20170635 Ver 2_SAW-2017-00423 NWP 40_20201202

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
Action ID. 2017-00423 County: Transylvania U.S.G.S. Quad: Brevard
GENERAL PERMIT (REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE) VERIFICATION
Permittee: William Scherer
Address: 633 S. Federal Highway
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Telephone Number: 954-462-5500
Size (acres):
Nearest Waterway:
River BasinfHUC:
20.9
UTs Steel Creek and Steel Creek
Upper French Broad (06010105)
Nearest Town: Brevard
Coordinates: 35.16190 N, 82.69133 W
Location description: The project site is located on a tract of land (PINs 8593-64-2665-000 and 8593-74-0366-000) on
Black Beaver Road, south of the intersection of Black Beaver Road and Spring Brook Lane in Brevard, Transylvania
County, North Carolina.
Description of projects area and activity: This after -the -fact permit verification authorizes 0.06 acres of permanent
impacts to wetlands associated with mechanized land clearing of forested acreage and land grading/leveling activities
for establishment of pastures. The permit verification request was submitted by the Permittee in response to the
requested remedial actions of the issued Notification of Unauthorized Activity dated March 6, 2017.
Special Condition(s): 1) Completion of the approved Corrective Action Plan and additional requirements per the
Corps' letter dated April 21, 2017 (attached).
2) Conductance of the additional remedial measures of the Corps' issued Notification of Unauthorized Activity
outlined in the above noted letter of April 21, 2017.
3) Removal of the culverts from UT-1 and Steel Creek with restoration of the stream reaches and stream buffers per
the attached McGill Associates plans/drawings (Figures 1-4, dated May 26, 2017) by December 1, 2017.
4) Visual monitoring of the above noted restored stream reaches and stream buffers at a minimum of quarterly for 12
months after completion of the restoration activities to ensure the reaches are stable and revegetation of the buffers is
successful. During the monitoring period any failures of stream restoration structures and/or stream buffer vegetation
will be replaced/repaired by the Permittee upon identification by the Permittee, his authorized agent, or the Corps.
Applicable Law: ® Section 404 (Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1344)
❑ Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 USC 403)
Authorization: Regional General Permit Number or Nationwide Permit Number: NWP 40 After -the -Fact
SEE ATTACHED RGP or NWP GENERAL, REGIONAL AND SPECL4L CONDITIONS
Your work is authorized by the above referenced permit provided it is accomplished in strict accordance with the
attached conditions, above noted special conditions, and your submitted application and attached information dated
May 19, 2017. Any violation of the attached conditions or deviation from your submitted plans may subject the
permittee to a stop work order, a restoration order, a Class I administrative penalty, and/or appropriate legal action.
This verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below unless the nationwide/regional authorization is
modified, suspended or revoked. If, prior to the expiration date identified below, the nationwide/regional permit authorization
is reissued and/or modified, this verification will remain valid until the expiration date identified below, provided it complies
with all requirements of the modified nationwide/regional permit. If the nationwide/regional permit authorization expires or is
suspended, revoked, or is modified, such that the activity would no longer comply with the terms and conditions of the
nationwide/regional permit, activities which have commenced (i.e., are under construction) or are under contract to commence
in reliance upon the nationwide/regional permit, will remain authorized provided the activity is completed within twelve months
of the date of the nationwide/regional permit's expiration, modification or revocation, unless discretionary authority has been
exercised on a case -by -case basis to modify, suspend or revoke the authorization.
Activities subject to Section 404 (as indicated above) may also require an individual Section 401 Water Quality Certification.
You should contact the NC Division of Water Resources (telephone [phone]) to determine Section 401 requirements.
For activities occurring within the twenty coastal counties subject to regulation under the Coastal Area Management Act
(CAMA), prior to beginning work you must contact the N.C. Division of Coastal Management.

CESAW-RG-A 2017-00423
This Department of the Army verification does not relieve the permittee of the responsibility to obtain any other required
Federal, State or local approvals/permits.
If there are any questions regarding this verification, any of the conditions of the Permit, or the Corps of Engineers regulatory
program, please contact David Brown at 828-271-7980, ext. 4232 or [e-mail].
