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21 <br />I1. To Be Completed By Applicant: <br />A. Project Description: <br />1. Describe proposed use of property: <br />This project proposes the development of a solar electric power plant. The <br />Stout Solar Farm is located on State Road 1311 (Redman Road) in <br />Mebane, Orange County, North Carolina. The project site consists of two <br />contiguous parcels. The property PINs are 9844065971 (25.87 acres) and <br />9844172687 (26.79 acres). The project area contains 52.66 acres of vacant <br />wooded land. An industrial building and a Duke Energy sub - station are <br />located along the western property boundary. An overhead power line <br />easement is located on the southern and central portions of the site. The <br />existing soils within the project site are Georgeville silt loam "GeB ", <br />Herndon silt loam "HrB, Lignum silt loam "Lg ", and Orange silt loam <br />"Or ". Most of the site (53 %) is in hydrologic soils group "B "; with the <br />remaining being hydrologic soils group "D ". The site surface drainage <br />flows generally south toward an unnamed tributary to Seven Mile Creek. <br />Three jurisdictional streams (two perennial and one intermittent) are <br />located on the southern and central portions of the site. Wetland areas are <br />located adjacent to the stream channels and drainage swales on site. FIRM <br />Panel 3720067400K indicates the project limits do not lie within a special <br />flood hazard area. The site is located in the Neuse River basin. Project <br />site Latitude and Longitude is 36.081677° and - 79.202115 °. <br />The proposed solar farm will consist of fixed solar panels, dual <br />inverter /transformer areas and a chain link fence along the perimeter of the <br />array. The project will also include temporary laydown and parking areas, <br />and a permanent driveway apron along State Road 1311. The installation <br />of the solar panels themselves will not generally create significant land <br />disturbance. The panels will be mounted to racks, which are supported by <br />a series of posts. The posts will be driven directly into the existing ground <br />without excavation or land disturbance and the existing ground cover will <br />be allowed to remain to the extent possible. The project area true <br />disturbance caused by rubber tire vehicles accessing the site to distribute <br />and install above grade material, a dozen or so small trenches (2' wide, 36" <br />deep) for wiring the array and rack posts mechanically driven directly into <br />the ground, is typically about a third of the project limits. All areas <br />downslope of disturbed areas will be protected by silt fence. No change in <br />drainage patterns (site drainage remains as sheet flow) or ponding of water <br />