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RE: WRC stream mitigation for 421
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Subject: RE: WRC stream mitigation for 421
From: "James C. Borawa" <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:08:23 -0400
To: "'Tammy.L.Hill"' <[e-mail]>
CC: "'McLendon, Scott C SAW"' <[e-mail]>
Tammy - That is great news.
with the Carp and Racey sit
question is the Bare site.
documentation as all of the
already compiled a document
your convenience.
That makes it consistent with what was done
°s. I think the only site that remains in
It would have been approved under the same
others for the US 421 Watauga County project. I
trail for that project and have attached it for
Tammy - Thanks for your diligence in sorting this out. With personnel
changes, the creation of EEP and the transfer of these sites from DOT it has
been difficult to maintain the institutional knowledge necessary for being
sure these projects were all handled similarly.
While your work should settle the US 421 project, the same issues are
present with the I-26 project in Madison County (T.I.P. No. A-0010). There
are 5 project sites associated with this project that will be proposed for
closeout within the next year (Charles, Fosson, Barnhill,. Brigmon, and
Phillips/Willis. These were permitted as follows: USACE Action ID
199505135; DWQ ??. I have attached the USACE information that I have for
your reference.
I hope you find this information useful in your continuing effort to resolve
the mitigation credit issue for these project sites. Again, thanks for your
diligence.
Jim Borawa
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Original Message-----
From: Tammy.L.Hill [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 4:22 PM
To: James C. Borawa; McLendon, Scott C SAW; Mac Haupt
Cc: Eric Kulz; John Dorney
Subject: Re: WRC stream mitigation for 421
Hi, all. I'm able to deliver happy news this time! After further file
diving & interpretation, DWQ has settled the mitigation ratio issue
related to the WRC stream enhancement projects that were part of the
mitigation package for the US 421 relocation (TIP R-529, DWQ # 97-0616,
COE # 199707161).
We reviewed the original Certification (April 20, 1998) and subsequent
modifications (Feb 19, 2002; Nov 6, 2002) and the contract between NCDOT
and NCWRC (unsigned version in the March 27, 1998 Mitigation Strategy).
Based on these documents, we believe that DWQ handled mitigation ratios
as permit decisions, requiring 1:1 mitigation of 7407 linear feet (as
enhancement activities described in the DOT-WRC contract) and 2:1
mitigation for 918.4 linear feet (via purchase of 1837 linear feet of
stream mitigation from WRP). Therefore, as the PACG-TC works toward
closeout of the Miller and Wild sites, we will consider the bank
stabilization and other enhancement activities conducted under the
DOT-WRC contract as having met the 401 Certification conditions without
applying further ratios.
We'll revise our closeout memo after the site visits next week, but I
thought you might like to know that one of the issues with 2008
closeouts is no longer an issue.
Have a good evening,
Tammy
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RE: WRC stream mitigation for 421
James C. Borawa wrote:
I Thanks Tammy. It will be next week before I can dig into my information
I
I think I have most of it in an easily accessible form as I had to provide
similar information when EEP acquired those sites from DOT. I will get
back
to you as soon as I can.
Jim Borawa
N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
-----Original Message-----
From: Tammy.L.Hill [mailto:Tammy.L.HillCncmail.net]
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:37 PM
To: Mac Haupt; McLendon, Scott C SAW; J. Borawa
Cc: Eric Kulz
Subject: WRC stream mitigation for 421
Just an FYI - I'm doing more digging for permits & mitigation plans
related to Obids, Meat Camp, and misc other stream mitigation provided
by WRC for the US-421 relocation. Hopefully we can settle the credit
issue (or determine if it even is an issue) soon. Eric & I are both out
in the field Monday, but will try to get back to you next Tues or Wed.
Have a good weekend!
Tammy
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