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Draf Environmental Impact Statement

VIRGINIA BEACH TRANSIT

EXTENSION STUDY

November 2014

Preliminary

Review Draf

A p p e n d i x M

Wetland Idenfcaon Technical

Report


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 1

1.1. PROJECTHISTORY........................................................................................................... 1

1.2. PROPOSEDTRANSITSERVICE.......................................................................................... 1

1.3. VBTESCORRIDORCONDITIONS...................................................................................... 2

2 LEGALANDREGULATORYCONTEXT................................................................................. 3

2.1.FEDERAL

REGULATIONS

..................................................................................................

3

2.2. STATEOFVIRGINIAREGULATIONS................................................................................. 3

2.3. CITYOFVIRGINIABEACHREGULATIONS........................................................................ 3

3 WETLANDSFIELDINVESTIGATIONMETHODOLOGY......................................................... 5

4 WETLANDDESCRIPTIONSANDCLASSIFICATIONS............................................................. 6

4.1. FRESHWATERWETLANDS............................................................................................... 6

4.1.1.Isolated

Depressions

...............................................................................................

6

4.1.2. LinearDepressions.................................................................................................. 7

4.1.3. WaterConveyanceWetlands................................................................................. 8

4.1.4. WaterDetentionAreas........................................................................................... 9

4.1.5. Riparian................................................................................................................. 11

4.2. TIDALWETLANDS.......................................................................................................... 12

4.3.DESCRIPTION

OF

WETLANDS

BY

SEGMENT

..................................................................

14

4.3.1. NewtownRoadStationtoTownCenterStationalongtheformerNSRRROW

(Alternatives1A,1B,2and3)........................................................................................... 15


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TABLES

Table41CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheNewtownRoadStationto15

TownCenterSegment

Table42CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheTownCentertoRosemontStationSegment..18

Table43CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheRosemontStationto20

LondonBridgeCreekSegment

Table44CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheLondonBridgeCreektoOceanfront.21

viaformerNSRRROW BirdneckRoad 17th

Street 19th

StreetSegment

Table45CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheLondonBridgeCreektoOceanfront.24

viaLaskinRoad BirdneckRoad 19th

StreetSegment

Table46CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheLRT/BRTVSMF..27

Table47AreasNotFieldSurveyed.27

APPENDIX


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Virginia Beach Transit Extension Study

1 Introduction

1.1. ProjectHistory

In2008,theVirginiaGeneralAssemblypassedHouseBill6028,directingHamptonRoadsTransit(HRT)

tostudytheexpansionofTheTide(HRTsLightRailTransitSysteminNorfolk)eastwardtotheVirginia

Beachoceanfront. Incompliancewiththislegislation,theVirginiaBeachTransitExtensionStudy

(VBTES)wasinitiatedasthefirststeprequiredfortheFederalTransitAdministrations(FTA)NewStarts

Program,acompetitivefederalgrantprogramthatmayfundconstructionofthetransitextension.

A

Draft

Environmental

Impact

Statement

(DEIS)

has

been

prepared

for

the

VBTES.

The

DEIS

outlines

the

proposedpurposeandneedfortheprojectandexaminesbroadandspecificenvironmentalimpactsas

requiredbytheNationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct(NEPA)process.TheDEISlooksatimpactsincluding,

butnotlimitedto,physicalandnatural,social,cultural,andeconomic.

HRTretainedHDR,Inc.astheprimeengineeringandplanningfirmtoresearchandconducttheoverall

study. Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.(FHI),asasubcontractortoHDR,Inc.,investigatedanddocumented

existingwetlandresourcesintheVBTESCorridor.TheinitialfieldinvestigationoftheVBTESCorridor

wasconductedin2009.Aftercompletionofthefieldwork,theproposedprojectwasplacedonhold.In

2013,the

project

moved

forward

and

fieldwork

was

again

undertaken.

At

that

time,

the

boundaries

and

characteristicsofwetlandsthatwereinvestigatedin2009werereconfirmedinthefieldand

adjustmentsweremadeasappropriatebasedonthecurrentconditions.In2013,analignmentthat

wouldrunalongLaskinRoad,aswellaspotentialsitesforaVehicleStorageandMaintenanceFacility

(VSMF)wereconsidered.Afterthe2013fieldworkwasfinishedtheprojectlimitofdisturbance(LOD)

wasmodified.ThismodificationoftheLODresultedinareasthatwerenotfieldinvestigated.A

discussionoftheareasthatwerenotfieldinvestigatedisincludedinSection4.3.7.

