20160385 Ver 2_USACE response to WLS comments_20170815

REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
CESAW-RG/Hughes
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WILMINGTON DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
69 DARLINGTON AVENUE
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 28403-1343
MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD
August 15, 2017
SUBJECT: Lake Wendell Mitigation Site — Comments in regard to provider's response dated
August 1, 2017
PURPOSE: The comments listed below are in regard to the provider's response dated August 1,
2017. Previous IRT comments were posted to the NCDMS Mitigation Plan Review Portal
during the 30 -day comment period in accordance with Section 332.8(g) of the 2008 Mitigation
Rule.
NCDMS Project Name: Lake Wendell Mitigation Site, Johnston County, NC
USACE AID#: SAW -2016-00876
NCDMS #: 97081
30 -Day Comment Deadline: July 1, 2017
Todd Tugwell and Andrea Hughes, USA CE, August 14, 2017
1. If the provider intends to include Acer rubrum in the proposed planting plan, the
mitigation plan must include a performance standard that states Acer rubrum cannot
exceed 20% of the total stems in any vegetation plot.
2. We understand that modifying an existing conservation easement can be a lengthy and
difficult process. However, we require documentation that the landowner agrees to
assume the responsibility for long term maintenance, repair, and replacement of fencing
as necessary to exclude livestock from the conservation easement. If a statement cannot
be added to the conservation easement then the provider must provide a signed statement
from the current landowner acknowledging their responsibilities.
HUGHES.ANDREA. HDUGH'ESsigned by
ANDREAWADE.1258339165
DN: -US, o=U.S. Government, ou=DoD, ou=PKI,
WADE.1258339165 Date:201708.1513:4251-0400'ADE.1256339165
Andrea Hughes
Mitigation Project Manager
Regulatory Division