20160225 Ver 2_Credit Release Task 2_20190501

ROY COOPER
Governor
MICHAEL S. REGAN
Secretary
LINDA CULPEPPER
Director
John Hutton
Wildlands Holdings IV, LLC
312 West Millbrook Rd, Suite 225
Raleigh, NC 27609
NORTH CAROLINA
Environmental Quality
May 1, 2019
DWR Project #: 2016-0225v2
Alamance County
Re: Cane Creek Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument (LIMBI)
South Fork Nutrient Offset & Buffer Mitigation Bank
Credit Release— Task 2
Dear Mr. Hutton:
On February 28, 2019, the Division of Water Resources (DWR) received documentation from
Wildlands Holdings IV, LLC (Wildlands) that the subject site had been constructed in its entirety
and monitoring plots had been installed. On March 26, 2019, Ms. Merritt, with assistance from
Daniel Taylor and Daniel Dixon with Wildlands, inspected the site and confirmed that the
subject site had been completely planted, all monitoring plots were installed, and all stream
restoration and enhancement activities appeared to be completed with all riparian areas,
including the stream banks, seeded and stabilized.
Cattle exclusion fencing was installed throughout the project. However, it was not immediately
adjacent to the conservation easement boundary as originally shown in maps provided with the
approved Bank Parcel Development Package. This coupled with the absence of visible
conservation easement markers and placards made it difficult to identify the conservation
easement boundary on the site. It was discussed onsite and in correspondence from Ms. Merritt
on April 10, 2019, that Wildlands will include a map showing the actual boundary of the cattle
exclusion fencing with the As -Built Report. Ms. Merritt also highly recommended onsite that
Wildlands provide additional markings (tree paint, t -post, flagging) within the fenced area to
provide a better visual boundary of the actual conservation easement.
Lastly, recent cattle hoof prints and manure were observed within the easement below the
crossing along reach 4 of South Fork. The access point was located onsite. On April 22, 2019,
Wildlands provided confirmation to Ms. Merritt via email, that all easement placards had been
installed and additional electrical wiring had been attached to the existing fence at the cattle
access point found on reach 4 to prevent future access.
In accordance with the UMBI, signed on March 6, 2018, the following Project Milestones have
been met and the corresponding credits shall be released:
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality 1 Division of Water Resources
512 North Salisbury Street 1 1617 Mail Service Center I Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-1617

Task/Milestones
South Fork
Wildlands
May 1, 2019
Credit
2) Mitigation Site Earthwork, Planting and Installation of Monitoring Devices 20%
Completed
TOTAL: 20%
By copy of this correspondence, DWR confirms that you have satisfied the above requirements for
the above -referenced tract. Therefore, 20% of your Jordan Lake riparian buffer Restoration and
Enhancement credits (0.20 x 23,086.80 ft' = 4,617.36 ft) and 20% of your Jordan Lake riparian
buffer Enhancement (via cattle exclusion) and Preservation credits (0.20 x 194,713.20 ft2 =
38,942.64 ft) are now released.
Additionally, 20% of your generated nitrogen offset credits (0.20 x 11,719.16 = 2,343.831b -N) and
20% of your generated phosphorus credits (0.20 x 749.25 = 149.85 lb -P) are now released.
Generated credits are credits that have not been applied to the appropriate delivery factor.
The delivery factors applied to this bank due to its location in the 14 -digit HUC 03030002050050 are
71 % for nitrogen and 67% for phosphorous. Therefore, the total amounts of delivered nutrient offset
credits for this site are 8,320.60 lb -N and 502 lb -P. By copy of this correspondence, 20% of your
delivered nitrogen offset credits (0.20 x 8,320.60 lb -N = 1,664.12 lb -N) and 20% of your delivered
phosphorus credits (0.20 x 502 = 100.4 lb -P) are now available for sale.
Please note that of the nutrient offsets, only the delivered nutrient offset credits can be sold
from this bank and used for impacts in the Haw River Arm of Jordan Lake within the Cape
Fear River Basin. Additionally, riparian buffer credits can only be used to offset impacts
located in the Haw River Sub Watershed of Jordan Lake according to 15A NCAC 02B .0295,
which became effective on November 1, 2015.
Please feel free to call Katie Merritt at [phone] if you have any questions regarding this
correspondence.
Sincerely,
Katie Merritt
401 & Buffer Permitting Branch
KAH/km
cc:File Copy (Katie Merritt)
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