20160402 Ver 1_HockettDairy Closeout Letter_20180619

Water Resources
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIl"Y
June 19, 2018
Division of Mitigation Services
Attn: Melonie Allen
1652 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1652
(via electronic mail)
Re: Hockett Dairy Site
DMS ID #95013 —CLOSEOUT ACCEPTANCE LETTER
Dear Ms. Allen,
ROY COOPER
MICHAEL S. REGAN
LINDA CULPEPPER
DWR Project # 2016-0402
Randolph County
lnterim Director
On May 29, 2018, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received a close-out packet from you on
behalf of the Division of Mitigation Services (DMS) requesting approval to close-out the subject site from
monitoring and maintenance of the riparian areas. On June 19, 2018, Katie Merritt and Sue Homewood
with DWR, visited the subject site to assess the vegetation and overall site conditions. Representatives
from Resource Environmental Solutions, Inc were also present. An asset map and asset table, both
initialed by Ms. Merritt on June 19, 2018, are attached.
As a result of Ms. Merritt's review of the close-out request, the following mitigation is approved:
River Basin/Service
Mitigation Type
Mitigation
Mitigation Units
Distance from
Area
Ratio
stream
Randleman Lake
Buffer Restoration
1:1
514,879 ft2 —
0-50' top of bank
Watershed
Buffer Mitigation
TOTAL
514,879 ft2
Please feel free to contact Katie Merritt at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
KAH/kym
ATTACHMENTS: Asset Map, Asset Table
cc:
File Copy - Katie Merritt
Sincerely,
1
Karen Higgins, Supervisor
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
State of North Carolina I Environmental Quality I Water Resources
1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617
919 807 6300

Asset Table A
Table 1. Project Components and'%Etigation Credltts
Hockett Dairy, Randolph County
WNIS Project ID -Number 003993 DHSS Site 95013
'.Nfitigation Credits
Stream Riparian Non urian Buffer Nitrogen Phosphorous
Wetland Wetland Nutrient Offset Nutrient Offset
Type N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A NrA Restoration N/A N/A
Totals* N/A I N/A N/A I N/A N/A N/A 514 R79 cn ft N/A N/A
Project Components
Reach ID
Stationing,
Location
Existing
Footage (IF)
Approach
(PL PI, etc.)
Restoration -or-
Restoration Mitigation
Restoration
Area (sq ft) Ratio
Equivalent
Reach UT2
N/A
733
N/A
Buffer Restoration 74,923 1:1
Reach UT3
N/A
817
N/A
Buffer Restoration 80,586 1:1
Reach UT4
N/A
1884
N/A
Buffer Restoration 201,247 1:1
Reach UI5
NA
466
N/A
Buffer Restoration 38,768 1:1
Reach UT6
N!A
797
N/A
Buffer Restoration 80,150 1:1
Pond 2
NiA
378*
N/A
Buffer Restoration 22.651 1:1
Pond 3
N/A
338*
N/A
Buffer Restoration 16.553 1:1
Total 514.879
* neiinrter
Component Summation
Restoration
Level
Stream
(linear feet)
Riparian Wetland
Non -Riparian Wetland
(acres)
Buffer Upland
(square feet) (acres)
Rieerine Non-Riverine
Restoration
N/A
N/A N/A
N/A
514,879 N/A
Success Criterion
Project Component
Success Criteria per
Success Criteria Met
Approved Mitigation Plan
Riparian Buffer
320 stems per acre
Yes —11/12 > 320 st./ac.
• 12 plots

Figure 2a. Current Condition Plan View
Hockett Dairy Riparian Buffer Restoration i res
Randolph County, North Carolina
DMS Project ID# 003993
0 200 400 800
\Date: October 2017 Feet1 inch = 400 feet