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Home My WebLink About20080511 Ver 3_As-Built Report_20150909Greene Environmental Services La Grange Mitigation Bank, Phase II As -Built Report / August 2015 Greene Environmental Services, LLC Neuse River Umbrella Mitigation Bank/ DWR #: 2008 -05110 ld SEP 0 9 2015 ' D401,& BUFFER PERMITT NG TER RESOUR Submitted to: Katie Merritt NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Division of Water Resources — Water Quality Programs 1617 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 -1617 Phone: (919) 807 -6371; Fax: (919) 8076494 Submitted by: Greene Environmental Services, Jeff Becker and David Knowles Ham Farms, 963 Hwy 258 S Snow Hill, NC 28580 (252) 747 -8200 Table of Contents 1.0 Project Location and Description ................................. ............................... 3 2.0 Plantings of Seedlings ............................................. ............................... 4 3.0 Monitoring Plot Establishment .................................. ............................... 5 4.0 Appendices ............................................................ ..............................7 1.0 Project Location and Description Greene Environmental Services, LLC (GES) of Snow Hill, North Carolina expanded the La Grange bank parcel to the Greene Environmental Services Neuse River Basin Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Umbrella Bank. The La Grange Phase II expansion bank parcel is located at the southwest intersection of NC 903 and Old Jason Road (SR 1501), north of La Grange, in Lenoir County, North Carolina (Appendix A: Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4). The latitude /longitude coordinates of the site area approximately 35020'30.00" N and 77 °47'21.56" W. The purpose of the Phase II mitigation bank expansion is to improve water quality within the Neuse River Basin by reducing nutrient and sediment inputs to the watershed and providing off -site mitigation for development requiring nutrient offsets. The bank parcel is located within the Middle Neuse Watershed (HUC: 03020202). Stormwater runoff from this site drains into Meeting House Branch (Stream Index # 27 -72 -3) and via a farm drainage ditch and maintained canal system (un -named tributary, UT). Meeting House Branch discharges to Bear Creek (Stream Index # 27- 72- (0.1)), a major tributary to the Neuse River (Appendix A: Figures 1 and 2). The Phase II expansion bank parcel is 3.49 acres (152,202.40 ft2) designated for nutrient offset buffer and, where applicable, riparian buffer restoration credit. Riparian buffer mitigation acreage was established in two sub - tracts labelled A and C in the survey plat provided in Appendix A: Figures 4 and 5. Sub -tract A is 0.03 acres (1,306.80 ft2) and buffers southerly flowing Meeting House Branch; sub -tract C is 0.49 acres (21,344.43 ft2) and buffers the westerly flowing unnamed tributary to Meeting House Branch. Nutrient offset buffer was established in two sub - tracts, B and D. Sub -tract B is 0.16 acres (6,969.60 ft2) along the unnamed tributary to Meeting House Branch and sub -tract D is 2.81 acres (122,403.60 ft2) along a drainage ditch at the eastern border of the Phase II tract that discharging to the UT that flows into Meeting House Branch. The riparian buffers were extend from the top of the ditch -banks 50 feet perpendicular to the buffered steam segments. The nutrient offset buffers were extend from the top of the ditch - banks a minimum of 50 feet and a maximum of 200 feet perpendicular to the buffered stream segments or to the border of Phase I. A 0.06 -acre (2,613.60 ft2) triangular portion of the site adjacent to L -13 on the survey plat is beyond the 200 -foot allowable limit for mitigation credit thus is not included in the mitigation credit calculation. However, this isolated portion had to be purchased by Greene Environmental Services, LLC to avoid the need to provide access an access easement concerns. This isolated section accounts for the difference