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Dorney, John
From: [e-mail]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:01 AM
To: Dorney, John
Cc: Barnes, Kyle; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
Subject: Additional Info for 8/5/09 Mitigation Letter
John:
Thank you for calling and confirming receipt of the 8/5/09 letter from Ross Smith submitting
a final accounting of the amount and type of proposed wetland, stream and buffer mitigation.
You asked for additional information/clarification on two issues:
Break out the buffer impact acreage to show Zone 1 and Zone 2 amounts, and clarify the NCPC
stream buffer mitigation note.
For the total Modified Alternative L boundary that was permitted by the Corps in Permit No.
200110096 dated June 10, 2009, the Zone 1 buffer impact acreage is 24.4 acres, and the Zone 2
acreage is 16.5 acres.
Clarification of the Note:
Condition 7 of the 401 WQ Certification dated 1/15/09 states that our mitigation sites
include about 24.4 acres of buffer credit, and that based on the PCS Project Impact Schedule,
disturbance of buffers in the NCPC, Bonnerton or South of 33 Tracts shall not be done beyond
the limits of the
2014 impact area (generally south of Drinkwater Creek).
The Note updates the mitigation of buffers on the NCPC Tract, based on the Modified
Alternative L boundary permitted under the Corps 404 permit, and the most up-to-date
mitigation site plans. Because of additional stream avoidance that occurred between the
issuance of the 401 in January and the
404 in June, the buffer impact and resulting mitigation has been reduced.
The NCPC buffer impact is 10.6 acres and required buffer mitigation is 25.1 acres. The
mitigation sites are projected to produce 28.5 acres of buffer credit, therefore all of the
buffer impacts on the NCPC Tract would be mitigated for with our current mitigation sites.
Let me know if you need more information or clarification.
Jeff
Jeff Furness
Senior Scientist
PCS Phosphate Co., Inc.
1530 NC Hwy 306 S
Aurora, NC 27806
Ph: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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