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<br /> stage to achieve agency buy-in. Pre-application meetings are the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
<br /> invaluable tools,which introduce the agencies to the project (Migratory Nesting Bird) and (Gopher Tortoise); the Florida 41)
<br /> details and project personnel,identify potential obstacles and Department of Environmental Protection (1502-CERPA);
<br /> provide opportunities for joint solutions to expedite the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES);
<br /> process. When the design features have been selected, the Village of Wellington Excavation, Building and Tree Removal :}i
<br /> permit application package can be assembled; this package Permits;and local 298 water district(R/W Occupancy). Our
<br /> must be complete and well organized to avoid confusion team, led by Joyce Howland, successfully coordinated the
<br /> and misunderstandings. Ms. Howland has a well-deserved agencies and permits.
<br /> reputation for open,honest communication with the agencies,
<br /> and she and the rest of our team will be available to visit with WETLAND DELINEATIONS
<br /> the agencies on site or at their offices to evaluate or confirm
<br /> information in the permit applications. K&S' biologists are trained in wetland identification and
<br /> delineation. We have extensive experience in wetland
<br /> An example of our success in negotiating with the regulatory evaluations ranging from Wetland Evaluation Technique
<br /> agencies is our Acme Basin B Discharge Project, one of the (WET II),Habitat Evaluation Procedure (HEP),Wetland Rapid
<br /> Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) projects. Assessment Procedure(WRAP),Modified WRAP(M-WRAP),
<br /> This $25 million project had over $2 million of design and and the Uniform Mitigation Assessment Method (UMAM). In ®
<br /> planning work by K&S and has required extensive project fact, Dr.Kristine Stewart was part of the technical team that p.
<br /> coordination with federal, state, local, and private agencies tested the UMAM method in South Florida. Wetlands are
<br /> and individuals. The project involved construction of a 400- identified using the criteria specified in the State of Florida's
<br /> acre impoundment, widening 4 miles of a canal, design and Wetland Delineation Manual and the ACOE 1987 Wetland 411)
<br /> construction of two pump stations,and other improvements. Delineation Manual and theACOE Interim Regional Supplement
<br /> The project was a joint effort between the South FloridaWater to the ACOE Wetland Delineation Manual:Atlantic and Gulf
<br /> Management District,USACE,and theVillage ofWellington,and Coastal Plain Region (2008). Habitat mapping is completed Go
<br /> required continuing coordination during the entire project using the Florida Land Use Cover and Forms Classification
<br /> Because the project area was adjacent to the Loxahatchee System (FLUCCS). Jurisdictional wetlands are delineated
<br /> National Wildlife Refuge,the USFWS was an active partner.The with flagging in the field, shown on aerial photographs, and
<br /> regulatory permitting considerations for this project included instrument surveyed by our surveyors. Each year we delineate
<br /> the USACE (IP-Section 404) and Nationwide Permit (NWP); many wetlands across the State and perform UMAM scoring. "
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