in acreage between that listed on the survey plat (3.55 acres) and the total amount available for mitigation credits (3.49 acres). This Phase II bank parcel was established under the terms and conditions of the Greene Environmental Services Neuse River Basin Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Umbrella Bank. The Phase II expansion bank parcel was previous agricultural cropland and approximately one acre was planted with bald cypress and river birch saplings during March of 2010, at which time DWQ (now DWR) staff visited the site and determined that it was suitable for mitigation. Katie Merritt with DWR visited the site in June of 2013 and determined this additional area (Phase II) was still suitable for nutrient offset mitigation. 2.0 Plantings of Seedlings the LaGrange Phase II Expansion Project Area Seedlings of character tree species were planted in three installments during separate years prior to the creation of the 3.49 -acre, LaGrange Mitigation Bank, Phase II expansion. In late winter of 2010 and 2014, seedlings of river birch and bald cypress were planted in portions of the area that was to become the Phase II expansion acreage (Table 1). In late winter of 2014 and 2015, yellow poplar, black gum and sycamore were planted in the Phase II tracts. Also, in March of 2015, three oak species: overcup oak, cherrybark oak and Shumard oak were planted in the Phase II acreage. Considering all three planting installments, bald cypress and sycamore were the most frequently planted species with the oak species least frequently planted (Table 1). A total of 1890 seedlings were planted in the Phase II expansion acreage for an estimated density of 541.5 seedlings per acre. 4 Table 1. Species planted in the 3.49 acre, LaGrange II Expansion mitigation bank. Species Common name Betula nigra River birch Liriodendron tulipifea Yellow poplar Nyssa sylvatica Black gum Platanus occidentalis Sycamore Quercus lyrata Overcup oak Quercus pagoda Cherrybark oak Quercus shumardii Shumard oak Taxodium distichum Bald cypress Total 3.0 Monitoring Plot Establishment Year planted Seedlings planted 2010, 2014 270 2014, 2015 200 2014, 2015 220 2014, 2015 420 2015 100 2015 100 2015 100 2010, 2014 480 1890 (541.5 per acre) Two IOm x l Om (0.0247 acre) monitoring plots were established in the 3.49 -acre, LaGrange Mitigation Bank, Phase II expansion project area (Appendix A: Figure 5). Monitoring plot LAG -3 was established in a portion of the Phase II expansion that was planted with bald cypress and river birch seedlings in 2010; those seedlings are now small trees between 2 and 4 meters in height. There were ten planted character trees in LAG -3 for an estimated density of 404.9 trees per acre (Table 2). One red maple was found in the plot but was not included in the plot data analysis. The second monitoring plot, LAG -4, was situated in a portion of the Phase II expansion area that was planted with seedlings in 2015. Three species were found in the monitoring plot, sycamore, cherrybark oak and Shumard oak. A total of fourteen seedlings were found in the plot for an estimated density of 566.8 seedlings per acre (Table 2). The average density between the two monitoring plots was 485.8 seedlings /trees per acre. The monitoring plots in the Phase II acreage were photo- documented using digital photography imaged from the northwestern corner of the plot. All seedlings or trees were flagging and their position within the plots were mapped (Appendix B). Annual reports including plot data with updated photographs and plot maps will be submitted to the NC- 5 DENR, Division of Water Resources by the end of each year from 2015 to 2019. Table 2. Planted tree species, stem density and estimated stems per acre LaGrange Il Expansion I Om x l Om monitoring plots. Plot /Species Common name Stems per plot Estimated stems per acre LAG -3 Betula nigra River birch 3 121.4 Taxodium distichum I Bald cypress 7 283.4 LAG -3 Total I 1 10 1 404.9 LAG -4 Platanus occidentalis Sycamore 6 242.9 Quercus