Corps Regulatory Official: 'T Date: June 8, 2017
David Brown
Expiration Date of Verification: March 18, 2022
Copy furnished:
NCDEQ-DWR, Kevin Mitchell, 2090 U.S. Highway 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
NCWRC, Andrea Leslie, 20830 Great Smoky Mountain Expressway, Waynesville, NC 28786
McGill Associates, P.A., John Vilas, 468 New Market Boulevard, Suite B, Boone, NC 28607
Conrad & Scherer, LLP, Candace Mance, 147 E. Main Street, Suite 300, Brevard, NC 28712
Roberts & Stevens Attorneys at Law, Billy Clarke, P.O. Box 7647, Asheville, NC 28802

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UT-1 PROFILE
REMOVE COIR LOG DAM AFTER
RESTORATION COMPLETE
RESTORE STEP POOL SYSTEM WITH
TYPICAL. CROSS SECTIONS SHOWN
BELOW, OR AS DICTATED BY BEDROCK, I
WITH AN AVERAGE SLOPE OF 3,5Y1
20 40 60 80 100 120
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140
160
180 200
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UT -Steel Creek Typical Riffle
CUR MATTING (TYP)
i1
0 5 10 15 20
FIELD SHOT
CROSS SECTION _
1
PROPOSED CROSS SECTION
FIELD SHOT WATER SURFACE ELEVATION
25 30 35 40 45 50
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UT -Steel Creek
Typical Pool Cross Section
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MATTING
(TP)
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PROPOSED
CROSS SECTION _
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20
25
30
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CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE/NOTES'
1. CULVERT REMOVAL AND RESTORATION TO OCCUR AFTER STREAM CLEANUP HAS MET USACE/NCDWR REQUIREMENTS.
2, PUMP AROUND TO WORK IN DRY.
3, CAREFULLY REMOVE PIPE WITHOUT DISTURBING BED MATERIALS.
4. GRADE TO LOCATE PREVIOUSLY EXISTING THALWEG, INDICATED BY BEDROCK OR BED MATERIAL, IF BEDROCK PRESENT GRADE BANKS AS INDICATED IN
TYPICAL CROSS SECTIONS AS A STEP POOL SYSTEM, IF BEDROCK NOT LOCATED INSTALL BOULDERS TO CREATE STEP POOL SYSTEM TO FOLLOW AVERAGE
BEDSLOPE OF 3.5% IF REQUIRED, USE EXISTING ONSITE BOULDERS. NOTE' STREAM PREVIDUSLY HAVE HAD SINUOSITY AND THEREFORE WILL REQUIRE
SEQUENTIAL GRADING FROM UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM,
5, GRADE SEVERAL DEPRESSIONS 6' to 10' DEEP APPROXIMATELY 100 SQUARE FEET WITHIN WETLAND ZONE, GRADE RIPARIAN ZONE TO MATCH SURROUNDING
ELEVATIONS.
6. INSTALL CGIR MATTING ALONG SLOPES TO TOP OF BANK.
7, LIVE STAKE ABOVE BANKFULL BENCH, AND SEED WETLAND WITH TYPICAL WETLAND SEEDING PROPOSED ON DETAILS SHEET,
8. DISPOSE OF ALL EXCESS MATERIALS WITHIN WATTLE/SILT FENCE SURROUNDED DISPOSAL AREA UTILIZED DURING STREAM CLEANOUT,
JUN 0 5 2017
PLANTING ZONES FOR
48" — 80 FT CULVERT REMOVAL
1"=20'
CULVERT
FIGURE 1- R S ORATIONSCHERER
REMOVAL RESTORATION
PROJECT #
13.00702
PROPERTY - BLACK BEAVER ROAD SITE
ENVIRONMENTAL
468 NEW MARKET
MC
ASSOCIATES
BLVD. STE
E-i11
• FINANCE
B BOONE, NC 28607 PH. (828)
386-1920
MAY 26, 2017
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

PLANTING ZONES FOR
72" - 40 FT CULVERT REMOVAL
1"=20'
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RESTORE STEP POOL SYSTEM, WITH TYPICAL i
CROSS SECTION BELOW, OR AS DICTATED BY
BEDROCK WITH AN AVERAGE SLOPE (0.1V)
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FIELD SHOT
CROSS SECTION
Man
FIELD SHOT
WATER SURFACE
COIR MATTING (TYR)
PROPOSED CROSS SECTION
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
CONSTRUCTI❑N SEQUENCE/NOTES1
1, CULVERT REMOVAL AND
RESTORATION TO OCCUR AFTER
STREAM CLEANUP HAS MET
USACE/NCDWR REQUIREMENTS,
a PUMP AROUND TO WORK IN DRY,
3, CAREFULLY REMOVE PIPE
WITHOUT DISTURBING BED
MATERIALS,
4, GRADE TO LOCATE PREVI❑USLY
EXISTING CHANNEL THALWEG,
INDICATED BY BEDROCK OR BED
MATERIAL, STEEL CREEK IS
DOMINATED BY BEDROCK AND
BEDROCK EXISTED AT OUTLET SIDE
OF CULVERT, THEREFORE IT IS
ASSUMED THAT MAJ❑RITY OF
CHANNEL BED IS BEDROCK, IF
BEDROCK PRESENT GRADE BANKS AS
INDICATED IN TYPICAL CROSS
SECTI❑NS AS A STEP POOL SYSTEM.
