20120383 Ver 1_Middle South Muddy Meeting Summary_20170511

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Mitigation Services
ENVIRON MENTAL QUALITY
April 19, 2017
Mr. Todd Tugwell
US Army Corps of Engineers
3331 Heritage Trade Drive, Suite 105
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Subject: Middle South Muddy Restoration Site (93875)
April 18, 2017 Meeting Minutes
Dear Mr. Tugwell:
On April 18, 2017, DMS and the IRT met on site at the Middle South Muddy Restoration Site to
discuss and resolve a change in assets from the Mitigation Plan to the Asbuilt Baseline Monitoring
Report for the Haney Preservation Tract.
In the Asbuilt Baseline Monitoring Report, stream length in the Haney Tract was increased by
3,960 LF from the approved Mitigation Plan length of 5,836 LF to a total of 9,9796 LF. The
increase in length was due to mapping of streams within the conservation easement during the
Asbuilt Baseline Monitoring field work data collection stage. Upon verification, DMS determined
that many of the included streams and associated LF have been highly manipulated by past land
use (mining) and were not candidates for preservation credit. These streams (UT1-8 and UT10)
were removed by DMS from credit calculations. DMS and IRT viewed the remaining streams
within the easement (UT9, UT11, Jackson Branch, Moores Branch and South Muddy Creek).
These streams were impacted less by past land use and both DMS and IRT agreed they would be
suitable for preservation credit. In lieu of breaking out stream reaches and applying different
ratios for preservation credit based on quality and function, the IRT and DMS agreed that
reverting to the approved Mitigation Plan preservation length and assets would be acceptable.
Beginning with the 2017 MY2 Report, DMS will revert the preservation assets for the Haney Tract
to 5,836 LF at a 5:1 ratio for a total of 1,167 SMUs as found in the Mitigation Plan. A short
discussion will be added to document the meeting and agreement in the report.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at [phone] or
[e-mail]
Sincerely,
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State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Center 1 217 W. Jews Street, Suite 3000 1 Raleigh, NC 27609-1652
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Matthew Reid
Western Project Manager
NCDENR — Division of Mitigation Services
5 Ravenscroft Dr., Suite 102
Asheville, NC 28801
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