20140598 Ver 1_RE email mitigation_20160921

Baker, Virginia
From:Rerko, James J
Sent:Wednesday, September 21, 2016 11:25 AM
To:Baker, Virginia
Subject:RE: temp impact / other question
Ginny

The project was completed last year I believe. Once the roadway and three 48” pipes were removed the entire fill,
which was placed upon fabric, was removed. The area was then not seeded but was mulched. The final product was
reviewed with Mason Herndon (DWR). There was no remedial work required for the restoration site. I attended the 1
year warrantee review for the project this year and the site appeared to be restoring as expected, i.e. hydric soils,
hydrophytic vegetation and hydrology.

James J. Rerko, PWS

Division 6 Environmental Officer

North Carolina Department of Transportation

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From: Baker, Virginia
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:30 AM
To: Rerko, James J
Subject: FW: temp impact / other question

Hi Jim,
I have been checking into the status of some of the different DOT mitigation projects and was wandering if you knew the
status of 17BP.R.6.40. It looks like it is just 0.36 ac of temp impacts to wetlands in Columbus county. Jason had sent me a
spreadsheet a while ago that said this one was under construction.

Thanks much,
Ginny Baker

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From: Elliott, Jason C
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 10:35 AM
To: Baker, Virginia <[e-mail]>
Cc: Steenhuis, Joanne <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: temp impact / other question

Hey Ginny,
Sorry for the delay, still trying to get caught up on things from the conference. Here’s a few more answers to questions
you had.
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17BP.3.R.1 & 17BP.R.6.40: These are both small division projects that we had minimal input/work on. I’ve

attached the permits that I have for both projects to this email for your file.
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R-2633B US 17 Bypass Site #7: The project is still under construction so I’m not sure the timing of when the

monitoring will begin. This was for temporary impacts only on this project and DCM required that we
monitoring for 3 years or until jurisdictional wetland status has returned. I’ll check with the construction office
to see how progress in this area is coming along.

B-4090: Construction complete and monitoring report (Year 1) will be completed this year.


B-4273: Construction complete and monitoring report (Year 1) will be completed this year.

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B-4639: Will be planted this winter.

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R-3324: Construction complete and monitoring report (Year 1) will be completed this year.


I-3819A: For this project, I believe early on we proposed the possibility of preserving the wetland area in the SW

side of the interchange as indicated in the attached drawing you provided. I’m not 100% sure why but the
preservation fell out and was not included in the mitigation plan that was in the permit for the I-3819A
project. That’s why you saw the ???’s on my spreadsheet because I wasn’t told by Leilani’s crowd what to
include there. I’ve now updated our spread sheet to show that we only did the stream enhancement in the NE
quadrant. Sorry about the confusion on this one. Also I’ve included a link below to the permit for this project.
https://xfer.services.ncdot.gov/pdea/PermIssued/Archived%20Permits%202012%20and%20Earlier/I-
3819A%20Individual%20Iredell%20County%20May%203%202012.pdf
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B-3373: This is an older project, I’ll have to dig into it and see what I can find. I’ll be back in touch on it.

I hope this info is mostly helpful, let me know what other questions you have. Thanks!

Jason C. Elliott

PDEA - Natural Environment Section
Natural Environment Engineering Group
NC Department of Transportation
1598 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1598

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From: Baker, Virginia
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2016 1:17 PM
To: Elliott, Jason C <[e-mail]>
Cc: Steenhuis, Joanne <[e-mail]>
Subject: temp impact / other question

Hi Jason,
I went through the table you sent me a while back and had some questions on a few of the sites (see attached) that I
had trouble finding info on.

There were a couple (17BP.3.R.1 and 17BP.R.6.40), that I could not locate a DWR project # on. Do you know if these are
projects we permitted? Joanne was not familiar with these.

I believe DWR required mitigation for R-2633AA/AB (US 17 Bypass Site 7), B-4090, B-4273, B-4639, but not for R-3324.
For the sites that are under construction, do you know the status?

For I-3819A, the I-40/I-77 Interchange, there will be 2354 LF stream Enh and 26.69 ac preservation as stated in mit plan
but the table says “????”. I looked at the GIS coverage and saw what I thought was the stream mitigation (NE side of
interchange) and what looked like wetland preservation (SE side of interchange, ~15ac, is this right? I see our permit
approval conditions approved all the onsite stream enh and an excess needed through DMS. For the wetland mitigation
we required 1.36 ac and approved all of it through DMS, no mention of onsite mitigation. I was wandering if you knew
what happened there? (see attached map).

Lastly, is there a GIS boundary or Figure 1 map from the mit plan available for B-3373? The mit plan I had access to was
scanned as black and white so the aerial was hard to see. I made a rough boundary of the site (attached).

Again there is no rush on these questions. Although, I am planning to go in the field with Joanne on Sept 28/29 and
would like to know about the sites in her divisions (3 and 6) before then. I also will be seeing Gum Swamp with Brian at
th
the end of the month and the I-40/I77 interchange with Dave Wanucha on Sept 20. I can see those last two sites
without a definitive answer. I can follow up with the DEOs directly on construction status if that will be easier for you.

Have a great weekend, I’m sure I will run into you at the stream conference next week.

Ginny Baker

Ginny Baker
Transportation Permitting Unit
NCDEQ-Division of Water Resources
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Raleigh, NC 27699-1650
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