IF BEDROCK NOT LOCATED INSTALL
BOULDERS TO CREATE STEP POOL
SYSTEM TO FOLLOW AVERAGE
BEDSLOPE OF 0,1%, IF REQUIRED,
USE EXISTING ❑NSITE BOULDERS.
5, GRADE SEVERAL DEPRESSIONS 6°
TO 10' DEEP APPROXIMATELY 100
SQUARE FEET WITHIN WETLAND
ZONE, GRADE RIPARIAN ZONE TO
MATCH SURROUNDING ELEVATIONS,
6,INSTALL COIR MATTING ALONG
SLOPES TO TOP OF BANK.
7. DISPOSE OF ALL EXCESS
MATERIALS WITHIN WATTLE/SILT
FENCE SURROUNDED DISP❑SAL AREA
UTILIZED DURING STREAM
CLEAN❑UT,
8, LIVE STAKE ABOVE BANKFULL
BENCH, AND SEED WETLAND WITH
TYPICAL WETLAND SEEDING
PROPOSED ON DETAILS SHEET.
FIGURE 2- SCREEK CULVERT
PROJECT #
13.00702
ENVIRONMENTAL
468 NEW MARKET
C Gill
REMOVALAL RESTORATION
SCHERER PROPERTY - BLACK BEAVER ROAD Sl1E
ASSOCIATES
• FINANCE
BLVD. STE B BOONE, NC 28607 PH. [phone]
MAY 26, 2017
-
TRANSYLVANTA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

EROSION CONTROL NOTES
FOOTER
BOULDER
SURFACE
BOULDER
WEIR CREST
WEIR CREST
PLAN VIEW
0
rn
WEIR CREST
THALWEG
MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS
1. Boulders: Use existing boulders found omits.
Footer and header rocks must be large enough
to achieve design height and resist movement
during peak flow events. To the extent
practicable, boulders should be rectangular and
uniform in shape and size with a minimum
Intermediate exta of 2 feet.
2. Coarse aggregate: Should be properly sized not
to be mobilized during peak flow events. Salvaged
alluvial material during trenching can be used,
3. Erosion Control Filter fabric: 10-12 oz.
non -woven geo-textlle specific to aggregate
separation.
4. Coir Matting (Natural Fiber):
0.75' X 0.75' openings
460 g/square meter welght
CROSS—SECTION
HEADER ROCKS
STEP POOL DETAIL
FOOTER ROCKS
COR MATTING
BASE FLOW
WATER ELEVATION
J 1 —111=11 1114
BANK OR BENCH
TIT
3'
12' EGO-STAKEn
(TTP.)
ELEVATION 24' ECG -STAKED
(TYP.)
• TRENCH TOP OF MATTING TO A
DEPTH OF AT LEAST 12', STAKE
OR STAPLE IN PLACE, &
BACKFILL TO DESIGN GLADE
• MINIMUM 24' EGO -STAKES .
INSTALLED ALONG TOE OF
MATTING (INTERCEPT BEIIREN
WATER SURFACE AND BANK)
• 0.75' X 0.75' OPENINGS
460 G/M WHGHT
24' EC0-STAKE®
(TIP.)
COIR MATTING DETAIL
NOT TO SCALE
12" EGO-STMV O
PLAN
MINIMUM 2' CENTERS ALONG BOTTOM
MINIMUM 1' OVERLAP AT JOINING
SECTIONS OF COIR MATTING
12' ECG-STAKES0 INSTALLED IN
BANK FLUSH WITH COIN MATTING
ABOVE BOTTOM ROW OF 24"
ECO-STAKES®
ECG-STAKES0 SPACED AT '
MAXIMUM 3' CENTERS (APPROX.)
