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The Horseshoe Mitigation Site (Site) is a nutrient offset and riparian buffer restoration site located approximately 4 miles west of Mt. Olive north of State Highway 55 in Wayne County. The Nutrient Offset & Buffer Mitigation Plan (NOBMP) is under development and has been submitted under the Terra 2023 Neuse 01 Umbrella Mitigation Banking Instrument (UMBI) to the NC Division of Water Resources (DWR) in 2024. The Site is approximately 23.19 acres (1,010,156.400 ft2) of a total 52.4 acre tract situated along an unnamed tributary (UT) of Thunder Swamp, a direct tributary to Thoroughfare Swamp. The Site is located in a Targeted Resource Area (TRA) for Habitat within the Neuse River Basin HUC 03020201. The NOBMP is in development for riparian buffer credit (RBC) and nitrogen nutrient offset credit (NOC) in the service area designated as Neuse 01. An expected 259,325.045 ft2 RBC will be generated by the proposed Site as well as 42,426.661 lbs nitrogen NOC.