ThisWetlandsFieldInvestigationReportpresentsthestudymethodology,aswellastheresultsof

fieldworkthatwasconductedtoidentify,map,anddescribewetlandslocatedwithintheVBTESCorridor.Thefieldinvestigationeffortswereintendedtoassistprojectplanningbyidentifyingwetlands

withintheVBTESCorridor,asabasisforestimatingthemagnitudeofpotentialprojectimpactsforthe

DEIS Th fi ld i i i l h b d ill i b d b j i d


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19thStreettotheOceanfront.Alternative3followstheformerNSRRROWeastfromNewtownRoad

StationtoLaskinRoad.ItthenfollowsLaskinRoadeasttoBirdneckRoad,southto19thStreet,andeast

tothe

Oceanfront.

These

alternative

alignments

are

discussed

in

greater

detail

in

the

DEIS.

A

series

of

transitstationswouldbedevelopedalongthealignment,manywithPark&Ridelots.Otherelementsof

constructionassociatedwiththeprojectincludereplacementofand/orextensionofexistingculvertsas

wellasthereplacementofexistingbridgestructurestoaccommodatetrackimprovements.Inaddition

tothealternativeroutesandtransitstations,theVSMFisproposedforasitenorthofNavalAirStation

(NAS)Oceana.

1.3. VBTESCorridorConditions

TheVBTES

Corridor

lies

within

the

Tidewater

region

of

the

Atlantic

Coastal

Plain,

which

has

characteristicallyflattogentlyrollingtopography.TheCorridorfallswithintheChesapeakeBay

Watershed.InVirginiaBeach,threesecondarywatershedsmakeuptheChesapeakeBayprimary

watershed:theElizabethRiver,LittleCreek,andLynnhavenRiver.Ofthesewatersheds,theElizabeth

RiverandLynnhavenCreekwatershedsencompasstheVBTESCorridor.TheVBTESCorridoralsoruns

throughthenorthernlimitsoftheRudeeInlet/OwlsCreekWatershed;howevertherearenowater

bodieswithinthisportionoftheCorridor.Duringheavyrainevents,thegenerallyflattopographyand

lowelevationinrelationtosealevelimpedesstormwaterrunoff,therebycreatinginundatedconditions

withinand

adjacent

to

the

VBTES

Corridor.

According

to

Natural

Resource

Conservation

Service

(NRCS)

geographicinformationsystems(GIS)soilsdata(seefigureinAppendixA),mostoftheundeveloped

landareaintheVBTESCorridorisunderlainbyhydricsoils.Thisisduetotheseasonallyhighwatertable

andalackofnaturalsurfacedrainageresultingfromtheflattopographicconditions.

ForthepurposeoftheDEISandthisreport,theVBTESCorridorisbrokendownintofivesegmentsand

theLRT/BRTVSMF.TheNewtownRoadStationtoTownCentersegmentincorporatestheformerNSRR

ROWfromTheTidesNewtownRoadStationtotheproposedTownCenterStation.Therearenomajor

water

crossings

in

this

segment.

The

Town

Center

Station

to

Rosemont

Station

segment

incorporates

theformerNSRRROWfromtheproposedTownCenterStationtotheproposedRosemontStation.The

onlymajorwatercrossinginthissegmentisThaliaCreek.TheRosemontStationtoLondonBridgeCreek

segmentalsoisalsoentirelywithintheformerNSRRROW.Watercrossingsinthissegmentinclude


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2 LegalandRegulatoryContext

2.1. Federal

Regulations

TheArmyCorpsofEngineers(USACE)isthefederalagencythatregulateswetlandsundertheClean

WaterAct(CWA)of1972(33USC1251etseq.).Theydefinewetlandsbasedonthepresenceof

hydrophyticvegetation,hydricsoils,andwetlandhydrologyasdefinedinthe1987USACEWetland

DelineationManual(TRY871).TheUSACEregulateswetlandsassociatedwithhydrologicfeatures

connectedtointerstatewaters(e.g.,connectedtostreamsthatultimatelydraintotheChesapeakeBay).

