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Department of Environment,
Health and Natural Resources
Division of Environmental Management
James 8. Hunt, Jr., Governor
Jonathan 8. Howes, Secretary "
A. Preston Howard,'Jr., P.E., Director
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Mt Mark Tippett
Land Management Group, Inc.
Post Office Box 2522
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Dear Mr. Tippett:
Subject:
Conceptual Mitigation Plan for Lowe's Distribution Center
, DEM Project # 94599
Iredell County
The subject document dated May 25, 1995 has bee~ 'reviewed. The proposed
mitigation site appears to be acceptable and the conceptual'plan as submitted is satisfactory.
However, there is insufficient information todeteri:riine if the proposal will eventually be
, 'acceptable. The following information must be submitted prior to final approval of this
proposal.. ' ,
o Characterization of wetlands lost due to construction of project, i.e. describe the functions
and values being lost.
o Goals and objectives: describe the wetland.functions and values that will be replaced by
this project.
o Reference site: a complete description of this site including location, vegetative survey,
soils and existing hydrology.
o Water Budget for mitigation site: describe the sources of water, how the water will leave
the site (e.g. infiltration, ET, surface flow, etc.), ,predicted frequency of soil saturation
and/or inundation.
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o Describe how the stream will be diverted onto the mitigation site and ,the details
concerning inducing sheet flow, diversion of high flows and how site will be protected
from scouring. .
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o Vegetation: the hydrological regime of the mitigation site must be predicted before'
selection the appropriate vegetation. ,; Shrub species may also be desirable if present' in
reference site. Market availability should not be the primary fact~r in determining the
species to plant. '
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o Monitoring: describe the size, number and location of all permanent plots, the frequency
of monitoring and the parameters that will be monitored.
o Success criteria: . these criteria should reflect the analysis of the reference site and ,the
goals and objectives of the project. In addition these criteria must be measurable and
attainable.
o Remedial actions: describe how invasive species will be controlled and the criteria that
will be used in determining the need to replant, modify hydrology, etc.
o Final disposition of site: describe how the site will be protected and managed.
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The information as outlined above is essential before an evaluation of this proposal
can be completed. If you have any questions concerning these comments please contact Mr.
Ron Ferrell at 919-733-0026.
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cc: Wilmington District Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
Mooresville DEM Regional Office
Mr. John Dorney
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APPROVAL of 401 Water Quality Certification and ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
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Mr. Mitch Franklin
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P.O. Box 1111
North Wilkesboro. N.C. 28656
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You have our approval to place fill material in 4.70 acres of wetlands or waters for the purpose
of construction of a regional distribution center for Lowe's 'company at SR 1919 near 1-77, as you
described in your application dated 8 February 1995. After reviewing your apblication, we have I'
decided that this fill is covered by General Water Quality Certification Number 2671. This certifi6ation
allows you to use Nationwide Pennit Number 26 y.'h~n it is is~ued by the COfps of Engineers.
This approval is only valid for the purpose and design that you described in your application. If
you change your project, you must notify us and you may be required to send us a new application.
For this approval to be valid, you must follow the conditions listed in the attached Certification. [
Additional DEM approval is needed for 1) the stonnwater plan and 2) the wetland mitigation plan.
Final plans must be submitted to DEM before construction begins. Mitigatioll; can be done on adjacent
property or (preferably) on a nearby site. In addition, you should get any other federal, state or local
penn its before you go ahead with your project. ': I
If you do not accept any of the conditions of this certification, you may ask for an adjudicatory
hearing. You must act within 30 days of the date that you receive this letter. To ask for a hearing,
send a written petition which confonns to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General StatUtes to, the
Office of Administrative Hearings, P.O. Box 27447, Raleigh, N.C. 27611-7447. This certification and
its conditions are fmal and binding unless you ask for a hearing. I
This letter completes the review of the Division of Environmental Management under Section 401
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of the Clean Water Act. If you have any questions, please telephone John Dorney at 919-733-1786.
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Corps of Engineers Asheville Field Office
Mooresville DEM Regional Office
Mr. JOM Dorney
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Mark Tippett; Land Management Group
Lislott Harberts
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CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION PLAN
FOR
LOWE'S DISTRIBUTION CENTER
IREDELL COUNTY, STA TESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Submitted to:
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
North Wllkesbore, North Carolina
Land Management Group, Inc,
Wilmington, North Carolina
May 25, 1995
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES .............................................. iii
1.0 INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1
2.0 BACKGROUND ............................................ 2
3.0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...................................... 4
4.0 MITIGATION .............................................. 5
4.1 Existing Conditions ..................................... 5
4.2 Proposed Mitigation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6
4.3 Restoration of Hydrology ................................. 6
4.4 Restoration of Vegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7
4.5 Monitoring .......................................... 8
5.0 CONTINGENCY PLAN ...................................... 9
6.0 SUMMARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10
Conceptual Mitigation Plan - Lowe's Distribution Center
LIST OF FIGURES
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1 Site Location Map
2 Soil Map
3 Historical Photograph of Proposed Wetland Mitigation-1966
4 Historical Photograph of Proposed Wetland Mitigation-1977
5 Proposed Wetland Mitigation
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Conceptual Mitigation Plan - Lowe's Distribution Center
May 26, 1995
1,0 INTRODUCTION
This conceptual mitigation plan has been developed to compensate for unavoidable
impacts to approximately 4.68 acres of jurisdictional waterslwetlands from the proposed
construction of an Regional Distribution Center by the Lowe's Companies, Incorporated
in northern Iredell County, North Carolina. The proposed mitigation site is
approximately six acres and is located approximately 1.7 miles southeast of the
proposed Distribution Center site on the South Yadkin River (Figure 1).
