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DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

RALEIGH REGIONAL OFFICE

March 16, 1994

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TO: John Dorney- Superyisor: Wetlands Technical Review Group

THROUGH: Kenneth SChuster~p.E. - Regional Supervisor

Czr;imothY Donnelly, P.E. Regional Water Quality
Supervisor

FROM: ~Karl Shaffer - Soil Scientist - RRO

SUBJECT: 401 Water Quality Certification
Goodmark Foods, Inc.
Jones Sausage Road
Wake County

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As a result of much coercion and sense of urgency, I performed
a preliminary investigation for the above named project. On March
15, 1994 I met with Larry Jones of Goodmark Foods and Ron Johnson,
wetlands consultant of Rust Environmental, Inc. The company
proposes to expand it's plant, with resulting wetlands impacts. A
formal application will be forthcoming to your office. Upon your
receipt, please refer to this staff report; and please contact me
so that I may verify that the final application is consistent with
the proposal that was explained to me in the field.
Impacts will be to two wetlands areas and total about 0.7
acres. One wetland is an existing pond and it's adjacent
headwaters. A rating sheet is enclosed for it (rating 35). This
area offers significant uses. As it will not be feasible to do the
construction without impacts to this pond and it's surroundings, a
pond of similar storage volume should be constructed in the same
watershed downstream. Additionally, wetlands existing currently
below the existing pond are not to be impacted. The new stormwater
structure will be below these wetlands in the watershed. A second
wetland area on the south side of the property is minor, has high
gradient, has vegetation as a result of past disturbance, and is of
little value. There are no problems associated with the taking of
this area. Overall, a certification can be issued with the two
conditions of: 1)no impacts to wetlands currently below existing
pond, and 2) recreation of a stormwater control structure below the
existing one, with similar storage capacity.

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Other items:

wetland type-farm pond and associated headwaters

stream- Big Branch in Neuse Basin; class C NSW, stream no. 27-34-11
basin no. 03 04 02

wetlands requested- 0.7 acres

rating sheet score- 35 attached?-yes

hydro connection? - yes
mitigation? yes, recreation of pond at approx. 0.5 acres

water impacted by fill? yes (existing pond)

county: Wake

permit type: NW26

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o Shoreline
o Stream channel
o Salt marsh
o Brackish marsh
o Freshwater marsh
o Bog/Fen
o Vernal pool

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Water storage 0 ·

Bank/Shoreline stabilization 2- :

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Economic value 0 0 ·

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Wetland type (select one)
o Swamp forest
o Bottomland hardwood forest
o Carolina bay
o Pocosin
o Pine savannah
o Wet flat
o Perched

Sensitive watershed
Dispersal corridor

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Special e(;ologi~al attributes
Wildlife habitat
Aquatic life value

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