Thereisnowetlandbufferregulatedunderfederaljurisdiction.TheUSACEhasjurisdictionunderthe

CWA

to

regulate

the

discharge

of

dredged

or

fill

material

into

all

waters

of

the

United

States

including

openwater,inlandwetlandsandtidalwetlands.Inordertoensureconsistencywithstatewetlandand

waterqualityrequirements,theissuanceofafederal404wetlandpermitbytheUSACEwillbe

conditionaluponissuanceofaStateWaterQualityCertificationinaccordancewith401oftheCWA.

AJurisdictionalDetermination(JD)isaformalletterthatisobtainedfromtheUSACEstatingthatthey

agreewiththeaccuracyofthefielddelineatedwetlandboundaryandindicatingwhethertheyregulate

awetland.AJDexpiresafterfiveyears;however,iftheUSACEiscontactedpriortotheexpirationdate

theJDmaybeextendedforanother5years.AJDfromtheUSACEidentifyingfederallyregulated

wetlandswould

be

needed

in

future

stages

of

the

project

when

the

proposed

activities

are

better

known,andenvironmentalpermitsaresoughtforprojectconstruction.DuringtheFEIS,whenan

alternativehasbeenselectedandthedesignhasbeenadvanced,thecorridorwillbefielddelineated.

2.2. StateofVirginiaRegulations

TheVirginiaDepartmentofEnvironmentalQuality(DEQ)regulatesactivitiesinstatewatersand

wetlandsunderSection401oftheCleanWaterAct(33U.S.C.1341),underStateWaterControlLaw

(CodeofVirginiaTitle62.1),andVirginiaAdministrativeCodeRegulations9VAC25210etseq.,9VAC25

660etseq.,9VAC25670etseq.,9VAC25680etseq.,and9VAC25690etseq.TheDEQdefineswetlandsusingadefinitionsimilartotheUSACEandallwetlandsthatareregulatedbytheUSACEwouldalsobe

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TheCitysWetlandsBoardisresponsibleforreviewingrequestsforpermitsfortheuse,alteration,or

developmentofwetlands,coastalprimarysanddunes,andbeaches.TheBoard'sjurisdictionfornon

vegetatedwetlands

lies

between

MLW

and

mean

high

water

(MHW);

and

for

vegetated

wetlands,

from

MLWtoanelevationoneandonehalftimesthemeantiderange.


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3 WetlandsFieldInvestigationMethodology

Fieldinvestigation

of

the

wetlands

in

the

VBTES

Corridor

was

conducted

in

2009

and

2013.

The

field

investigationwassupplementedbyaerialphotointerpretation.Theinvestigationoffreshwater

wetlandsin2009wasconductedaccordingtotheInterimRegionalSupplementtotheCorpsof

EngineersWetlandDelineationManual: AtlanticandGulfCoastalPlainRegion(USACE,October2008).

UseofthismanualbecamemandatoryinJanuary2009forallwetlanddelineationsconductedinthe

DistrictofColumbiaaswellasthe19states(includingVirginia)thatcomprisetheAtlanticandGulf

CoastalPlainregion.Theinterimregionalsupplementwasfinalizedin2010.The2013fieldworkwas

conductedinaccordancewithRegionalSupplementtotheCorpsofEngineersWetlandDelineation

Manual:Atlantic

and

Gulf

Coastal

Plain

Region

(Version

2.0)

(USACE,

November

2010).

This

approach

requiresthathydricsoils,hydrology,andwetlandvegetationbepresentinorderforanareatobe

classifiedasafederallyregulatedwetland.Tidalwetlandinvestigationwasconductedbasedonthe

estimatedelevationofthehightidelineandextentoftidalwetlandvegetationinaccordancewith

USACErequirements.Asthedesignisprogressedinthepermittingstage,CityofVirginiaBeach

jurisdictionalareas,basedonMLWandMHWelevations,wouldbedetermined.

FHIsfieldinvestigationofwetlandsintheVBTESCorridorwasinitiallyconductedduringtheweeksof

September

7

11

and

November

2

6,

2009,

and

focused

solely

on

an

alternative

alignment

along

the

formerNSRRROW.In2013,analternativealignmenttotheOceanfrontthroughtheHilltopareaand

locationsfortheLRT/BRTVSMFwereaddedtotheproject.Fieldworkwasundertakentoidentify

wetlandareasalongthesenewalternativealignments,aswellastoverifytheboundariesand

characteristicsofwetlandsthatwereinvestigatedin2009.Whereappropriate,identifiedwetland

boundarieswereadjustedbasedonthe2013conditions.The2013fieldworkwasconductedonApril15

19andSeptember911.

