wildrye
10%
N/A
Carex lu ilina
Hop Sedge
10%
N/A
Carex vulpinoidea
Fox Sedge
10%
N/A
Eu atorium istulosum
I Joe P e Weed
10%
N/A
Bidens aristosa
Showy Tickseed
5%
N/A
Woody Vegetation for Live Stakes
Cornus amomum
Silky Dogwood
36%
2000
Salix sericea
Silky Willow
36%
2000
Sambucus canadensis
Elderberry
28%
1500
N/A - Item does not apply
'Percent Planted y species calculated by Equinox Environmental
Kings Creek ( #208)
Plot 1
Plot 2
Plot 3
P
T
P
T
P
T
MY1
MY2
931
2711
445
728
567
5018
MY3
890
2023
405
1093
607
5140
MY4
890
2873
405
1012
607
2226
MY5
931
2469
405
1700
607
3340
Year -1 vegetation data not collected

MY5 Vegetation Data
Table 9. Planted and Total Stem Counts (Species by Plot with Annual Means)
Kings Creek / Project No. 208
Current Plot Data (MYS 2013)
Annual Means
Scientific Name
Common Name
Species Type
E208 -01 -0001
1 E208 -01 -0002
E208 -01 -0003
MY5 (2013)
MY4 (2012)
MY3 (2011)
MY2 (2010)
PnoLS
F -all
T
PnoLS
P -all
T
PnoLS
P -all
T
PnoLS
P -all
T
PnoLS
P -all
T
PnoLS
P -all
T
PnoLS
P -all
IT
Acer
maple
Tree
3
Acer rubrum
red maple
Tree
48
113
Acer rubrum var. rubrum
red maple
Tree
16
10
49
75
113
Acersaccharinum
silver maple
Tree
2
2
Alnusserrulata
hazel alder
Shrub
6
6
6
1
1
1
1
1
4
8
8
11
8
8
16
8
8
13
10
10
10
Aronia arbutifolia
Red Chokeberry
Shrub
1
2
2
3
2
2
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
21
2
2
Betula nigra
river birch
Tree
21
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
8
8
8
Corpus amomum
silky dogwood
Shrub
3
3
9
8
31
3
3
20
3
3
21
3
31
8
3
3
5
Corylus americana
American hazelnut
Shrub
1
1
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
green ash
Tree
1
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Hamamelis virginiana var
American witchhazel
Tree
4
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
5
5
5
Juglansnigra
blackwalnut
Tree
2
21
2
Liquidambarstyraciflua
sweetgum
Tree
1
1
71
1
2
Liriodendron tulipifera
tuliptree
Tree
13
Liriodendron tulipifera vz
Tulip -tree, Yellow Pc
Tree
21
1
61
9
6
12
Nyssa sylvatica
blackgum
Tree
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Pinus strobus
eastern white pine
Tree
1
1
2
1
Platanus occidentalis var.
Sycamore, Plane-trei
Tree
6
6
11
3
3
3
7
7
9
16
161
231
12
12
28
161
16
271
15
15
39
Prunus serotina
black cherry
Tree
2
Prunus serotina var. serol
black cherry
Tree
2
2
1
Quercus phellos
willow oak
Tree
1
Salixnigra
blackwillow
Tree
3
3
4
3
Sambucus canadensis
Common Elderberry
Shrub
12
2
14
1
2
1
1
1
1
Stem count
size (ares)
size (ACRES)
Species count
Stems per ACREJ
23
23
61
10
10
42
15
15
85
48
48
188
44
45
151
47
48
204
47
481
209
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
61
61
13
51
51
10
61
6
121
91
91
18
91
101
14
91
10
151
91
101
18
930.81
930.81
24691404.71
404.71
17001
6071
6071
34401647.51647.51
25361593.51
6071
20371
6341647.51
27521
6341
647.5
2819
Page 13 of 22

