20141149 Ver 9_VIABILITY ASSESSMENT REQUEST FORM 2017_20170531

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
S. JAY ZIMMERMAN
Director
BUFFER MITIGATION WOR NUTRIENT OFFSET
SITE VIABILITY ASSESSMENT REQUEST
(Form must be complete and all attachments included to process request)
❑ BUFFER MITIGATION ❑ NUTRIENT OFFSET ❑X BOTH
Name
Raymond Holz (Agent)
Company
Restoration Systems
Address
1101 Haynes St. Suite 211
Phone
919-604-9314
Email
[e-mail]
PARCEL/SITE DETAILS
Proposed Site Name
Benton Branch
Address
1587 Massey Rd
City EElon, NC 27244
County Caswell
River Basin
Cape Fear River Basin
Watershed &
Sub -watershed
8 -Digit CU: 03030002
14 -Digit CU: 03030002-030030
Will this be part of a stream or wetland project/bank?
OX YES ❑ NO
Has a riparian buffer or stream call been performed by Division of Water
Resources staff? ® YES O NO
Is the project receiving any state or federal grant money? ❑ YES ❑X
NO PARCEL/SITE ATTACHMENTS (if more than io pages, a hard copy will be
required)
1. Brief description of the site including existing site conditions and land use(s);
2. Most recent 1:24,000 scale USGS Topo Map showing the site;
3. Most recent published NRCS county soil survey showing site; AND
4. Aerial Site Map
SEND COMPLETE REOUESTS TO:
NCDWR - 401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
Attn: Katie Merritt
1617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
or by email to [e-mail]

Benton Branch Bank Parcel
Sponsor: Restoration Systems
Buffer & Nutrient Offset Site Viability Assessment
Request June 2017
Parcel Background
Restoration Systems (RS), is proposing the Benton Branch Bank Parcel (Parcel), to provide riparian buffer
and nutrient offset mitigation within the Cape Fear River Basin (Cataloging Unit 03030002) within the
Haw River Sub -watershed of Jordan Lake. The Parcel was evaluated on January 16th, 2015 by Sue
Homewood of the NC Division of Water Resources (NCDWR). Ms. Homewood's evaluation was part of an
inter -agency review, including the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), to determine if stream features
located within the site are applicable to provide compensatory stream mitigation under RS' Cape Fear 02
Phase One Umbrella Banking Instrument, (Benton Branch USACE Action ID SAW -2015-01701). Riparian
areas adjacent to features within the parcel providing compensatory mitigation for stream impacts, will
be restored and provide riparian buffer mitigation and nutrient off -set credit.
Parcel Description
Located approximately 12 miles north of Burlington, NC in southwest Caswell County, the 33.22 -
acre Parcel is hydrologically situated within the USGS 14 -digit HUC 03030002030030 of the Cape
Fear River Basin and Jordan Lake's Haw Sub -Watershed (NCDWR Subbasin Number 03-06-02).
The Parcel is located in a region of the state dominated by agriculture and livestock; restoration of the
riparian buffer is expected to result in immediate water quality benefits within the vicinity of the Parcel
through the removal of livestock access to Parcel streams.
The Parcel contains Benton Branch and 6 unnamed tributaries to Benton Branch (Best Usage
Classification WS -II, HQW, NSW). Benton Branch and UTs 1, 4, 4a, 5, and 6 are subject to the Jordan
Lake Water supply Nutrient Strategy (15A NCAC 02B .0267 & 15A NCAC 02B .0268) and thus suitable to
generate riparian buffer and nutrient offset credit. UTs 2, 2b, 4b, and 5a are not depicted on USGS
topographic mapping or USDA soils mapping; however, were deemed intermittent or perennial during a
site visit by DWR staff, and therefore will provide riparian buffer and nutrient offset credit. The drainage
area of these streams ranges from 0.03 mit to 1.4 miz. Additional land use practices including the
maintenance and removal of riparian vegetation and the relocation, dredging and straightening of onsite
streams resulted in degraded water quality and unstable channel characteristics (stream entrenchment,
erosion, bank collapse, and stream aggradation).
Please find the following figures attached:
- Figure 1.
Site Location and Service Area
- Figure 2.
NRCS Overview
- Figure 3.
USGS 1:24,000 Scale Topo Map
- Figure 4.
Historic Conditions Plan View
- Figure 5.
Restoration Plan
- Figure 6.
Credit Determination

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