PriortoconductingthefieldworkFHIreviewedexistingGISwetlanddataandhardcopymaps.Data

sourcesconsulted

included

US

Fish

and

Wildlife

Service

(USFWS)

National

Wetland

Inventory

(NWI)

mapsandNaturalResourceConservationService(NRCS)soilsdata(seeAppendixA).Thewetlandsthat

wereidentifiedbyFHIduringthefieldworkarealsoincludedonthesefigures.


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4 Wetland

Descriptions

and

Classifications

Freshwater(Palustrine)

wetlands

and

tidal

(Estuarine)

wetlands

are

present

within

the

VBTES

Corridor.

AsdefinedbythewetlandclassificationsystemdevelopedbytheUSFWS(Cowardinet.al.,1979),

Palustrinewetlandsystemsincludeallnontidalwetlandsdominatedbytrees,shrubs,emergents,

mosses,and/orlichensaswellasopenwaterareaswhichdonotqualifyaslacustrinewetlands.

Estuarinewetlandsystemsincludedeepwatertidalhabitatsandadjacenttidalwetlandswithlowenergy

andsalinitygreaterthan0.5partsperthousand(ppm),influencedandoftensemienclosedbyland.

ThecharacteristicsofthewetlandsintheVBTESCorridoraredescribedbelow,andindividualwetlands

referencedbyidentificationnumbersassignedduringthefieldinvestigation.Thelocationsofthe

wetlandsare

shown

on

mapping

included

in

Appendix

B.

The

wetlands

are

first

discussed

by

wetland

typeinSections4.1and4.2.Thewetlandsthatarewithineachalignmentsegmentarethendiscussedin

Section4.3.

4.1. FreshwaterWetlands

Freshwater(Palustrine)wetlandsoccurthroughouttheVBTESCorridorandaretypicallylocatedin

undevelopedareasatalowerelevationthantheexistingraillineorcitystreets.Becauseofthelow

elevationofVirginiaBeachingeneral,slightelevationchangesinthelandscapeoftenresultinthe

occurrenceofwetlands.Therearenumerousnamedandunnamedstreamsandcreeks,allofwhichhave

associatedwetlands.Thewetlandvegetationclassifications(Cowardinet.al.1979)foundinthenon

tidalwetlandsincludesPalustrineEmergent(PEM),PalustrineScrubShrub(PSS),andPalustrine

Forested(PFO).ThePEMcovertypeischaracterizedbyerect,rooted,herbaceoushydrophytes,

excludingmossesandlichens.ThePSSwetlandcovertypeincludesareasthataredominatedbysaplings

andshrubsthattypicallyformalowandcompactstructurelessthan20feettall.ThePFOwetlandcover

typesaredominatedbytreesandshrubsthathavedevelopedatolerancetoaseasonalhighwater

table.Inordertobecharacterizedasforested,awetlandmustbedominatedbytreesandshrubsthat

areatleast20feettall.Forestedwetlandstypicallyhaveamaturetreecanopywhichcanhaveabroad

rangeofunderstoryandgroundcovercommunitycomponents.SomeofthewetlandsintheVBTES

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4.1.2. LinearDepressions

LineardepressionsintheVBTESCorridoraretypicallylong,narrow,lowlyingareasthatrunparallelto

theformer

rail

line.

These

are

by

far

the

most

common

wetland

type

found

in

the

VBTES

Corridor

but

varyconsiderablyintermsoftheirlengthandwidth.Theselineardepressionsareusuallylocatedatthe

baseoftheballastslopeoftheformerNSRRROWbutarealsofoundadjacenttocityroads(seeFigure

41).Becausetheyarefrequentlythelowestpointinthesurroundingtopographiclandscape,theyoften

collectdrainagefromnearbydevelopedareas.

Predominantvegetationconsistsofrushes,sedges,mixedwetlandgrasses,andswamploosestrife,but

oftenincludesavarietyofshrubsandtrees.Assuch,thewetlandvegetationclassificationsofthese

wetlands

include

PEM,

PSS,

PFO,

or

a

combination

thereof.

