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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 40AIZ
WILMINGTON
DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS ?4Y
69 AVENUE
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REPLY TO August 12, 2009
ATTENTION OF
Regulatory Division
Action ID No. 200220840
Mr. Ed Samanns
Manager, Wetland Resources
The Louis Berger Group, Inc.
Post Office Box 1946
Morristown, New Jersey 07962-1946
Dear Mr. Samanns:
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DENR - WATER QUALITY
WETLANDS AND STORMINATER BRANCH
This correspondence is in reference to the Louis Berger Mitigation Bank,
Homestead and Second Creek Sites, which you have developed. The Homestead Creek
site is on the southeast side of Third Creek, and the Second Creek site is on the northwest
side of Second Creek, both north of US 70 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Reference is made to the Year-Five Monitoring Report dated February 2009,
received in our office on February 13, 2009 and the subsequent site inspection conducted
by the resource agencies on May 1, 2009 to review the sites and determine whether the
remaining available credits are releasable. Accordingly, based upon a review of the
information provided in the monitoring reports and the site inspections, all members of
the Mitigation Banking Review Team have determined that remaining credits of the
wetland and stream credits are available as follows:
a. Homestead wetlands: 100% of the credits (6.5 credits), for a cumulative total
of 16.3 (The site met the hydrology and vegetation criteria and appears to be doing well):
6.5 credits.
b. Second Creek wetlands: 100% of the credits (6.1 credits), for a cumulative
total of 15.2 credits: 6.1 credits.
c. Homestead stream: 100% of the credits (625 linear feet (If)), for a cumulative
total of 2,5001f, with a caveat that 2861f of the Homestead stream credits shall be used to
mitigate only for intermittent stream impacts that require mitigation, and the remaining
2,214 if of credits can be used for perennial stream impacts that require mitigation (The
applicant has demonstrated persistent flows downstream of Station 286): 625 If.
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d. Second Creek stream: 20% of the credits (1501f), for a cumulative total of
1,5001f (50% of the available credits): the site is demonstrating biological perennial
stream characteristics in -50 percent of the stream channel length): 1501f.
Furthermore, you are hereby released from any further monitoring on either site.
Thank you for your time and cooperation. If you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to contact me at [phone], Ext. 24.
Sincerely,

Jean B. Manuele
Chief, Raleigh Regulatory
Field Office
Copies Furnished:
Mr. Michael O'Rourke
The Louis Berger Group
1001 Wade Ave., Suite 400
Raleigh, North Carolina 27605
Ms. Kathy Matthews
United States Environmental Protection Agency
109 T.W. Alexander Drive
Durham, North Carolina 27711
Mail Code E143-04
Ms. Marella Buncick
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
160 Zillicoa Street
Asheville, North Carolina 28801
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Mr. Eric Kulz
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699
Ms Tammy Hill
Division of Water Quality
North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources
1650 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699
Mrs. Marla Chambers
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Habitat Conservation Program
112275 Swift Road
Oakboro, North Carolina 28129