20141149 Ver 7_Credit Release Task 9 Closeout_20230518

DocuSign Envelope ID: 13AE89DB-CCDB-495A-AFBF-ADD8DD1A61BC
ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S.BISEP, =�*
Secretary
RICHARD E.ROGEPS,,JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
May 18,2023
DWR Project#: 2014-1149v7
George Howard Alamance County
Restoration Systems, LLC
(via electronic mail: georgegrestorationsystems.com)
Re: RS Haw River Subwatershed—Phase 1 Buffer& Nutrient Offset Umbrella Mitigation
Banking Instrument(UMBI)
Orphan Creek Bank Parcel Credit Release—
Task 9 FINAL RELEASE &MONITORING CLOSEOUT
Dear Mr. Howard:
On December 29, 2022,the Division of Water Resources (DWR)received a Year 5 Monitoring
Report from Restoration Systems, LLC (RS) for the Orphan Creek Buffer Mitigation&Nutrient
Offset Bank(Site). On May 2,2023,Katie Merritt with the DWR, visited the Site to compare
vegetation data submitted in the monitoring report with onsite conditions and to evaluate the Site for
closeout of the monitoring requirements for the riparian vegetation. Staff with RS were also present.
As a result of the site visit evaluation, Ms. Merritt supports closing out the Site for any further
monitoring and maintenance of the riparian vegetation and conservation easement associated with the
nutrient offset and buffer mitigation credit areas. However, the conservation easement for the Site
also includes the Orphan Creek Stream Mitigation Bank(Stream Bank). Therefore, additional
monitoring and maintenance requirements for the Stream Bank will need to continue until closeout of
the Stream Bank has been authorized by the US Army Corps of Engineers and Interagency Review
Team.
By copy of this letter,the monitoring requirements at the subject Site have been met and DWR is
releasing RS from its financial assurance obligations under Performance Bond#22BSBHY3328 in
the amount of$60,000 issued to RS from Hartford Fire Insurance Company. Lastly, according to
DWR files, the Grantee of this Site's conservation easement is the North Carolina Wildlife Habitat
Foundation.
In accordance with the UMBI and BPDP, signed on October 25, 2017 and approved on January 22,
2018 respectively, the following Project Milestones have been met and the corresponding credits
shall be released:
Task/Milestones Credit
9)Monitoring Report#5: Approved by the DWR and final site visit by DWR 10%
has been conducted
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 13AE89DB-CCDB-495A-AFBF-ADD8DD1A61 BC Orphan Creek Site
Restoration Systems
May 18,2023
RS has satisfied the above requirements for the above-referenced tract. Therefore, 10% of your
Jordan Lake riparian buffer Restoration credits (0.10 x 196,725.78 ft2 = 19,672.58 ft2) and 10% of
your Jordan Lake riparian buffer Enhancement credits (0.10 x 37,843.45 ft2=3,784.35 ft2) are now
released.
Additionally, 10% of your generated nitrogen(N) offset credits (0.10 x 494.86=49.49 lb-N) and
10% of your generated phosphorus (P) credits (0.10 x 31.64=3.16 lb-P) are now released.
Generated credits are credits that have not been applied to the appropriate delivery factor.
The delivery factors applied to this bank due to its location in the 14-digit HUC 03030002050050 are
74% for nitrogen and 66% for phosphorous. Therefore,the total amounts of delivered nutrient offset
credits for this site are 366.20 lb-N and 20.881b-P. By copy of this correspondence, 10% of your
delivered nitrogen offset credits(0.10 x 366.20 lb-N=36.62 lb-N) and 10% of your delivered
phosphorus credits (0.10 x 20.88=2.09 lb-P) are now available for sale.
Please note that only the delivered nutrient offset credits can be sold from this bank and used
for impacts in the Haw River Arm of Jordan Lake within the Cape Fear River Basin.
Additionally, riparian buffer credits can only be used to offset impacts located in the Haw
River Sub Watershed of Jordan Lake according to 15A NCAC 02B .0295,which became
effective on November 1,2015.
Please feel free to call(919) 707-3637 if you have any questions regarding this correspondence.
Sincerely,
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Stephanie Goss, Supervisor
401 &Buffer Permitting Branch
cc:File Copy(Blake Hartshorn)
Barrett Jenkins—RS (via electronic Mail)
Kim Isenhour—USACE kimberly.t.isenhour(&usace.army.mil
Theodore Bethea—NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation beaubetheag mail.com
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