Bankfull Event Documentation for the Kings Creek Restoration Site
M Verification of Bankfull Events
Kin s Creek / Project No. 208 am
Date of Data
Collection
Date of
Occurrence
Method
6/15/2010
Unknown
Crest gauge & wrack lines
11/9/2010
Unknown
Crest gauge & wrack lines
1/20/2011
Unknown
Crest gauge & wrack lines
10/26/2011
9/6/2011
Crest gauge & wrack lines
1/18/2012
11/29/2011
Crest gauge & wrack lines
10/15/2012
9/19/2012
Crest gauge & wrack lines
3/28/2013
1/31/2013
Crest gauge & wrack lines
7/25/2013
07/03/13
Precipitation data & anecdotal evidence
Cage Data for the nearby Davidson River; 2007 -2014
Page 14 of-22
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Page 14 of-22

EEP Recommendation and Conclusion
Overall the project has met its success criteria and is providing good habitat and has good
floodplain access. The project did experience some bank erosion over its history, the vast
majority of which has arrested. Success criteria for channel substrate and vegetation were met.
A total of 8 bankfall events were documented during the monitoring period with at least one
occurring during each monitoring year with another observed during an site visit in early August.
This likely represents a minimum. In summary, the Kings Creek Restoration Project is meeting
success criteria and EEP recommends submitting the project for regulatory closure.
Contingencies
After prior unsuccessful attempts to obtain additional easement on stream right near the project
terminus near Neely Rd., EEP was able to obtain an option for this area in 2014. The assets
included in this report reflect the assumption that an easement for this section of adequate size
will finally be secured. If not, the asset total will have to be reduced by an additional 201 feet.
This area is currently forested and EEP will provide all easement documentation necessary for
final closure upon securing this area
Page 15 of 22

Pre Construction — 2004 -2005
2013 -2014

APPENDIX A: Watershed Planning Summary
208 — Kings Creek
Watershed Characteristics Overview
The Kings Creek project is located in the City of Brevard on Brevard College property in central
Transylvania County, in the French Broad River Basin. It is located within HUC
06010105010050, the upper French Broad River watershed, which is listed as a Targeted Local
Watershed (TLW) in the 2009 French Broad River Basin Restoration Priorities (RBRP) plan.
Kings Creek flows into the French Broad River approximately 3,200 feet downstream of the
project site. Neither Kings Creek nor the French Broad River downstream of the project site is
on the 2012 North Carolina 303(d) list of impaired waters. There are 17 miles of High Quality
Waters (HQWs) and Outstanding Resource Waters (ORWs) in this TLW and 11% of the
watershed is in protected Conservation Areas. The 2009 RBRP identified 24 Natural Heritage
Element Occurrences (occurrences of rare plants and animals or unique natural communities)
within the TLW. The 64- square mile TLW is 18% agricultural, 65% forested (including wetland
areas) and 17 percent developed.
Major problems noted within this TLW (2009 RBRP) include limited riparian buffer vegetation,
agricultural stressors (row crops and livestock), urban stormwater runoff, and areas of degraded
in- stream habitat.
Links to Watershed Goals and Objectives
The Kings Creek project includes stream and buffer restoration and enhancement along
approximately 1,800 linear feet of Kings Creek (pre- restoration length). The Kings Creek
Mitigation Plan (Buck Engineering, 2006) and subsequent annual Monitoring Reports by
Equinox Environmental note several project - specific stressors, including historic channel
alteration/straightening, areas of active stream bank erosion and invasive non - native vegetation
in the stream corridor. The project addresses these key stressors and contributes to the following
watershed goals and objectives:
- Improving floodplain functionality (restoring hydrologic connection between stream
channel and floodplain through stream bank grading and in- stream structures);
- Improved aquatic and riparian/terrestrial habitat through channel and buffer
restoration;
- Establishment of native vegetation along stream banks and floodplain;
- Removal of invasive exotic vegetation from the riparian corridor;
- Improvements to water quality in the Kings Creek watershed through reduced
nutrient and sediment inputs (physical filtration of sediments and chemical
transformation of nutrients in the buffer zone).
The project - specific actions noted above and the additional (non -EEP) projects noted below all
contribute to improvements in water quality and aquatic habitat within the upper French Broad
TLW, including HQW and ORW classified reaches.
Page 17 of 22

