2011-09-30_PERMIT FILE - C1980007A ‎(15)‎

• Permit No: C1980007A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/30/2011
• Doc Name: Wetland Delineation Report
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 82 Appendix I
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

Project Site: MCC Refuse Pile Expansion, East
SOIL
Samplinq Point: WB-UPL
Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)
Depth Matrix Redox Features
(inches) Color (moist) % Color (Moist) % Type' Loc' Texture Remarks
0-6 5Y 4/1 100 Clay Solis very dry; powdery, crumbly
'Type: C= Concentration, D= Depletion, RM= Reduced Matrix, CS= Covered or Coated Sand Grains. 2Location: PL =Pore Lining, M= Matrix
Hydric Soil Indicators: (Applicable to all LRRs, unless otherwise noted.) Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils':
❑ Histosol (Al) ❑ Sandy Redox (S5) ❑ 2 cm Muck (A10)
❑ Histic Epipedon (A2) ❑ Stripped Matrix (S6) ❑ Red Parent Material (TF2)
❑ Black Histic (A3) ❑ Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (except MLRA 1) ❑ Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑ Hydrogen Suede (A4) ❑ Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)
❑ Depleted Below Dark Surface (All) ❑ Depleted Matrix (F3)
❑ Thick Dark Surface (Al2) ❑ Redox Dark Surface (F6)
❑ Sandy Mucky Mineral (S1) ❑ Depleted Dark Surface (177) 3Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland
hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or
Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)
❑ p
❑ Redox Depressions ( F8 ) problematic.
Restrictive Layer (if present):
Type: Stonelbedrock
❑ Saturation (A3)
Depth (Inches): 56
Hydric Soils Present? Yes ❑ No
Remarks: Auger refusal at 3 -6" throughout uplands. Stones and/or bedrock encountered. Could not investigate deeper for hydric indicators. No hydric
Indicators encountered within top 6" at any boring attempts.
Soil survey point located in a small flat terrace in an otherwise steep mountainside.
HYDROLOGY
Wetland Hydrology Indicators:
Primary Indicators (minimum of one required; check
all that apply)
Secondary Indicators (2 or more required)
❑ Surface Water (Al)
❑
Water - Stained Leaves (139)
❑
Water- Stained Leaves (139)
❑ High Water Table (A2)
(except MLRA 1, 2, 4A, and 4B)
(MLRA 1, 2,4A, and 4B)
❑ Saturation (A3)
❑
Salt Crust (1311)
❑
Drainage Patterns (1310)
❑ Water Marks (131)
❑
Aquatic Invertebrates (613)
❑
Dry- Season Water Table (C2)
❑ Sediment Deposits (132)
❑
Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (Cl)
❑
Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)
❑ Drift Deposits (133)
❑
Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (0)
❑
Geomorphic Position (D2)
❑ Algal Mat or Crust (B4)
❑
Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)
❑
Shallow Agwtard (D3)
❑ Iron Deposits (135)
❑
Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)
❑
FAC- Neutral Test (D5)
❑ Surface Soil Cracks (136)
❑
Stunted or Stresses Plants (D1) (LRR A)
❑
Raised Ant Mounds (136) (LRR A)
❑ Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (137)
❑
Other (Explain in Remarks)
❑
Frost -Heave Hummocks (137)
❑ Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (68)
Field Observations:
Surface Water Present? Yes ❑ No
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Depth (inches):
Water Table Present? Yes ❑ No
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Depth (inches):
Saturation Present? Yes ❑ No
(includes capillary fringe)
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Depth (inches):
Wetland Hydrology Present? Yes ❑ No
Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:
Remarks: Surface soil cracks — but considered a normal shrink/swell property of clay.
Hydrological survey point located in a small flat terrace in an otherwise steep mountainside.
US Army Corps of Engineers Western Mountains, Valley, and Coast — Interim Version