Nutrient & Buffer Templates

Nutrient Offset & Riparian Buffer Mitigation 

Guidance Documents 

• Flowchart - Steps to Establishing a Bank 
• Map of DWR Approved Nutrient Offset & Buffer Mitigation Banks
• Presentation - What It Takes to Do Offset Banking in NC 
• Buffer Mitigation Rule Interpretation (August 2013) 
• Standard Procedures for the Purchase & Sale of Nutrient Offset Credits 
• Find Your HUC   [Use this map to find the Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) assigned to a partiucalur area. This map inludes 8-digit (subbasins), 10-digit (watersheds), and 12-digit (subwatersheds) HUC levels.]
• Find a Surface Water Classification   (Use this map to click on a stream line to find the surface water classififcaiton assigned to that stream segment.)
• Consolidated Buffer Mitigation Rule - 15A NCAC 02B .0295

Templates

• Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) Template for Nutrient Offset & Buffer Mitigation Banks 
• Attachment A - Authority Document  (required for all UMBIs)
• Attachment B - Jordan Credit Yields Table  (required for UMBIs in the Jordan Watershed only)
• Ledger Templates
  • Buffer Ledger Template 
  • Nutrient Ledger Template 
  • Jordan Nutrient & Buffer Ledger Templates 
• Mitigation Banking Conservation Easement Template 
• Nutrient & Buffer Credit Release Tables