Buffer Plan Approval Letter - Tobacco Rd

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ROY COOPER
Governor
ELIZABETH S. B1SER
Secretary
RICHARb E. ROGERS, JR.
Director
Environmental Banc & Exchange, LLC
Attn: Jamey McEachran
(via electronic mail: jmceachrangres.us )
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
July 18, 2023
Re: Tobacco Road Mitigation Plan Approval
Dear Sir,
The Division of Water Resources (DWR) received a draft Mitigation Plan (Plan) from Environmental
Banc & Exchange, LLC (EBX) for the Tobacco Road mitigation site (Tobacco Road Site) in 2022.
Appendix A of the Plan was the Buffer Mitigation and Nutrient Offset Plan (Buffer Plan) submitted
to DWR for review and approval under 15A NCAC 02B .0295 to be used as a buffer mitigation and
nutrient offset project. The Buffer Plan was proposed under the terms and conditions of the Tobacco
Road Mitigation Banking Instrument for Nutrient Offset and Riparian Buffer Mitigation Credits
(MBI). Effective July 13, 2023, the MBI was made and entered into by EBX acting as the Bank
Sponsor, and the DWR. Katie Merritt, with DWR, reviewed the Buffer Plan and MBI documents
and provided comments and recommendations. DWR received a revised Buffer Plan and MBI that
addressed all comments and recommendations. The table below summarizes the timeline of the
Buffer Plan and MBI
Project Site Name
DWR Project
ID #
Initial Draft
Received
Revised Draft Received
(Final Draft)
Public Notice
Date
Tobacco Road
2021-0536vl
June 6, 2022
June 27, 2023
June 27, 2023
MBI
Tobacco Road
2021-0536vl
June 6, 2022
June 23, 2023
June 27, 2023
Buffer Mitigation/
Nutrient Offset
Plan
The closing date for the public notice was July 11, 2023. DWR received no comments regarding the
Buffer Plan or MBI. These documents are now approved and can be found online at the
following links:
Tobacco Road MBI:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/DocView.aspx?id=2879486&dbid=0&repo=WaterResources&searchid=d
Oea7acO-3219-4270-a8e3-c24e292aa775
Tobacco Road Buffer Mitigation & Nutrient Offset Plan:
https://edocs.deq.nc.gov/WaterResources/DocView.aspx?id=2847676&dbid=0&repo=WaterResources&searchid=d
Oea7acO-3219-4270-a8e3-c24e292aa775
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
NOR1H CAROL Na 919.707.9000

DocuSign Envelope ID: 09F2D269-EFFD-4C7E-B931-3C68DD56AD22
Tobacco Road Site
EBX
July 18, 2023
Please feel free to Katie Merritt at katie.merritt&deq.nc.gov if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
DocuSigned by:
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Stephanie Goss, Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
cc: DA R File Copy (Blake Hartshorn)
USACE File Copy (Kim Browning via electronic mail)
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