LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LEDC)
POINT INTERMODAL FACILITY
OEPA NO. 113816/USACE 2009-836-OHR
DRAFT CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION/MONITORING CHECKLIST - BASED ON OEPA CHECKLIST
ON-SITE CHANNEL MITIGATION SUMMARY - DRAFT 10/4/11
Introduction:
The LEDC has a 500+ acre ownership holding of lands between County Road 1 and US52 in
South Point, OH. Approximately 9500 LF of Solida Creek is present on the property. The Point
Intermodal Facility development plans that have been developed in coordination with ODOT and
which are under construction by J&H Erectors will involve impacts to wetlands and waters of the
US, Wetland impacts to wetland 7 are being debited to the ODOT State Meigs County
Fairgrounds Mitigation Site. After review of soil types and areas to be reviewed on site, no
suitable wetland mitigation areas were found that could be both protected from development
and provide appropriate hydric soils. We coordinated with ODOT to find an off site mitigation
area of higher quality that will be protected. ODOT has available land and agreed to set aside
0.12 acres at the Meigs Mitigation Site contingent upon the approval of this mitigation plan.
Impacts to 450 LF of open water ditch must be mitigated. Provided here is the mitigation
proposal for the impacts.
The following is a summary of resource mapping reviewed or provided for this project as based
on the environmental conditions of the impacted construction areas and the cumulative areas of
the site.
Resource
Mapping
(Reference)
Local/State Road
Mapping
Reference
Details
On-line internet
based and LEDC
development plan
Areas of
Permitted
Construction
Site
Approx. 5+ Ac site
located central
between County
Rd 1 and US 52
at proposed
intermodal facility.
USGS Mapping
Catlettsburg Quad
No blue-line
USGS hydrology
Location Info.
Latitude
Longitude
On-line NWI
mapping and
ODOT field
delineation
On-line USDA
Web-Soil Survey
38.430174
-82.591553
7 wetlands and
ditch
USFWS-Wetland
Mapping
USDA-NRCS Soil
Mapping
FEMA Floodplains
Community Panel:
39087C0354D
Mainly WeA soils.
Somewhat poorly
drained hydric
soils.
No floodplains.
Area of Cumulative
LEDC Site
Approx. 500+ Ac site
bordered by ST 1 to
West, US 52 to East,
property line to the north
of Solida Creek, and the
limits of South Point to
the south.
Solida Creek is only
waterway/hydrology
shown
38.443018\38.434781
-82.589631\-82.582288
9 wetlands and Solida
Creek
Includes pits, EkB,
EmB, No. These are
very limited hydric soils
within depressions.
Zone AE floodplains at
848 as related to Ohio
River flooding. Other
areas Zone X.
Plan Views and Drawings - Available, previously provided or attached here.
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LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LEDC)
POINT INTERMODAL FACILITY
OEPA NO. 113816/USACE 2009-836-OHR
DRAFT CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION/MONITORING CHECKLIST - BASED ON OEPA CHECKLIST
ON-SITE CHANNEL MITIGATION SUMMARY - DRAFT 10/4/11
□ Conceptual Overview Map - See Project Overview/Topo overlay in Attachment A
□ Road map and USGS map - USGS provided as Attachment B
□ NWI map - Attachment C
□ NRCS County Soil map (incl. hydric, non, non-hydric w/ incl) - See Above and Attachment D
□ Recent aerial photography map with boundary of mitigation property - See Attachment A
□ Map showing both location of mitigation site and impact site - See Attachment A
□ Map of the proposed mitigation site showing the location of existing aquatic
resources, vegetation communities, boundary of preservation property, and areas
presently dominated by invasive species - See Attachment A and ODOT Categorical
Exclusion Mapping
□ Plan views showing expected approximate limits of cut and fill areas, limits of
vegetation removal, ditch plug areas, tile cutoff areas, berm locations, etc. - See Conceptual
Mitigation Plan Details and Cross-sections in balance of Attachment A
□ Conceptual plan view of boundaries showing existing aquatic resources, and limits
of proposed enhanced, restored, created, and preserved aquatic resources,
existing and proposed vegetation types, proposed planting areas, and proposed
habitat features. See Conceptual Mitigation Plan Details and Cross-sections in balance of
Attachment A and ODOT Categorical Exclusion Mapping
□ Conceptual cross section of mitigation and buffer areas showing existing land
surface, proposed land surface, expected maximum and normal water depths,
natural channel design measurements. - Pending and subject to Conceptual Wetland
Mitigation Plan Details and Cross-section reviews of Permitting Authorities.