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2.0 BACKGROUND
Lowe's Companies is proposing to construct a Regional Distribution Center in northern
Iredell County, North Carolina which will serve 125 stores throughout five states. The
facility will be approximately 950,000 square feet in size with an additional 570,000
square feet of future expansion. The Distribution Center will employ approximately 300
people.
On February 7, 1995, a conceptual mitigation plan was submitted to Mr. Steve Chapin
of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers(USACE) and Mr. John Dorney of the North
Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources(NCDEHNR). This
conceptual mitigation plan proposed to create approximately six acres of bottomland
hardwood wetlands within an upland riparian corridor. This proposed mitigation site
was located adjacent to the eastern boundary of the Distribution site and is part of a
10B-acre tract of land. To ensure that Lowe's Companies would have a suitable
mitigation site, Lowe's Companies secured the 10B-acre tract, which contained the six
acre mitigation property. The forementioned federal and state regulatory agencies
agreed that the proposed conceptual mitigation plan (submitted February 7, 1995)
outlining avoidance, minimization, and compensatory mitigation was in accordance with
the conditions of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and the USACE (February 7, 1990) and the
Clean Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines (40 CFR 230) for the sequenced
approach to mitigation. However, the USACE and NCDEHNR suggested that due to
the complexity of creating wetlands on the proposed mitigation site, Lowe's Companies
could seek a more favorable mitigation site within a five mile radius of the Distribution
Center site.
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Upon this suggestion, Lowe's Companies secured a six acre agricultural field located
on the South Yadkin River. This six acre site is located approximately 1.7 miles
southeast of the Distribution Center.
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3,0 IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Jurisdictional waters of the U.S., including wetlands, which would be impacted due to
the construction of the Distribution Center total approximately 4.68 acres. These 4.68
acres are comprised of approximately 1.53 acres of bed and bank first and second
order stream systems and approximately 3.15 acres of wetlands. The wetlands occur
in the central portion of the site. According to the Iredell County Soil Survey (USDA
1964), the soils are mapped as Worsham soils, which are hydric according to the Iredell
County Hydric Soil List.
Based on field data points taken in mid-December, 1994, the vegetation within the
adjacent wetlands consists of tag alder (Alnus serrulata), black willow (Salix nigra) and
red maple (Acer rubrum) in the overstory; tag alder and red maple in the shrub/sapling
layer; sedges (Carex spp.), blackberry (Rubus sp.), and elderberry (Sambucus
canadensis) in the herb layer.
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4,0 MITIGATION
To compensate for the unavoidable loss of the 4.68 acres of jurisdictional
waters/wetlands and the associated functions and values, this conceptual wetland
mitigation plan has been developed to restore wetlands on a nearby site within the
specified five mile radius of the Distribution site (Figure 1).
In addition to restoring six acres of forested wetlands, Lowe's Companies is also
donating the 108-acre tract of mature hardwoods, that was originally secured for
wetland mitigation, to the Allison's Woods Foundation over the next three years (Figure
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4,1 Existing Conditions
The Iredell County Soil Survey indicates that Chewacla soils are present on the
proposed mitigation site (Figure 2). Based on several hand-auger borings, a fine
textured, silt loam (7.~_~B_4/4) was discovered in the upper 18-24 inches of the soil
profile with a fine silty clay loam (7.5 YR 6/8) with many, distinct mottles (10 YR 4/1)
below. Additionally, free water was encountered at depths ranging from ground surface
within depressional areas to 16 to 18 inches below the soil surface within areas located
in higher landscape positions.
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Presently, the mitigation site is being farmed in row crops (corn). The site has been
in agricultural practices since the mid 1960's. Figures 3 and 4 are historical
photographs showing past agricultural land use.
Two drainage ditches (approximately six to eight feet wide and four to six feet deep)
enter the western portion of the site and flow into a small tributary (approximately three
to four feet wide and four to six feet deep), which flows north into the South Yadkin
River (Figure 1). The tributary which flows north into the South Yadkin River is located
just inside the tree line on the southeastern portion of the site.