APPENDIX A: Watershed Planning Summary
Watershed Summary
There are no other EEP mitigation projects within this HU. However, there are 36 documented
agricultural BMP sites in the watershed (NC Division of Soil and Water Conservation, 2014).
These comprise a wide variety of projects /practices, including agricultural waste application
equipment, stabilization of animal heavy use areas, pasture renovations, stream bank and buffer
restoration/enhancement, micro - irrigation, alternate watering sources (tanks, troughs, wells),
livestock exclusion fencing, urban cisterns, and critical area plantings (vegetative stabilization of
eroded farm areas). Also, a NC DWR 319 grant in 2005 was used to develop a watershed
education and outreach program for Transylvania County, including the upper French Broad
River watershed. In addition, there are three NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund
(CWMTF) projects in the watershed, including riparian buffers acquisition by the City of
Brevard and the Carolina Mountain Lands Conservancy.
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Page 18 of 22

APPENDIX B — Land Ownership and Protection
SITE PROTECTION INSTRUMENT
The land required for the construction, management, and stewardship of this mitigation project includes
the following parcel:
Grantor
County
Site Protection
Instrument
Deed Book &
Page Number
Acreage
protected
Brevard College-King's
Conservation
Creek
Transylvania
623/634
6.45
Easement
LONG -TERM MANAGEMENT PLAN
Upon approval for close -out by the Interagency Review Team (IRT), the NC DENR Stewardship
Program will be responsible for periodic inspection of the site to ensure that restrictions required in the
conservation easement are upheld.
PDF property documents including the recorded deeds and plats associated with this site are
located on the EEP portal at:
http: // portal. ncdenr.org /c /document_ library /get file ?p 1 id= 60409 &f6lderld = 11706724 &name=
DLFE- 65083.pdf