BOTH DIRECTIONS
NORMAL WATER
SURFACE ELEVATION
SEC IDIC,S CIS �� NI
TOP OF SLOPE
ANGLE CUT END
NOTES
1. LIVE STAKES SHALL CON55r OF BLACK WILLOW, SILLY DOGWOOD, SILKY
WILLOW, AND NIN®ARK PLANTED AS SHOWN IN DETAIL
2. UVE STAKES SHALL BE INSTALLED IN BANK ON 3' CENTERS IN DISTURBED
AREAS OF CREEK BANK WITH DEAD -BLOW HAMMER. 4/5 OF STAKE SHALL
BE IN THE GROUND.
3. BUDS SHALL BE ORIENTED UPWARDS
4. CONTRACTOR SHALL CUT EXPOSED END OF LIVE STAKE AFTER INSTALLATION IF
DAMAGED DURING INSTALLATION.
5. LIVE STAKES SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO SEEDING REQUIREMENTS PER DETAILS
AND SPECIFICATIONS.
LIVE STAKE PLANTING DETAIL
INSTALL All EROSION CONTROL MEASURES AS REQUIRED BY THE NORTH CAROUNA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
OUAUT4, DIV150N OF LAND RESOURCES, LAND QUALM,* SECTION.
2 - PROCEED WITH GRADING NOTE N0 OFF SITE DISPOSAL OF MATERIAL IS ALLOWED
UNLESS THE DISPOSAL 511E HAS AN APPROVED EROSON CONTROL PLAN.
SEED AND PLACE EROSION CONTROL MATTING ON ALL CUT AND FILL SLOPES THAT ARE NOT ROOK IMMEDIATELY
UPON COMPLETION OF PROPOSED WORK.
4. - ',FED AND MIN CH
NATIVE SEEDING:
THE CORRECT SEEDBED pH 15 5.5 TO 6.5.
APPLY ZERO NITROGEN AT PLANTING.
INCORPORATE SOIL AMENDMENTS INTO TOPSOIL/ROOT ZONE
FIRM SEEDBED BEFORE SEEDING (TRAVEL WITH DOZER CLEATS).
SEEDING DEPTH FOR'ALL NATIVE SS.. EXCEPT E.GAMAGRASS (TRIPSACUM DACTYBIDES) NEED TO BE 1/4' - 1/2'.
GREATER DEPTHS CAUSE HIGH SEED MORTALITY.
SPECIALIZED SEEDING IMPLEMENTS ARE REQUIRED. SEED MIXES AND RATES TO MATCH SEEDER USED. A NO -TILL,
DROP SEEDER OR BROADCASTER WITH PRECISION METERING TO CONTROL SMALL SEED FLOW AND PICKER WHEEL
AGITATORS TO HANDLE FLUFFY SEED ARE REST SUITED FOR NATIVE SEED.
NATIVE PLANT SEEDING MIX FOR STREAM OR RIVERBANK STABILIZATION
RECOMMENDED SEED MIX FOR RIPARIAN IS ERNMX-304 AND 'WETLAND 15 ERNMX-305 OR APPROVED ALTERNATE
SUBMIT ALTERNATE TICKET TO ENGINEER FOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO USE ONSITE
RIPARIAN ZONE REQUIRES PLANTING OF RHODODENDRON, MOUNTAIN LAUREL, MAPLE, BIRCH, AND GREEN ASH.
WETLAND ZONE REWIRES LIVE STAKES AS SHOWN IN DETAIL
SEEDING FOR STREAM OR RIVERBANK STABIUZATION SHALL BE A MIXTURE OF NATIVE GRASSES, PLANTS AND
TREES NATIVE PLANT MIX SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING.
