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Strickland, Bev
From:Merritt, Katie
Sent:Thursday, January 19, 2017 11:46 AM
To:'Kenton Beal'
Cc:'Daniel Taylor'
Subject:Follow-up Site vist - North Fork
Hey Daniel & Kenton,
Thanks again for meeting me out at the site yesterday to visit the As-Built conditions of the North Fork Little River
Mitigation Bank. As a followup to the site visit, I documented the following:
A majority of the site was planted in compliance with the approved Bank Parcel Development package.
All monitoring plots were installed with stems flagged
Most of Feature A, the main stream onsite, and a few areas along Feature D and Feature G were lacking in
planted stems from TOB to +/- 15’.
Additionally, there were a few areas on the East side of Feature A that were void of planted stems from TOB to
+/- 50’.
Within the areas voided of planted stems, we observed primarily briars but also some weeds, grasses and
random early successional woody stems. There were a small number of mature woody stems seen along the
banks.
As a result of the site visit, DWR requests the following:
1.Enumerate the square footage of riparian buffer that was not planted according to the BPDP and submit to DWR
to use for the next credit release. The square footage will be used to deduct riparian buffer credits from the
credit release issued for Task 2 as described in the UMBI.
2.Perform a reasonable amount of transects (amount, shape and size to be determined by Wildlands) within the
riparian areas that were not planted to get a representative condition of the problem areas. Submit transect
data with the As-Built Report. Pre-planting transect data shall include the following:
Aerial Figure showing where the transects were taken
o
Designate transects a number or letter for reference
o
Shape & size of the transects (table would be preferable)
o
Quantity of woody stems (volunteers) present (table would be preferable)
o
3.Mow and plant in areas voided of planted stems
4.Perform 5 random transects showing “post planting” conditions within areas that needed to be planted and
submit the data to DWR. Post-planting transect data shall include the following:
Aerial Figure showing where the transects were taken (must be different than locations used for “pre-
o
planting conditions”). (1) transect shall be placed along Feature D; (1) along Feature G; (3) along Feature
A
Designate transects a number or letter for reference
o
Shape & size of the transects (table would be preferable)
o
Quantity of woody stems (volunteers) and (planted)
o
Once DWR has received the square footage from Wildlands as noted in item #1 above, a credit release will be issued for
partial completion of Task 2. Due to the site not being planted as approved in the BPDP, a full 20% credit release cannot
be issued. Therefore, DWR will issue a 15% credit release with a contingency that the remaining 5% (along with the
square footage that was deducted), will be issued when confirmation from Wildlands that items 2-4 above have been
performed in full has been received by DWR.
If you have any questions please give me a call.
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Thank you,
Katie
Katie Merritt
Nutrient Offset & Buffer Banking Coordinator
401 & Buffer Permitting Unit
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Work: 919-807-6371
http://portal.ncdenr.org/web/wq/401bufferpermitting
Website:
512 N. Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27620
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
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