The

vegetation

classification

of

several

of

the

lineardepressionschangedbetweenthetimeofthe2009and2013fieldworkduetothecuttingand

removalofwoodyvegetationunderpowerlinerightofways.Evidenceofperiodicmowingof

herbaceousspecieswasalsoobservedinseveralofthelineardepressions.Mostofthelinear

depressionsdelineatedintheVBTESCorridorarenotconnectedtostreamsordrainagewaysandare

consideredhydrologicallyisolated.Theprimaryfunctionsandvaluesoftheselinearwetlandsare

groundwaterrechargeandsediment/toxicantretention.Wetlandsinthiscategoryinclude#2,7,9,11,

12,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,25A,25B,29,30,33,34,35,36,37,39,46,49,51,53,55,58,

59,

60,

60A,

60B,

61,

62,

63,

65,

70,

71,

80,

81,

82,

and

89,

along

with

Wetland

E.

Figures

4

1

and

4

2

belowarerepresentativeexamplesofthenumerouslinearwetlanddepressionsfoundalongtheformer

NSRRROW.

Figure 4-1: Linear Wetland Depression #61


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Figure 4-2: Linear Wetland Depression #63

Source:Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.,2009.

4.1.3. WaterConveyanceWetlands

Water

conveyance

wetlands

are

typically

long,

narrow,

channelized

areas

that

flow

parallel

to

the

inactiverailline.Thesewetlandsareusuallylocatedjustbeyondthebaseoftheballastslopeinthe

formerNSRRROWandareformedbyregulardrainageandflowpatternsalongthebaseoftheslopeof

therailline.Thewaterconveyancewetlands,unlikemostofthelineardepressionwetlands,are


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Figure 4-3: Water Conveyance Wetland #90


Figure 4-4: Water Conveyance Wetland #45


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sedges,andmixedwetlandgrasses,oftensurroundedbytreesandshrubs.Becauseoftherangein

vegetativecovertypes,thewetlandvegetationclassificationsofthesewetlandsincludePEM,PSS,PFO,

oracombination

of

these

wetland

types.

Several

of

the

stormwater

basins

were

noted

as

being

vegetatedwithshrubsduringthespring2013fieldwork,butthewoodyvegetationaswellas

herbaceousvegetationwasobservedbeingremovedatsomebasinsaspartoftheperiodicmaintenance

duringthefall2013fieldwork.Theprimaryfunctionsandvaluesofthewaterdetentionwetlandsare

groundwaterrecharge,floodflowalteration,sediment/toxicantretention,fishandseasonalshellfish

habitat(crayfishburrowswereobserved).Wetlandsinthiscategoryinclude#4,32andWetlandFalong

withthefourstormwaterbasins.Wetlands#4and#32areshowninFigures45and46below.

StormwaterbasinsSB1,SB2andSB3arelocatedsouthofParkerLaneonthesouthsideofLowes.

Stormwaterbasin

SB

4is

located

on

the

south

side

of

Laskin

Road.

Wetland

#32,

Wetland

Fand

the

stormwaterbasinsarehydrologicallyconnectedtostreams.StormwaterbasinsSB1andSB4areshown

inFigures47and48below.

Figure 4-5: Water Detention Wetland #4


Figure 4-6: Water Detention Wetland #32


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Figure 4-7: Stormwater Basin SB-1


Figure 4-8: Stormwater Basin SB-4


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shorelinestabilization.Wetlandsinthiscategoryinclude#31,75,76,77,78,87,and88.Figures49and

410belowarerepresentativeexamplesoffreshwaterripariansystemsfoundalongtheVBTESCorridor.

Figure 4-9: Freshwater Riparian Wetland #88

Source:Fitzgerald

&

Halliday,

Inc.,

2009.

Figure 4-10: Freshwater Riparian Wetland #75


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thesewetlandsincludegroundwaterrecharge,floodflowalteration,fishandshellfishhabitat,shoreline

stabilization,andaesthetics.

Wetlandareas

associated

with

the

Thalia

Creek

are

#38,

40,

43,

and

44.

Wetlands

associated

with

LondonBridgeCreekare#66,67,68,and69.WetlandsassociatedwithUpperLinkhornBayare

WetlandGandWetlandH.Figures411,412,413and414belowarerepresentativeexamplesofthe

tidalwetlandsintheVBTESCorridor.

