20201664 Ver 2_Bells Bridge Final MY2 Approval + Comments_20240318

Monitoring Report MY2 Review - Bells Bridge Revised
Friedman -Herring, Andrew <andrew.friedman herring @deq.nc.gov>
Mon 3/18/2024 11:12 AM
To:Matthew Harrell <[e-mail]>
Cc:Merritt, Katie <[e-mail]>
Hi Matthew,
Thank you for reuploading the Bells Bridge MY2 report with the requested information and response
DWR's comments. After review, the report is officially approved.
Please provide confirmation of bond renewal through next year's monitoring period. DWR approves a
20% reduction in bond amount to $60,000. Once DWR receives your bond renewal, we can proceed
issuing the credit release for this task.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Best,
Andrew Friedman -Herring
Environmental Specialist II
Division of Water Resources - 401 & Buffer Permitting
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(919)-707-3644
[e-mail]

[External] RE: Monitoring Report MY2 Review - Bells Bridge
Matthew Harrell <[e-mail]>
Thu 3/14/2024 2:18 PM
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Cc:Merritt, Katie < [e-mail]>; Barrett Jenkins <[e-mail]>
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Hi Andrew,
The final MY2 monitoring report including comment responses and the requested additional data has
been uploaded to Laserfiche.
-Matthew
From: Friedman -Herring, Andrew <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 12:34 PM
To: Matthew Harrell <Matthew.Harrell @davey.com>
Cc: Merritt, Katie <[e-mail]>
Subject: Monitoring Report MY2 Review - Bells Bridge
Hi Matthew,
DWR has completed the review of Bells Bridge MY2 and have the following comments:
1. No stem height or vigor data is included in this report, despite being required as per the
relevant BPDP Section 5.1 which states "Species Composition, height, and survival rates
will be evaluated on an annual basis by plot". IRS needs to submit the missing data in
response to this comment. DWR will accept the CVS Vegetation Monitoring Data (VIVID)
datasheets with raw data to meet this requirement. It is not required to export vigor and
height into tables.
2. The implementation of the supplemental planting is noted.
3. Despite this planting, there are still other plots that are failing either density or diversity
requirements, and that number has increased from MY1 to MY2. Some examples of plots
newly failing in MY2 are Plots 20, 25, 28, and 29. Is another AMP being considered to
address the trajectory of these plots?
4. The location of the easement encroachment in MY1 is not provided in the monitoring
report as was requested by DWR last year. Even though it was small in area, RS did not
indicate if any planted stems were impacted or replanted, just that the area was outside
of any monitoring plot. The location of all easement encroachments needs to be marked
in Figure 2 for all monitoring reports and the impact to any planted stems clearly stated
and documented with photos when discovered.
5. Additionally, plots failing the density requirement of 260 stems/acre are not specified in
Figure 2. Make sure to color code which plots are failing density success criteria in all
future monitoring reports.
Thank you for your attention to these comments. Please provide an adequate response to all items above along
with supporting documents if required.

Once DWR receives a response to the comments above, issuance of monitoring report approval and credit
release can be determined. Let me know if you have any further questions.
Best,
Andrew Friedman -Herring
Environmental Specialist II
Division of Water Resources - 401 & Buffer Permitting
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
(919)-707-3644
[e-mail]
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