Amended6Oct2023_As-Built Credit Release_Double Rock_SAW-2020-01532

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343

October 6, 2023

Regulatory Division

SUBJECT: Amended As-built baseline monitoring report approval and credit release
associated with the Wildlands Catawba 01 Umbrella Mitigation Bank, Double Rock
Mitigation Site

Ms. Andrea Eckardt
Wildlands Engineering, Inc.
1430 Mint Street
Suite 104
Charlotte, NC 28203

Dear Ms. Eckardt:

This letter is to inform you that the Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps)
has reviewed the as-built baseline monitoring report for the Wildlands Catawba 01
Umbrella Mitigation Bank (UMB), Double Rock mitigation site (Action ID SAW-2020-
01532), dated July 28, 2023. The Double Rock site is in the Catawba River Basin
(Hydrologic Unit Code 03050101), east of Stikeleather Rd. and north of Mt. Wesley
Church Rd., approximately six miles southwest of Taylorsville in Alexander County, NC.

In accordance with Sec. 332.8(o)(9) of the Federal Mitigation Rule, the baseline
monitoring report was provided to the North Carolina Interagency Review Team
(NCIRT) for review and comment on August 3, 2023. A site meeting was also held on
August 16, 2023, to assess the as-built site conditions. The attached minutes document
the results of the meeting. NCIRT report review comments and site meeting action
items outlined in the attached comment memo should be addressed and included in the
Year 1 monitoring report.

Pursuant to the UMB Instrument approved on July 25, 2022, and the site-specific
Double Rock Final Mitigation Plan dated June 29, 2022, 15 percent of the mitigation
site’s total restoration and enhancement credits shall be available for sale immediately
after the completion of implementation of the mitigation plan and Corps approval of the
baseline monitoring report and as-built survey. By copy of this correspondence, we
confirm that you have satisfied the above requirements for the as-built credit release,

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and 666.690 stream mitigation units (SMUs) are now available for sale. With this
release, 1,444.880 SMUs (30 percent of the total restoration and enhancement credits
and 100 percent of the total preservation credits) have been released for sale.

Please note that this electronic copy provided to you via email is your official copy.
Should you wish to receive a paper copy of this correspondence, please contact us.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please contact the
Project Manager, Steve Kichefski, by email at [e-mail] or by
phone at [phone].

Sincerely,

Todd Tugwell
Chief, Mitigation Branch

Enclosure

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