20160385 Ver 2_USACE Approval Letter to Revised Plan_20170815

Regulatory Division
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
August 15, 2017
Re: NCIRT Review and USACE Approval of the Lake Wendell Mitigation Site Draft Mitigation Plan;
SAW -2016-00876; DMS Project #97081
Mr. Tim Baumgartner
North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
Dear Mr. Baumgartner:
The purpose of this letter is to provide the North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services
(NCDMS) with all comments generated by the North Carolina Interagency Review Team (NCIRT) during
the 30 -day review for the Lake Wendell Mitigation Site Draft Mitigation Plan, which closed on July 1,
2017. These comments are attached for your review.
Based on our review of these comments and the provider's response, we have determined that no
significant concerns have been identified with the Draft Mitigation Plan, which is considered approved
with this correspondence. However, several issues were identified, as described in the attached revised
comment memo, which must be appropriately addressed in the Final Mitigation Plan.
The Final Mitigation Plan is to be submitted with the Preconstruction Notification (PCN)
application for Nationwide permit (NWP) approval of the project along with a copy of this letter. Issues
identified in the attached memos must be appropriately addressed in the Final Mitigation Plan. All
changes made to the Final Mitigation Plan should be summarized in an errata sheet included at the
beginning of the document. If it is determined that the project does not require a Department of the Army
permit, you must still provide a copy of the Final Mitigation Plan, along with a copy of this letter, to the
appropriate USACE field office at least 30 days in advance of beginning construction of the project.
Please note that this approval does not preclude the inclusion of permit conditions in the permit
authorization for the project, particularly if issues mentioned above are not satisfactorily addressed.
Additionally, this letter provides initial approval for the Mitigation Plan, but this does not guarantee that
the project will generate the requested amount of mitigation credit. As you are aware, unforeseen issues
may arise during construction or monitoring of the project that may require maintenance or reconstruction
that may lead to reduced credit.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, and if you have questions regarding this letter,
the mitigation plan review process, or the requirements of the Mitigation Rule, please contact Andrea
Hughes at [phone] extension 59.
Sincerely,
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Henry M. Wicker, Jr.
Deputy Chief, Regulatory
Enclosures
Electronic Copies Furnished:
NCIRT Distribution List
Lindsay Crocker, NCDMS