4.2 Proposed Mitigation
The six acres of forested wetland will provide increased diversity with respect to
vegetative composition and wildlife. Similarly, because of their location on the South
Yadkin River floodplain, the reforested areas will aid in decreasing extreme flood energy
by attenuating a portion of the flood flow of the South Yadkin River system.
4,3 Restoration of Hydrology
The success of the mitigation plan is dependent on the establishment of the appropriate
hydrology. To restore hydrology within the proposed mitigation area, the tributary
located within the tree line of southeastern portion of the site will be diverted into the
mitigation site and allowed to sheet flow across the site. To retain the hydrology, a
earthen berm will be constructed on the western boundary of the property (Figure 5).
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The berm coupled with the plugging of the two ditches that flow through the site s_~ould
create an adequate wetland hydrologic regime. The diverted stream will be engineered
to transmit the normal base flow of the tributary into the mitigation site, while high storm
flow events will be transmitted through the abandoned stream channel. This will aid in
decreasing the probability of excessive scouring of the mitigation site. In addition, the
elevated knobs within the mitigation site will be graded down to a similar elevation of
the lower depressional areas within the mitigation site. This should allow for a more
uniform distribution of the water from the diverted stream within the mitigation site.
As part of an agreement with the adjacent landowner, two ditches, one on the western
side of the earthen berm and one on the northern boundary of the mitigation site will
be constructed to assist and ensure that the adjacent agricultural practices are not
affected by the hydrologic modifications within the mitigation site (Figure 5).
4.4 Restoration of Vegetation
Bottomland hardwood tree species will be planted to restore hydrophytic vegetation
commonly found in the overstory of similar wetland systems. Planting will occur in the
winter season (January, February - 1996).
The vegetation restoration within the proposed mitigation site will consist of planting
facultative or more hydrophytic tree species, based on market availability.
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Common Name
Scientific Name
Wetland I ndicator Status
Water Oak
Swamp Chestnut Oak
Red Maple
Green Ash
Sweet Gum
Quercus nigra
Quercus michauxii
Acer rubrum
Fraxinus pennsylvanica
Liquidambar styraciflua
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The trees will be planted on 10-foot centers to give a frequency of 440 trees per acre.
To increase survival rates, tree shelters will be installed on all the planted trees. Tree
shelters are translucent, plastic tubes which protect the seedlings from browsing wildlife
and which help retain heat and moisture to create a miniature greenhouse affect
4,5 Monitoring
A five year monitoring program will be established to evaluate the success of the
mitigation effort. As requested by the USACE, biannual monitoring reports (early spring
and fall) will be submitted to the USACE for the first three years of monitoring and
annually for the remaining two years. The monitoring reports will include continuous
static water table data (twice/day readings) throughout the year, quantitative and
qualitative evaluation of vegetation composition within permanent plots, and
photographs from permanent photograph stations.
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5,0 CONTINGENCY PLAN
If the mitigation effort is determined to be successful, monitoring will be terminated at
the end of the first five years. If the mitigation is determined partially successful or
unsuccessful, appropriate adjustments to the mitigation scenario will be undertaken.
Given the fact that a reliable source of hydrology is available for the proposed mitigation
site, minor adjustments within the diverted tributary can be made to achieve adequate
hydrologic regime. A reference wetland system adjacent to the mitigation site will be
used as a control for establishing a satisfactory hydrologic regime within the mitigation
site. The minimum success rate for planted tree seedlings will be a 70 percent
survivability for five years and will be inclusive of desirable bottomland hardwood
species that may naturally seed in. Contingency plans for partially successful or
unsuccessful mitigation may include hydrologic manipulation or revegetation.
The restored wetlands will be protected by resource deed restrictions incorporated into
the protective covenants of the project. The specific language of the restrictive deed
has not been specified at this time; however, it is anticipated that it would include
restrictions on development or conversion of the restored wetlands.
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6,0 SUMMARY
The proposed conceptual mitigation plan for the Lowe's Regional Distribution Center
represents wetland mitigation that is expected to eventually contribute high quality
wetland functions and values to the South Yadkin River system. The benefits include:
· Restoration of agricultural land to bottomland hardwood wetlands areas
· Increased biodiversity with respect to vegetation and wildlife
· Decreased flood flow of the South Yadkin River system
· Increased wildlife value due to planted hardmast tree species
This mitigation effort will provide the above functions and values which will compensate
for the 4.68 acres of wetland/waters impact due to the Distribution Center construction.
The mitigation provides a 2: 1 compensation for wetland impacts as well as the donation
of 108-acres of mature hardwood forest to the Allison's Woods Foundation. Given the
nature and landscape position of the proposed mitigation site, we believe that this
restoration effort will be a viable and successful opportunity to mitigate for wetland
impacts in a nearby wetland system.
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