pagoda I Cherrybark oak 4 161.9 Quercus shumardii Shumard oak 4 161.9 LAG -4 Total 14 566.8 Combined Average of 12 485.8 LAG -3 and LAG -4 At 4.0 Appendices Appendix A: Figures Figure 1: Vicinity map of LaGrange Mitigation Bank Figure 2: Local aerial photograph of LaGrange Mitigation Bank Figures 3: Aerial map of tracts Figures 4: Survey plat of Phase 1I Figure 5. Monitoring plot locations on Phase II Appendix B: Monitoring Plots and Photographs Plot page: LAG -3 Plot page: LAG -4 7 N GES Figure 1. Regional vicinity map of the GES La Grange Mitigation Banks, Phases I and lI in relation to the cities of Goldsboro, NC and Kinston, NC and the town of La Grange, NC. Bear Creek is a receiving stream of tributaries from the project area; Bear Creek is a tributary to the Neuse River. GES M- -- Figure 2. Aerial photograph depicting the La Grange Mitigation Banks in relation to Meeting House Branch and its un -named tributary and Bear Creek, the receiving stream for Meeting House Branch and tributary to the Neuse River. N - - ..�..w Figure 3. Aerial photograph depicting GES La Grange Mitigation Banks, Phases I and II. The area in red is Phase 1. Phase II includes: II -a nutrient buffer to field drainage ditch, 11-b nutrient buffer to UT, II -c nutrient buffer to UT, II -d riparian buffer to UT and II -e riparian buffer to Meeting House Branch. Ea. 1 ��"°'�N"� �rpw � EXEMPTION APPROVAL STATEMENT .-. -T w^Yw .oYxusrRxloR ACREAGE DATA FOR BUFFER AREAS MEA 9' 122. p.xx .ek. iI oswa Pip sa xV ,� •ae.$)r ,m.,a• P.c. 2, 9 t Tl —t -,] O ' 5)P .GNxR an [ 5 EN 5NOl1Y•"i AM ]51'S!•h )aan:saw nir MC SN. j 1 _ f 1 N`D S`R. p3pW 1 I I SI I I PoP R� I!3 I� I AI �I I i I!o I 1 0 Ilx li I Figure 4. Survey plat of the LaGrange Mitigation Bank, Phases I and II. N s+ts Ept ]r SURVEY FOR - "�' »` GREENE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC OA \j \ OWNERS: HAM STORAGE, LLC. (CONSERVATION EASEMENT) A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY RECORDED IN D.B. 1597, Pg. 114, P.C. 12, Pg. 99, AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE 2.62 ACRE TRACT RECORDED IN P.C. 13. Pg. 37' OF THE LENOIR COUNTY REGISTRY. iEF[npYC[sp.Y. taY). vp. t+ ' CERTIFICATE OF REVIEW OFFICER CERTIFICATE OF REGSiRATION By REGISTER OF DEEDS MOSELEY HALL TWSP. — LENOIR CO, N,C. Po, 99 NRniX CA40..!w ,OMx CWnrtt M CMRInu °1iF0 ,FANG cGIHry GRANT & ASSOCIATES, P.A. Twr ESE aFrcFR aF En,ow PAP °R ow m rmle� I * AF. K "iN[D cN".n. cExtsr FoR xeomrwnal ,RCrs u. "' - -- --- 50 50 ]gg ox T"e _°Ara ____ __ 1 ". ^.7 >m.l IYm Nrr ucoR°m w AA, cla.__. rp ___ cg,�;,ge seAE LAND SURVEYING SERVICES sr "�" °" +eoulxFYExrs row IseoRNxe. McRps/ETTT P.O. BOX 517 SCALE: 1' 150' - DATE: 07/14/2014 SNOW HILL, N.C. 28580 REUSIER or n¢os 747 -7777 .[ nMrnl e. ir" w I -- - Figure 4. Survey plat of the LaGrange Mitigation Bank, Phases I and II. S 0326'37W 39 ^4?' NPS -� -�- - G ANAL - -- —7— - -- -- N 8804'2.0 "E - - — — — �314" EIP —3/4" EIP 118.73' zr H CANAL N a -� -... Figure 5. Locations of l Om x l Om vegetation monitoring plots, LAG -3 and LAG -4 in Phase II tract. LAG -3 is entirely within the nutrient offset acreage; LAG -4 is entirely within the riparian buffer acreage. Plot LAG-3 NE 10 m SE 0 ♦1 9 8 7 1 — 6 5 4 a_ I 3 f 2 1 {� -- I 0 0 1 -_ ---*—,6 -- TP'- - - - - - -- ♦ —7 -- 4 ♦ 5 1 8 9 2♦ 2 3 4 5 NW Seedling ID / Species 1. River birch 2. River birch 3. Bald cypress 4. Bald cypress 5. Bald cypress 6. Bald cypress 7. Bald cypress 8. Bald cypress 9. River birch 10. Bald cypress 11. Red maple SW 6 7 8 9 10 8. Bald cypress 9. River birch 10. Bald cypress 11. Red maple SW Plot LAG -4 NE 10 m SE � e . 10 -- - - -- -- - `y 10 9 1 _ . -_ ♦ 13 8 T 9 7 �- 12 6 _ - ♦ -14 5 j4 8 7 -♦ b— -- 4 - - - -- ♦ 5 3 - -- i 2 3 ♦ 4 0 -- 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NW Seedling ID / Species 1. Shumard oak 2. Sycamore 3. Sycamore 1 4. Cherrybark oak 5. Cherrybark oak 6. Sycamore 7. Sycamore 8. Shumard oak 9. Shumard oak 0. Shumard oak 11. Sycamore 12. Sycamore 13. Cherrybark oak 14. Cherrybark oak SW