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298 <br /> 1.0 INTRODUCTION <br /> Lawrence Road Partners,LLC proposes the development of a recreational facility complex <br /> on Parcel PIN No. 9883194355 in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina <br /> (Appendix A; Preliminary Site Plan I Figures 1 and 2). The Project Study Area (PSA) is <br /> approximately 85.8 acres and is located east of Lawrence Road, west of Piney Grove <br /> Church Road, south of US-70A, and north of I-85. As part of the Orange County Planning <br /> Department's review process, an Environmental Assessment (EA) application, Biological <br /> Inventory Report (BIR), and mitigation plan (dependent upon jurisdictional waters <br /> impacts) were requested. The following BIR has been prepared to meet the County's <br /> request. <br /> 2.0 METHODOLOGY <br /> Three Oaks Engineering Inc. (Three Oaks) staff members Michael Wood (LSS, PWS, <br /> M.S.), Nathan Howell (M.S., PWS), and Tom Dickinson (M.S.) completed field work <br /> within the PSA on November 28 and December 8,2022. Water resources identified within <br /> the PSA have not yet been verified by the United States Army Corps of Engineers <br /> (USACE) or the North Carolina Division of Water Resources (NCDWR). It is expected <br /> that these resources will be covered by USACE under a Preliminary Jurisdictional <br /> Determination (PJD) Package, which will be submitted concurrently with a Section <br /> 404/401 permit application. A list of the principal personnel contributing to the field work <br /> and document are provided in the Appendix. <br /> 3.0 TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES <br /> Three terrestrial communities were identified within the PSA. Figure 4 shows the location <br /> and extent of these terrestrial communities. Terrestrial community data are presented in <br /> the context of total coverage of each type within the PSA (Table 1). <br /> Table 1. Coverage of terrestrial communities in the PSA <br /> Community Dominant Species (Scientific Name[Common Coverage <br /> Name]) (ac.) <br /> Zea mays (corn) <br /> Maintained/Disturbed Rubus pensilvanicus (eastern blackberry) 43.7 <br /> Lonicera 'a onica (Japanese honeysuckle) <br /> Quercus alba (white oak) <br /> Dry-Mesic Oak-Hickory Liriodendron tulipifera var. tulipifera (yellow- 31.6 <br /> Forest(Piedmont Subtype) poplar) <br /> Pol stichum acrostichoides Christmas fern <br /> Dry Oak-Hickory Forest Quercus alba (white oak) <br /> (Piedmont Subtype) Carya glabra (pignut hickory) 10.5 <br /> Kalmia lati olia mountain laurel <br /> Total 85.8 <br />