20181148 Ver 3_Approved Restoration Plan_20230815

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KELLER ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS
Mr. Robert Tankard
Assistant Regional Supervisor
Water Quality Regional Operations Section
Division of Water Resources, NCDENR
943 Washington Square Mall
Washington, NC 27889
Re: Kelford Solar
Bertie County, North Carolina
Notice of Violation Remediation
NOV-2015-PC-0078
Dear Mr. Tankard and Mr. Barnes:
Mr. Kyle Barnes
Regulatory Specialist
Washington Regional Office
US Army Corps of Engineers
2407 West Fifth Street
Washington, NC 27889
June 9, 2015
Thank you for meeting with us on April 1 and 8, 2015. 1 am responding on behalf
of Duke Energy Renewables and SunEnergy1 concerning remediation of the impacted
jurisdictional wetland areas. As a result of our site meetings and subsequent
communication and correspondence, we have outlined the recommended course of
action below.
Jurisdictional Wetland Remediation and Plantings:
There are five (5) jurisdictional wetland areas (WA) that were impacted by non -
authorized mechanical grubbing activities. They include part of WA-3 and all of WA-2,
WA-4, WA-5, and WA-6. Keller Environmental staff recommends conducting the
following activities this summer and fall to remediate these areas.
• Carefully spread the grubbed material evenly over the impacted areas utilizing
mechanical equipment.
• Install approximately 16,500 bare -root hydrophytic tree species in the approximately
38-acre impact area. These 500 trees per acre should achieve the required 320
trees per acre at 5-years.
• Since there is an abundant seed source of tree species immediately to the south,
this should further contribute to the vegetative success.

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NOV Remediation
June 6, 2015
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• Tree species will include the following native terminal forest species.
0 1 oak species
0 1 understory tree or shrub
o No red maple (Ater rubrum) or sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
• Install the trees/shrubs randomly to mimic a natural forest.
• At least five (5) species will be used with no species compromising more than
35% of the trees planted.
• Tree/shrub species will be obtained from a similar physiographic region.
Jurisdictional Wetland Seedin
KE staff will uniformly broadcast the following wetland seed mix at an approximate rate
of 10# per acre throughout the 38-acre jurisdictional wetland area. KE staff will monitor
the germination to ensure that it properly germinates. Additional seeding will be
conducted, if needed, after communication with involved parties concerning
subsequent seeding modifications.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Percent
Elymus riparius
Riverbank wild rye
20
Agrostis stolonifera
Creeping bentgrass
15
Carex vulpinoidea
Fox sedge
12
Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass
15
Poa palustris
Fowl bluegrass
15
Dichanthelium clandestinum
Deer tongue
8
Bidens aristosa
Bidens
7
Juncus effusus
Soft rush
4
Sagittaria latifolia
Duck potato
2
Saururus cernuus
Lizards tail
2
100

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NOV Remediation
June 6, 2015
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Planting Schedule
The plantings will be conducted in the first half of November of 2015, weather permitting.
risdictional Waters Monitori
To ensure the success of these jurisdictional waters restoration, KE staff will monitor the
restoration areas at least quarterly during 2015 and annually during 2016-19. An annual
photographic record report will be provided to involved parties in November of 2015-18
and final in 2019. A final site inspection will be conducted in September 2019 with
involved parties.
We recommend reconvening when these proposed remediation activities are
successfully completed. Upon successful remediation, we are requesting written
approval of the corrective measures and being in compliance with the violated water
quality rules. If you should have questions or require additional clarification during the
review please feel free to contact me immediately at [phone] or email-
jA)[e-mail]
Sincerely,
Keller Environmental, LLC
Jay Keller
Principal
Cc: Vanessa Goff; Duke Energy Renewables
Kenny Habul, CEO; SunEnergyl
Attachments:
• April 28, 2015 NCDENR NOV
• June 9, 2015 Jurisdictional Survey
• June 9, 2015 Wetland Impact Exhibit