GRASSES - RIG BLBESTEM (ANDROPOGAN GERARDII), INDIAN GRASS (SORGASTRIJM NUTANS), UTILE BLUESIEM
(SCHIZACE♦YRIUM SCOPARIUM), SWITCHGRASS (PANICUM VIRGATUM). 15 LBS/ACRE EACH
AUGUST THRU MAY - GRENRYE (S0e41 c CEREALS) 25 Les ACRE EACH
MAY 1 THRU AUGUST - MILLET (PENNISEEUM GLLAUCUM) 25 LEIS/ACRE EACH
NOTE: NO FERTILIZER SHALL BE USED WITHIN 10' OF TOP OF STREAM DR RIVER BANK
NPDES PERMITS - NOTE -FOR PROJECTS REQUIRING NPDES PERMITS, THE
FOLLOWING STABILIZATION SCHEDULE SHALL APPLY:
507E AREA
STARI117ATI0N
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21461117445 N
TIMEFRAME FXI'FPITINS,
DESCRIPTION
PFRIMEERR DIKES, SWALES
DITCHES AND SLOPES
7 DAYS
NONE
HIGH OUAUTY WATER
(HQW) ZONE
7 GAYS
NONE
SLOPES STEEPER THAN 3c1
7 DAYS
IF SLOPES ARE 10' OR LESS 1N LENGTH AND ARE
NOT STEEPER THAN 20, 14 DAYS ARE ALLOWED
SLOPES 3:1 OR FLATTER
14 DAYS
7-0AY5 FOR SLOPES GREATER
THAN 50 FEET IN LENGTH
ALL OTHER AREAS N1111
SLOPES FLATTER THAN 4:1
14 DAYS
NONE (SWEPT FOR PERIMETERS
AND HOW ZONES)
5. - MAINTAIN SOIL EROSION CONTROL MEASURES UNTIL PERMANENT GROUND COVER IS ESTABUSHED.
6. - REMOVE SOL EROSION CONTROL MEASURES AND STABILIZE THESE AREAS
NO3. IF THE EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL MEASURES PROVE INEFFECTIVE, THE CONTRACTOR MUST TAKE ADDITIONAL
STEPS TO STOP SEDIMENT FROM LEAVING THE SITE EACH SEDIMENT STORAGE DEVICE MUST BE INSPECTED AFTER EACH STORM
EYEN6 MAINTAIN AND/OR CLEAN OUT WHEN ANY DEVICE REACHES 50% CAPACITY.
FIGURE 3
RESTORATION DETAILS
MAY 26, 2017
PROJECT #
13,00702
SCHERER PROPERTY - BLACK BEAVER ROAD SITE
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
McGill
ASSOCIATES
ENVIRONMENTAL • FINANCE
468 NEW MARKET BLVD. Sl'E B BOONE, NC 28607 PH. [phone]

EiWETLAND PLANTING ZONE
CHANNEL GRADING ZONE
RIPARIAN PLANTING ZONE
i
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(✓� o SMALL UNDERSTORY TREES
C) SHRUBS
TYPICAL PLANTING SCHEME
(NOT TO SCALE)
CHANNEL GRADING ZONE — SEED WITH NATIVE EROSION CONTROL MIX AND ❑VERSEED WITH RIPARIAN MIX.
PLANT LIVE STAKES ACCORDING TO DETAIL, AREA TO BE COVERED WITH C❑IR
MATTING 460 G/M OR APPROVED EQUAL
WETLAND GRADING ZONE — SEED WITH NATIVE EROSION CONTROL MIX AND ❑VERSEED WITH WETLAND MIX,
PLANT WITH TREES 10' CENTER TO CENTER AND SHRUBS 6' CENTER TO CENTER,
STRAW MULCH
RIPARIAN GRADING ZONE — SEED WITH NATIVE EROSION CONTROL MIX AND ❑VERSEED WITH RIPARIAN MIX.
STRAW MULCH. PLANT TREES 10' CENTER TO CENTER AND SHRUBS 6' CENTER TO
CENTER,
PLANTING NOTES
1. ALL AREAS WHERE TOPSOIL IS DISTURBED SHALL BE DISKED OR HARROWED
TO ENSURE AERATION AND TO INCREASE THE SURFACE ROUGHNESS PRIOR TO
PLANTING.
2. ONCE CHANNEL BANKS AND OVER BANKS HAVE BEEN GRADED TO FINAL
GRADE, CONTRACTOR SHALL ESTABLISH A SUITABLE PLANTING MEDIUM OF
TOPSOIL APPROXIMATELY 6 — 8 INCHES IN DEPTH.
