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Chambers Development Inc. of North Carolina has developed a Waste Management Facility located off US Route 74 between Polkton and Wadesboro, in Anson County, North Carolina. The waste disposal area encompasses approximately 133 acres and is designed to accommodate future waste disposal needs for the county and surrounding region.
EcoScience Corporation was contracted to provide environmental expertise concerning Individual Section 404 Permit application and 401 Water Quality Certification associated with impacts to 0.49 acre of jurisdictional wetlands and 1085 linear feet of perennial stream.
A detailed mitigation plan was developed to restore an on-site stream and wetland complex which would treat surface water and groundwater runoff from the impacted areas. Mitigation efforts were designed to re-construct a shallower, meandering stream channel on an abandoned floodplain and re-establish groundwater wetland hydroperiods across the
adjacent floodplain surface. Construction plans were developed from the detailed plan and used as a template to guide construction work on the 23.6 acre site. Currently the site supports approximately 2800 linear feet of Priority 1 stream restoration and approximately 1.7 acres of forested wetland habitat. Our firm is responsible for ongoing monitoring, and the system has met success criteria for the past 2 years since construction was completed.
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