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PUBLIC NOTICE
DENR WATER QUAUIY
WETLANDS AND STORMWATER BRANCH
Issue Date: July 10, 2008
g 4 3 Comment Deadline: August 11, 2008
Corps Action ID #: SAW-2007-01188-201
The Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received a prospectus from Restoration
Systems, LLC, describing the establishment of a stream and wetland compensatory mitigation
bank, known as Cripple Creek Stream and Wetland Mitigation Bank for Federal and State
permits as described below:
Bank Sponsor
Restoration Systems, LLC
This public notice does not imply, on the parts of the Corps of Engineers or other agencies, either
favorable or unfavorable opinion of the work to be performed, but it is issued to solicit
comments regarding the factors on which final decisions will be based. Specific plans and
location information are described below and shown on the attached plans. This Public Notice
and all attached plans are also available on the Wilmington District Web Site at
www.saw.usace.anny.mil/wetlands.
WATERWAYS AND LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED WORK: The proposed bank site is
located east of Roney-Lineberry Road, north of Woodbrooke Drive, south of Deep Creek Church
Road and west of North Fonville Road, in northeast Alamance County, North Carolina. The
approximate geographic coordinates are 36.1383° north latitude and -79.3810° west longitude. It
is located along and adjacent to four unnamed tributaries to Boyd's Creek on 19.6 acres within
the Cape Fear River Basin, Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 03030002, as depicted on the attached
maps.
PROPOSED WORK AND PURPOSE: The bank sponsor proposes to establish, design,
construct, and operate a stream and wetland compensatory mitigation bank composed of 19.6
acres located northeast of Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina.
As stated by the sponsor, the primary goals and objectives of this proposed mitigation bank are
to improve water quality, enhance flood attenuation and restore aquatic and riparian habitat.
Specifically, the sponsor plans to restore 6.9 acres of wetlands and 4,265 linear feet of stream
channel and enhance 1.9 acres of wetlands and 633 linear feet of stream channel. The sponsor
states the goals and objectives will be accomplished by: 1) removing non-point sources of
pollution associated with agricultural activities, 2) reducing sedimentation within onsite and
downstream receiving waters, 3) reestablishing stream stability and the capacity to transport
watershed flows and sediment loads by restoring stable dimension, pattern and profile, 4)
promoting floodwater attenuation by reconnecting bankfull flows to abandoned floodplains,
restoring entrenched tributaries, restoring depressional floodplain wetlands, and revegetating
floodplains, 5) improving aquatic habitat by enhancing stream bed variability and the use of in-
stream structures, and 6) providing wildlife habitat. The sponsor states that the proposed bank
will be protected in perpetuity by a conservation easement. The applicant states that upon
completion the proposed bank will offer 4,518 Stream Mitigation Units and 7.85 Wetland
Mitigation Units.
The proposed 19.6 acre bank site is currently utilized for agricultural activities such as livestock
grazing and hay production. Horses predominantly graze the northern portion of the proposed
bank and the southern portion is characterized by hay pasture and mixed forest. The main
hydrologic feature of the proposed Bank is an unnamed tributary to Boyd's Creek and associated
secondary tributaries and floodplains. The unnamed tributary to Boyd's Creek is a second order,
perennial stream that has been dredged and straightened. The tributaries are disturbed, first order
streams. Much of the streamside areas are accessible to livestock and much of the riparian
vegetation has been removed. Approximately 9 acres of the proposed Bank's land area are
currently underlain by hydric soils that have been impacted by stream channel entrenchment,
ditching, excavation and removal of vegetation. The enclosed map shows the approximate
location of proposed restoration and enhancement sites.
The proposed geographic service area is the 8 digit HUC, 03030002 (Haw River), located within
the Cape Fear River Basin.
This mitigation bank may be considered one of a number of practicable alternatives available to
applicants to compensate for unavoidable stream and wetland impacts associated with permits
issued under the authority of Sections 404 and 401 of the Clean Water Act for projects located
within the prescribed geographic service area.
Oversight of this wetland and stream compensatory mitigation bank will be by a group of
Federal and State agency representatives collectively referred to as the Interagency Review Team
(IRT). The IRT shall be chaired by the Wilmington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and
is comprised of representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, N.C. Division of Water Quality, and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.
The actual approval of the use of this mitigation bank for a specific project is the decision
of the Corps of Engineers pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404
of the Clean Water Act. The Corps provides no guarantee that any particular individual or
general permit will be granted authorization to use this wetland compensatory mitigation bank to
compensate for unavoidable wetland impacts associated with a proposed permit, even though
mitigation from this bank may be available.
AUTHORITY: A Public Notice regarding proposed mitigation banks is required pursuant to the
rules published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for Compensatory Mitigation for
Losses of Aquatic Resources (33 CFR 332.8(d)(4)).
FEDERAL EVALUATION OF PROPOSAL: The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments
from the public; Federal, state, and local agencies and officials; Indian Tribes; and other
interested parties in order to consider and evaluate this proposed mitigation bank. Any
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comments received will be considered by the Corps in evaluating this proposal. Comments are
used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, conservation, economics,
aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values,
flood hazards and flood plain values (in accordance with Executive Order 11988), land use,
navigation, shore erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality,
energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of property
ownership, and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
Preliminary review indicates that: 1) An environmental impact statement will not be required; 2)
No species of fish, wildlife, or plant (or their critical habitat) listed as endangered or threatened
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (PL 93-205) will be affected; and 3) No cultural or
historic resources considered eligible or potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of
Historic Places will be affected. Additional information may change any of these preliminary
findings.
Written comments pertinent to the proposed work, as outlined above, will be received in this
office, Attention: Andrew Williams, Raleigh Regulatory Field Office, 3331 Heritage Trade
Drive, Suite 105, Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587, until 5:00 p.m., August 11, 2008.
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i After passing through a trailer park, take a left at the stop sign into The Bank „ ? k ) 4 e!< ? • /? i
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