20080511 Ver 2_Credit Release Task 6_20160125

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
January 25, 2016
Mr. Bobby Ham
Greene Environmental Services, LLC
90 Ham Produce Road
Snow Hill, NC 28580
PAT MCCRORY
Governor
DONALD R. VAN DER VAART
Secretory
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
DWQ Project #: 2008-0511v2
Lenoir County
Re: Neuse River Riparian Buffer and Nutrient Offset Umbrella Mitigation
Banking Instrument (LIMBI)
La Grange Ph I. Bank Credit Release — Task 6
Dear Mr. Ham:
On December 29, 2015, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received a Year 3 Monitoring
Report for the LaGrange Phase I Mitigation Bank from Greene Environmental Services, LLC
(GES). According to the data submitted with the report, the site appears to be doing well and on
trajectory to meet the success criteria at the end of five years.
On October 6, 2015, DWR received an amendment to Letter of Credit (LOC) #SB93770 issued
to GES in the amount of $60,000 to cover monitoring and maintenance at the subject site. The
term of this LOC applies through October 25, 2016. Therefore, GES is required to renew the
LOC prior to October 25, 2016 and is required to renew the LOC annually for at least 2 more
years. Future credit releases will be dependent on both the renewal of this LOC and the annual
monitoring reports.
According to the UMBI signed on October 3, 2008, the following Project Milestone has been
met, and the corresponding credits shall be released
Task/Milestones Credit
6) Submit Year 3 Monitoring Report to DWR for approval 10%
By copy of this correspondence, DWR confirms that you have satisfied the above requirements
for the above -referenced tract and an additional 10% of your Neuse riparian buffer credits (0.1 x
37,939.7 ft2 = 3,793.97 ft) are now available for sale. Also, an additional 10% of your nitrogen
nutrient offset credits (0.1 x 5,728.01 lb -N = 572.80 lb -N) are now available for sale. Please
update your credit ledgers accordingly.
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail service Center J Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

LaGrange Phase I (GES)
January 25, 2016
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Please note that nutrient offset credits generated at this site must be used for impacts in
HUC 03020202 of the Neuse River Basin and that Neuse riparian buffer credits must be
used for impacts in the Neuse River Basin according to guidelines in 15A NCAC 02B.0295,
which became effective on November 1, 2015.
Please feel free to call Katie Merritt at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
Karen Higgins, Supervisor
401 and Buffer Permitting Branch
cc: File Copy (Katie Merritt)
Jeffrey Becker - Greene Environmental Services, LLC (via electronic mail)