3. CONTRACTOR SHALL COVER DISTURBED STREAM STABILIZATION AREAS WITH
COIR MATTING AND DISTURBED BUFFER AREAS WITH FUILLY BIODEGRADABLE
MATTING ACCORDING TO RESTORATION DETAILS SHEET WITHIN 24— HOURS OF
DISTURBANCE.
4. CHANNEL EROSION CONTROL BLANKETS SHALL BE LAID TRUE TO GRADE AND
SHALL MAKE A SMOOTH INTERFACE WITH 7HE SURROUNDING GRADE. ANY
PORTION OF BLANKET WHICH HAS ITS GRADE OR SURFACE DISTURBED AFTER
PLACEMENT SHALL BE REPAIRED. ANY PORTION THEREOF ALREADY IN PLACE
WHICH IS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE OR DAMAGED SHALL BE REPAIRED OR
REPLACED, AS DIRECTED BY NE ENGINEER, WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST TO
THE OWNER.
5. ALL PLANTS SHALL BE AS CALLED FOR AND SHOWN ON THE DRAWINGS THIS
SHEET.
6. ALL PLANTS DELIVERED SHALL BE TRUE TO NAME AND EACH PLANT, OR
GROUP OF THE SAME SPECIES, VARIETY, AND SIZE OF PLANT, SHALL BE
LEGIBLY TAGGED WITH THE NAME AND SIZE OF PLANT.
7, ALL. PLANTS SHALL BE FIRST—CLASS REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR SPECIES.
STAKES SHALL BE REASONABLY STRAIGHT.
8. ALL PLANTS SHALL BE FREE FROM DISEASE AND INSECT PESTS AND ALL
SHIPMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL NURSERY INSPECTION AND PLANT
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS OF THE STATES OF ORIGIN AND DESTINATION.
9. ALL PLANTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO INSPECTION AT ANY TIME BY THE
• REPRESENTATIVE ENGINEER.
10. LIVE STAKES SHALL CONSIST OF FRESHLY CUT LIVE PLANTS OF SELECT
STOCK WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY PROPER CULTURAL TREATMENT.
STAKES AND CUTTINGS SHALL BE 9" TO 7¢" IN DIAMETER AND BETWEEN 12 —
18 INCHES LONG. REFER TO LIVE STAKE DETAIL PROVIDED ON RESTORATION
DETAILS SHEET.
11. CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS SHALL BE HEALTHY, VIGOROUS, WELL —ROOTED,
AND SHALL HAVE BECOME ESTABLISHED IN THE CONTAINER IN WHICH THEY
ARE DELIVERED. THESE PLANTS SHALL HAVE BEEN IN THE ESTABLISHED
CONTAINER LONG ENOUGH FOR THE FIBROUS ROOTS TO HAVE DEVELOPED SO
THAT THE ROOT MASS WILL RETAIN ITS SHAPE AND HOLD TOGETHER WHEN
REMOVED FROM THE CONTAINER. THE CONTAINER SHALL BE A 1 GALLON
CONTAINER OR LARGER, SUFFICIENTLY RIGID TO FIRMLY HOLD THE SOIL
PROTECTING THE ROOT DURING TRANSPORTING, HANDLING, AND PLANTING,
AND THE SOIL SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BECOME FROZEN.
12. BARE ROOT PLANTS, IF USED, SHALL HAVE A HEAVY FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM
WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY PROPER CULTURAL TREATMENT. THEY
SHALL BE DUG, PACKAGED, TRANSPORTED, AND HANDLED IN A MANNER THAT
WILL PREVENT INJURY TO OR DRYING OUT OF THE TRUNKS, BRANCHES, OR
ROOTS, OR FREEZING OF THE ROOTS.
13. NDl CHANGE IN SPECIFIED PLANTS (SPECIES, VARIETY, SIZE, CAUPER,
ETC.)WILL BE MADE WITHOUT APPROVAL FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE
ENGINEER. ALL REQUEST BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR SUBSTITUTIONS SHALL
BE PRESENTED IN WRITING AND SHALL INCLUDE A LISTING OF SOURCES WHICH
HAVE BEEN CONTACTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE SPECIFIED PLANT
MATERIAL. REQUESTS FOR SUBSTITUTIONS SHALL INCLUDE BOTANICAL NAME,
COMMON NAME, SIZE, CALIPER, AND FURNISH DESCRIPTION AND PROPOSED
sus-1-rum.
