20221493_Credit Release Task 1 and 2_Partial

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. BISERr,z.� a2
Secretary
RICHAM E. ROGERS, JR. NORTH CAROLINA
Director Environmental Quality
June 7, 2023
Kevin Yates DWR Project #: 2022-1493vl
Clearwater Mitigation Solutions, LLC Guilford County
(via electronic mail: thamrick cgecomitigation.com )
Re: EMH Farm Mitigation Banking Instrument (MBI)
EMH Farm Bank Parcel Credit Release — Task I & Task 2(partial)
Dear Mr. Yates,
On April 21, 2023, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) approved a Bank Parcel Development
Package (BPDP) submitted by Clearwater Mitigation Solutions, LLC (CMS) for the above -
referenced site under the terms and conditions of the EMH Farm Mitigation Banking Instrument
(MBI) to establish a buffer mitigation bank. On June 6, 2023, the DWR received a recorded
conservation easement and corresponding plat for the subject site.
On May 18, 2023, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received documentation from CMS that
the EMH Farm site had been planted and constructed in its entirety and monitoring plots had been
installed. On June 5, 2023, Blake Hartshorn and Katie Merritt with DWR, with assistance from staff
with CMS inspected the site and confirmed that the subject site had been mostly adequately planted
and seeded and that all monitoring plots were installed. Additionally, the conservation easement
boundary for the site had been adequately marked. In response to concerns noted on the site with
regards to dense herbaceous vegetation, areas marked as potentially low in stem density and areas
marked as void in adequate stems, DWR is requiring CMS to develop an Adaptive Management Plan
(AMP) and submit the AMP with the As -Built Report. DWR will review the AMP as part of the As -
Built report review process and future credit releases will be contingent on the submittal, approval
and implementation of the AMP. Due to the minor nature of the issues observed during the site visit,
DWR will issue 18.5% of the 20% credit release for Task 2, with the remaining 2.5% to be issued
upon full implementation of the proposed AMP. The AMP should address the following:
• a small area within the outer easement boundary (see map) needed additional trees. This area
could benefit from at least 1, maybe 2 rows of trees. No sycamores can be used in this
supplemental planting area due to the existing high percentage of planted sycamores across
the site.
• Transects need to be taken within the areas identified on the attached map as being difficult
to discern evidence of planted stems. Supplemental planting will need to be proposed if
transect data comes back with low or absent stem density
In accordance with the MBI, signed on April 21, 2023, the following Project Milestones have been
partially met and the corresponding credits shall be released:
D E Q ,fJ North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality I Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1611 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1611
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DocuSign Envelope ID: F6630C83-E35B-4951-AF08-093EDE5OE297 EMH Farm Site
Clearwater Mitigation Solutions
June 7, 2023
Task/Milestones Credit
1) Instrument and BPDP Approved by DWR, Conservation Easement Recorded 20%
& Financial Assurance Posted
2) All Riparian Earthwork & Mitigation Activities, Planting and Installation of 18.5%
Monitoring Devices completed, easement boundaries adequately marked, all
Applicable permits obtained, site visit performed by DWR (partial release)
TOTAL
38.5%
By copy of this correspondence, DWR confirms that you have partially satisfied the above
requirements for the above -referenced tract and the following credits are released and now available
to sell:
• 38.5% of the Randleman buffer Restoration, Enhancement and Preservation Credits
(0.385 x 678,297.564ft2 = 261,144.562 ft2)
Please note that the riparian buffer credits must be used for impacts in the Randleman Lake
Watershed according to guidelines in the Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule, 15A NCAC
02B .0295, which became effective on November 1, 2015.
Please use the Credit Ledger Templates provided in the approved MBI to track and report credit
availability for the EMH Farm Mitigation Bank. Upon receiving this correspondence, please submit
one (1) credit ledger to DWR reflecting the available credits being released.
Please feel free to call me at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
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Stephanie Goss, Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Attachments: Figure 2: Notes from AsBuilt Site Walk
cc:File Copy (Blake Hartshorn)
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Riparian Restoration, TOB 100 Feet
Riparian Restoration on Ephemeral Channel, 101-200 Feet
Riparian Enhancement, TOB-100 Feet
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Riparian Enhancement, 20-29 Feet / ' , / Prepared for:
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P / / , � � / Difficult to confirm stem density during
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0 Intermittent/Perennial Stream Channel Top of Bank NCDWR asbuilt Site walk. Very few / i '� / / observed within these areas due
stems observed within first -25 ft from 0 2 f ' Ephemeral Channel Top of Bank ,, , ( / to dense herbaceous layer. Vegetation Transects CLFARWATFR MrTI ATTON
easement boundary. Supplemental / / . will be performed in these areas to determine if s o L U T 10 h s
OCVS Plot Locations planting in this area will be required i ,'' j supplemental planting is necessary
Top of Bank to 20-Feet for full credit release. The supplemental
Top of Bank to 30-Feet
planting will NOT include sycamore.
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— Top of Bank to 50 Feet / / / /,'. . / / Project:
— Top of Bank to 100-Feet
NCDWR noted that herbaceous
— Top of Bank to 200-Feet / / /,'-'r .`� \ vegetation has not yet established EMH FARM
along areas of bank work and
Observed Low Stem Density Areas / / �`�
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