□ For streams, also provide conceptual longitudinal profile of existing and proposed
land surface - Note: Longitudinal Profile of Passive and Mitigation Area specific
Restoration Areas will remain unchanged for proposed mitigation on Solida Creek.
Information and Discussions:
The objective of this mitigation is to provide mitigation for 450 LF of low-quality constructed
ditch. The ditch was apparently constructed through upland soils and is now classified as a
navigable stream/waterway. Placement of 450 LF of 60” corrugated metal culvert pipe into
such channel will require mitigation. Permitting authorities have commented that local
mitigation or selection of and placement of riparian improvements on Solida Creek would be
potentially suitable mitigation. The balance of this mitigation proposal is based on the
restoration or enhancements to Solida Creek on the Owner’s lands.
Objective of Ohio Law governing water quality protection is being met by the improvement of
an existing water resource following impacts to the impacted waterway (ditch). The impacted
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LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LEDC)
POINT INTERMODAL FACILITY
OEPA NO. 113816/USACE 2009-836-OHR
DRAFT CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION/MONITORING CHECKLIST - BASED ON OEPA CHECKLIST
ON-SITE CHANNEL MITIGATION SUMMARY - DRAFT 10/4/11
site was evaluated and scored very low on QHEI project reporting. Functions lost at the
impact site will be replaced with improvements on the local reaches of Solida Creek.
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Functions lost: Minor aquatic habitat for open water areas and minor shore-land buffer
capacity at the rail-industrial yard.
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Functions replaced: aesthetic improvements (debris removal), enhancement of riparian
oxbows and meandered stream habitat, vegetational diversity, native forb, shrub and
tree plantings with increase in stabilization of channel.
Cumulative Solida Creek Areas: The following refers to the various restoration or mitigation
options for an approximate 5400 LF length of Solida Creek. Area includes the Solida Creek
area from the intersectional or entrance of Solida Creek on the northwest corner of the
property at County Road 1 to the area on the east side of the LEDC site where Solida Creek
meanders east and then west again under US52.
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Passive Mitigation: Remove debris and trash from Solida Creek from Station along
approximate 5400 LF length noted above (NW portion of LEDC site to 375’ south of
ODOT Solida Creek culverts at US52.
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Restoration based Mitigation Area 1: Remove debris, grade, and stabilize outer bend of
Solida Creek at Mitigation Area No. 1(300 LF) - southward flowing-westward bend of
Solida Creek. Typical detail provided. Proposed riparian cross-sections improvements to
include use of nature restoration mix, shrub bioengineering replacements, and
high-quality bottomland tree placements.
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Restoration based Mitigation Area 2: West bank channel enhancements with riparian
mast tree, shrub, and pollination-friendly species planting for upstream areas of ODOT
culverts at east side of the LEDC site where Solida Creek meanders west of US52 for
the final time on the site (375 LF).
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Project length - Where suitable conditions and substrates exist: provide toe of slope or
coir roll bank stabilization with native plug installations.
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Long-term protection of Solida Creek and mitigation areas will be provided by
conservation easement or other deed restriction for areas of Solida Creek at Mitigation
Area 1 and 2.
Both impacted and mitigation site is located on Lawrence Economic Development
Corporation Lands (LEDC) Lands in Lawrence County, Ohio, Perry and Fayette Townships,
City of South Point, Ohio. HUC Code area 05090103.
ODOT and client-provided wetland mapping shows 7-9 wetlands on the project site plus
about 9300 LF of Solida Creek evident within wooded and open meanders on the LEDC
site. Approximately one-quarter to one-third of Solida Creek is in broader floodplain areas.
Floodplain elevation is 848 as based on Ohio River flooding. Existing aquatic resources of
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LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LEDC)
POINT INTERMODAL FACILITY
OEPA NO. 113816/USACE 2009-836-OHR
DRAFT CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION/MONITORING CHECKLIST - BASED ON OEPA CHECKLIST
ON-SITE CHANNEL MITIGATION SUMMARY - DRAFT 10/4/11
Solida Creek and the impacted ditch are shown in photos in the QHEI/HHEI portion of the
application.