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APPENDIX C — Regulatory Permits
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FILE Copy
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action Id. 200231182 county Transylvania
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Property owner: North Carolina Stale University, Water Quality Group
Attn: Nis. Dani Wise - Frederick
Address: Post Mce Box 7637
Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
Telephone No.: (919)515 -7475
Size and Location of project (water holy, road name4mruber, town, etc.): Kings Creek floming through the
Brevard College Campus from the athletic field area to Neely Road in Brevard, North
Carolina.
T]cscription of Activity: to stabilise and restore a 2,200 -foot reach of Kings Creek. A new
meandering channel (C4 stream type) is to he constructed, matching the elevation of the
original IToodplain. The project is to improve water quality and aq"ic habitat by utilizing
bioengineering restoration techniques (rock cross vanes, root wads, log vanes) accompanied
by the establishment of a natural vegetated buffer.
Aloicable Law: X Section 401 CC]= water Act, 33 lt.S_C.1344).
(check all that apply) Section 10 {River and Harbor Act of 1899 }.
Authorization: Regional 47yenm4l Permit Number.
27 r4atfonwide Flzwit Number.
Your work is authodwa by this R,egioi al General (RGP) or Nationwide Permit (NWP) provided it is accomplished in strict
accardwcc with the attached conditions and your submitted plans, and those conditions outlined in the attached August
21, 20112 NC Wildlife Resources Cornnk6ston letter.
Please read and carekutty comply with the attached conditions of the R6P or N-WP. Any violatum of the e(WAtiong of the
RGP or the NWP mfcmen=] above may subject the petminee to a stop work order, a restoration order, and/or appropriate
legal action.
This Deponn=t of the Army ROP or NWP verification does not relieve the pertnirwe of the responsibility to obtain any
other required Federal. State, or local approval. Mrmits. The permittee tray need to contact appropriate Statc and local
agencies before heginning work.
If then: are any questimis regarding this auemization or any of the condition of the General Permit or Nationwide Permit,
please contact the Corps Regulatory Official specified below.
Date 8/27!02
Corps Reguta(ory Official David Baker Telephone No. (828) 271 - 7980, extension 6
Expit-4on Nate of Vetifleation 8/27104
SURVEY PLATS, FIELD SKETCH, WETLAND DULINFATION FORMS, PROJECT PLANS, ETC., MUST
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APPENDIX C — Regulatory Permits
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Ms. Dani E. Wise
NCSU Water Quality Group
Post Office Box 7637
Raleigh, NC, 27695 -7637
APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification
Subject: Kings Creek Stream Restoration Project
Dear Ms. Wise:
Michael F. Easley, Governor
William G. Ross Jr., Secretary
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Alan W. Klimek, P.E. Director
Division of Water Quality
August 7, 2002
DWQ# 02 -0991
Transylvania County
You have our approval, in accordance with the attached conditions, to construct stream stabilization and /or restoration
work on 6,945 linear feet of Kings Creek, Lambo Creek and their unnamed tributaries in Transylvania County, as described
in your application received by the Division of Water Quality on June 21, 2002. It is understood that you are acting as the
designated agent for eight property owners listed on the copy list on this correspondence. After reviewing your application,
we have decided that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 3353, which can be viewed on our
web site athftp:02o.enr.state.nc.us/ncwetiands. This Certification allows you to use Nationwide Permit Number 27 when
it is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In addition, you should get any other federal, state or local permits before
you go ahead with your project including (but not limited to) Sediment and Erosion Control, Coastal Stormwater, Non -
Discharge and Water Supply Watershed regulations. Also this approval will expire when the accompanying 404 permit
expires unless otherwise specified in the General Certification.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If you change your
project, you must notify us in writing and you may be required to send us a new application for a new .certification. If the
property is sold, the new owner must be given a copy of the Certification and approval letter and is thereby responsible for
complying with all conditions. If total wetland fills for this project (now or in the future) exceed one acre, compensatory
mitigation may be required as described in 15A NCAC 2H .0506 (h). For this approval to be valid, you must follow the
conditions listed in the attached certification and the additional conditions listed below:
1. Permanent markings shall be placed at the two cross section areas so they can be easily located for biological
sampling reference sites in the future;
2. The stream shall be repaired should this initial restoration work fail. The restoration and stabilization work shall be
pursued until the effort is successful;
3. The new channel shall be constructed in the dry and stabilized before water is diverted into the new stream.
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, you may ask for an adjudicatory hearing. You must act
within 60 days of the date that you receive this letter. To ask for a hearing, send a written petition which conforms to
Chapter 1506 of the North Carolina General Statutes to the Office of Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 27447, Raleigh,
N.C. 27611 -7447. This certification and its conditions are final and binding unless you ask for a hearing.
This letter completes the review of the Division of Water Quality under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. If you have
any questions, please telephone Mike Parker in our Asheville Regional Office at 828- 251.6208 or Cyndi Karoly in our
Central Office at 919 - 733 -9721.
Sincerely,
U
Alan W. Klimek, P.E.
N. C. Division o1 Water Quality 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617 (919) 733 -7015
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Mitigation Project Name Kings Creek
EEP IMS ID 208
River Basin FRENCH BROAD
Cataloging Unit 06010105
APPENDIX - D Debit Ledger
Applied Credit Ratios: 1:1 1.5:1 2.5:1 5:1 1:1 3:1 2:1 5:1 1:1 3:1 2:1 5:1 1:1 3:1 2:1 5:1
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NCDOT Pre -EEP Debits (feet and acres): Not Applicable
EEP Debits (feet and acres):
DWQ Permits
USACE Action IDs
Impact Project Name
1997 -0123
1997 -02387
Nasty Branch
300.00
1997 -0440
NCDOT TIP R -2116B
Widening NC 151
260.00
1998 -0177
Wolfpen Creek SD
Nappier and Gunnells
Construction
468.00
1998 -0992
Biltmore Heights
330.00
2000 -0103
Ingles
46.51
1998 -0321
NCDOT TIP U -2801 -
Widening US 25A
189.00
2008 -1027
2008 -1998
Madison County Jail
37.49
Remaining Balance (feet and acres)
93.00
Remaining Balance (mitigation credits)
93.00
Information from EEP Debit Ledger dated 08/13/2014