20160225 Ver 1_Mitigation Bank Prospectus_20160831

Strickland, Bev
From: Haupt, Mac
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 10:28 AM
To: 'Jeff Keaton'; 'John Hutton'; Williams, Andrew E SAW
Cc: 'Tugwell, Todd SAW'
Subject: Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Bank Prospectus
Andy, Jeff, John,
Here are my comments regarding the Cane Creek Umbrella Prospectus:
Bethel Branch:
1. In general I think the stream approaches for the majority of the reaches are appropriate.
2. However, I am not sure about UT2-R2, as I recall this reach had a nice buffer and wasn't too incised (not
completely sure on that...), so it may be more of an enhancement approach...
3. The wetlands along UT1 looked like a good restoration site, I would expect my recommendation for hydrology
would be 12%.
4. UT3 is a pond removal, we are seeing a lot of these, and we are somewhat concerned as to how these may turn
out...
South Fork:
1. The stream approaches for this site are appropriate as I recall...
Pine Hill Branch:
1. We did not see much of this site,
2. We did see UT1-R2 and there was some question as to what level of intervention is necessary. While it did not
appear the stream was in bad shape and cattle did not seem to be getting in there a lot, we did see the
obligatory cow (you guys released into the buffer). You have it at Ell which probably correct at a 2.5:1 ratio,
could be a candidate for the EIII category (higher ratio of enhancement).
3. There seem to be a lot of small tribs with very small drainage areas. We did not see many of these so we would
need to check the jurisdictional status of these.
4. In addition, we did not see any of the area below UT1-R2.
5. The restoration reach UT1-R1 seemed appropriate for what we saw...
I apologize for the tardiness of my comments.
Mac Haupt, LSS
Stream & Wetland Mitigation Coordinator
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Division of Water Resources
Department of Environmental Quality
919 807-6476 office
mac.haupt(c)ncdenr.gov
512 N. Salisbury Street, Suite 942-K, Raleigh, NC 27604
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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