14. REMOVAL OR CONTROL OF SOD FORMING GRASSES SUCH AS FESCUE AND
KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS, INVASIVE, EXOTIC PLANTS THAT WILL HINDER AND
COMPETE WITH PLANTINGS FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND NUTRIENTS NUISANCE BE
PERFORMED FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE
ADEQUATE SURVIVAL OF SPECIFIED PLANT SPECIES.
15. CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE INITIAL WATERING ON THE DAY OF PLANTING.
CONTRACTOR IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SURVIVABILITY OF PLANTS FOR 1
YEAR FROM DATE OF PLANTING. ENGINEER RECOMMENDS PLANTS BE
WATERED AT THE MINIMUM RATE OF 1" PER 7 CALENDAR DAYS (INCLUDING
RAINFALL)FOR A PERIOD OF 90 DAYS.
SEEDING
1. APPLY TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEEDING TO SEEDBED AFTER
PREPARATION IS COMPLETE. REFER TO RESTORATION DETAILS SHEET FOR
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT SEEDING SPECIFICATIONS.
2. BROADCAST SEED INTO FRESHLY LOOSENED SEEDBED THAT HAS NOT BEEN
SETTLED BY RAINFALL
3. APPLY NATIVE PLANT SEEDING MIX TO AREAS MARKED BY DESIGN ENGINEER.
REFER TO RESTORATION DETAILS SHEET FOR NATIVE PLANT SEEDING MIX FOR
STREAM STABILIZATION FOR SEEDING SPECIFICATIONS.
4. COVER STREAM STABILIZATION AREAS WITH COIR MATTING ACCORDING TO
RESTORATION DETAILS SHEET WITHIN 24—HOURS OF SEEDING.
TREES AND SHRUBS
1. TREE SELECTION TO INCLUDE THE SPECIMENS LISTED BELOW.
2. CONTRACTOR SHALL COORDINATE PLANTING WITH REPRESENTATIVE ENGINEER.
REFER TO TYPICAL PLANTING SCHEME FOR GUIDANCE.
3. TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED AT A DENSITY SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE 320
TREES PER ACRE AT MATURITY.
4. SHRUBS SHOULD BE PLANTED AT A DENSITY SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE 1200
SHRUBS PER ACRE.
5. IN 7HE EVENT EXTRA PLANTS ARE NEEDED CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPLEMENT
UTILIZING THE PROVIDED LIST OF SPECIES BELOW.
6. CHOOSE 10-12 SPECIES OF NATIVE TREES AND/OR SHRUBS FROM THE LIST
BELOW. TYPICALLY THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR
UNDERSTORY TREES FOR EVERY CANOPY TREE TO PROVIDE STRUCTURAL
DIVERSITY TO THE MATURE FORESTS.
7. SHRUBS SHOULD BE PLANTED MORE DENSELY AT OUTER EDGE OF RIPARIAN
BUFFER TO REDUCE LIGHT PENETRATION AND RE —COLONIZATION BY INVASIVE
EXOTIC SPECIES.
8. LIVE STAKES SHALL BE PLANTED ON A 6'x6' TRIANGULAR SPACING ON ALL
AREAS WHERE COIR MATTING INSTALLED
MEDIUM/LARGE TREES
COMMON NAME
RED MAPLE
RIVER BIRCH
GREEN ASH
POPLAR
SCIENTIFIC NAMF
Acer rubrum
Betula nigro
Fraxinus pennsylvanlca
Lyrata tulipifera
SMALL UNDERSTORY TREES
COMMON NAME
EASTERN REDBUD
FLOWERING DOGWOOD
SERVICEBERRY
RED CHOKEBERRY
SHRUBS
COMMON NAME
RHODODENDRON
MOUNTAIN LAUREL
DOG HOBBLE
SPICE BUSH
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Carcis canadensls
Comus florid❑
Amelanchier arborea
Aronia arbutifolia
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Rhodendron maxima
Kalmia latifolia
Leucothoe axiliaris
Linder❑ benzoin
FIGURE 4
PLANTING PLAN
MAY 26, 2017
PROJECT #
13.00702
SCHERER PROPERTY - BLACK BEAVER ROAD SITE
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
McGill
A S S O C I A T E S
ENVIRONMENTAL • FINANCE
468 NEW MARKET BLVD. STE B BOONE, NC 28607 PH. [phone]