ORAM, HHEI, and QHEI evaluations were completed for the impacted wetland, Solida
Creek and the impacted stream channel are noted below.
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HHEI for Solida Creek = Scored as 62 for moderately stable, partially meandered fair to
good quality stream in commercial/redevelopment setting.
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QHEI for Ditch Impacted = Scored 50 as based on disturbed, linear, intermittent ditch.
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ORAM for Wetland 7 = Scored 11. Documents low-quality Category 1 emergent wetland
The above listed HHEI, QHEI, and ORAM summary for the ditch impacts for this J&H
Erectors/LEDC project area are as based on September 22, 2011 field evaluation by Strand
staff.
Additional ODOT results of their project specific ODOT waters and wetlands evaluations are
provided in the ODOT categorical exclusion of July 27, 2009. Their data for the 7-9 wetlands
indicated the following: limited, poor to moderate quality wetlands on industrial site.
Project contacts for this report
Owner: Lawrenceburg Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), Bill Dingus, Director
Contractor: J&H Erectors Attention: Mark Rolling
Design Engineer: Strand Associates, Inc.® Attention: Kris Ruggles
Mitigation Site Owner: LEDC as Owner of Solida Creek environs.
The 500+ acre site dedicated to the redevelopment of railcar, river barge, and intermodal
transportation. The entire 500 acre site was determined to be redevelopment ready by
LEDC and the USEPA on October 26, 2004.
The water budget and hydraulics of Solida Creek will not be altered. Spot enhancements,
improvements, stream habitat, and bank stabilizations will be conducted based on hydraulic
design criteria.
There are areas of Solida Creek devoid of topsoil; where possible, stockpiled topsoil will be
used from idle parts of the LEDC site to amend necessary areas. Otherwise, existing
subsoils will be managed or planted to enhance recolonization by shrub and herbaceous
species. Where possible, native plugs will be planted along suitable toe of slopes.
Summary of Conceptual Mitigation Plan Ideas.
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Length of Solida Creek - Approximately 5400 feet of channel will be reviewed, assessed
and cleared of debris/trash.
LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LEDC)
POINT INTERMODAL FACILITY
OEPA NO. 113816/USACE 2009-836-OHR
DRAFT CONCEPTUAL MITIGATION/MONITORING CHECKLIST - BASED ON OEPA CHECKLIST
ON-SITE CHANNEL MITIGATION SUMMARY - DRAFT 10/4/11
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Mitigation Area 1 - Approximately 300 LF of 10-20 feet of bank and 50’ buffer area ) will
be stabilized and restored with the selected native restoration mix components.
Mitigation Area 2 - Approximately 350 LF of variable width bank and idle adjacent lands)
will be planted to riparian seed mix, shrub cuttings, and mast trees.
Approximately 650 LF of channel will be planted with high-quality tree species at density
of 5 trees per 100 LF.
Vegetation/Invasive Management: Much of the agricultural portions of the LEDC site are
cropped or idle and are subject to invasive and agronomic species colonization.
The major portion of Solida Creek onsite contains native and introduced species. Species of
concern in wooded areas includes kudzu, autumn olive, and honey suckle. Control of
invasive species within the 600 to 650 mitigation restoration areas will include spot spraying,
dense over seeding, hand removals, and clearing and grubbing during the construction and
monitoring period. Passive restoration along the remaining portion of the 5400 LF of
channel to be monitored will include selective removals where management allows.
Quantitative performance criteria. This conceptual plan will be revised to a final mitigation
plan after coordination with OEPA and USACE. Standardized performance criteria for
USACE monitoring will be summarized therein. Basic evaluations to include:
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Document 70 percent aerial coverage of planted herbaceous species.
Stabilization of regraded banks with 70 percent survival of planted shrubs/cuttings.
50 percent survival of planted trees
Attachments:
Attachment A - Project Overview/Topo overlay and Draft Plan View and Typicals
Attachment B - Catlettsburg USGS map
Attachment C - NWI map
Attachment D - NRCS County Soil map mapping
Refer to the QHEI and HHEI section- Onsite Resource Data (Select or requested ORAM,
QHEI, HHEI forms)
MEIGS COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MITIGATION (SUMMARY PAGES)
Source of Outline:
http://www.epa.ohio.gov/portals/35/401/mitigation_monitoring_plan_checklist.pdf
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