Figure 4-11: Riparian Tidal Wetland #44 (Thalia Creek)


Figure 4-12: Thalia Creek Crossing


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Figure 4-13: Riparian Tidal Wetland #69 (London Bridge Creek)


Figure 4-14: Upper Linkhorn Bay Crossing


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4.3.1. NewtownRoadStationtoTownCenterStationalongtheformerNSRRROW

(Alternatives1A,1B,2and3)

TheNewtown

Road

Station

to

Town

Center

alignment

segment

incorporates

the

former

NSRR

ROW

fromTheTidesNewtownStationtotheTownCenterStationatConstitutionDrive.Morethanhalf(24)

ofthewetlandsinthissegmentarelineardepressionsand12arewaterconveyancewetlands.Mostof

the lineardepressionsandwater conveyancewetlandsarevegetatedwithherbaceous species (PEM)

withsomealsohavingashrubcomponent(PSS).Wetland#31isassociatedwiththenontidal(riparian)

portion of Thalia Creek. Additionally, there is one water detention wetland delineated within this

segment.

Table41CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheNewtownRoadStationtoTownCenterSegment

Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant

VegetationFunctionsandValues

001 0.214

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

Yes PSS/PEM

Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Cornus

amomum,

Decodon

verticillatus

Groundwaterrecharge,

Sedimentretention,

Seasonalshellfishhabitat,

Shorelinestabilization

002 0.026Linear

DepressionNo PEM Panicumvirgatum


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

003 0.003

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

Yes PSS

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Baccharis

halimifolia


Sedimentretention,



005 0.065

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PSS/PEM

Panicum

virgatum,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Salix

spp.,

Baccharishalimifolia


Sedimentretention,

Seasonal

shellfish

habitat,


006 0 026

Water

Conveyance Yes PFO

Rosa

multiflora,

Albizia

julibrissin,


Sedimentretention,


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant


011 0.003Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Juncus

spp.,

Decodon

verticillatus,Lonicera

japonica


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

012 0.101Linear

DepressionNo PSS/PEM

Rosa

multiflora,

Panicum

virgatum,

Polygonum

spp.


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

013 0.240Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PSS/PEM

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Salix

spp.,

Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Morella

cerifera,

Panicum

virgatum

Groundwater

recharge,

Sedimentretention,



014 0.176Linear

DepressionYes PEM

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Symphyotrichumspp.,

Polygonum

spp.,

Agrostis

gigantean


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

015 0.005Linear

DepressionNo PFO

Liquidambar

styraciflua,Smilax

rotundifolia,Lonicera

japonica


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

016 0.046Linear

DepressionYes PEM

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Phragmites

australis,

Cyperusesculentus,

Polygonumspp.


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

017 0.180Linear

DepressionNo PFO

Panicum

virgatum,Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Sassafras

albidum,

Acer

rubrum


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

S h l


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant


Depression Agrostisgigantean Sediment/Toxicant

retention

024 0.305

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PEM Polygonumspp.

Groundwater recharge,

Sediment retention,



025

0.079

Water

Conveyance

Wetland No

PEM

Typha

latifolia,

Polygonum

spp.


Sediment retention,

Seasonalshellfish

habitat,


025A 0.020Linear

DepressionYes PEM Polygonumspp.


Sediment retention,



025B 0.013Linear

DepressionYes PEM Polygonumspp.


Sediment retention,



026 0.287

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PSS/PEM

Lonicera

japonica,

Baccharis

halimifolia,

Morella

cerifera,

Polygonum

pensylvanicum,

Echinochloa

walteri


Sediment retention,



027 0.270

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PEM

Polygonum

pensylvanicum,

Echinochloa

walteri


Sediment retention,



028 0.175

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PEM

Polygonum

pensylvanicum,

Echinochloa walteri


Sedimentretention,


Sh li bili i


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant


retention,Seasonal

shellfishhabitat

033 0.001Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Lonicera

japonica,

Verbena

hastata,

Rosa

multiflora


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

034 0.005Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Agrostis

gigantea,

Verbena

hastata,

Juncus

spp.


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

035 0.097Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Juncus

spp.,

Carex

spp., Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Panicum

virgatum


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

036 0.132Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Juncus

spp.,

Carex

spp.,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Panicumvirgatum


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

037 0.045Linear

Depression

No PEMJuncus spp., Decodon

verticillatus


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

Source: Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.2009and2013Notes:

a

AcreageofwetlandwithinthelimitsoftheVBTESCorridor.

4.3.2. TownCentertoRosemontStationalongtheformerNSRRROW(Alternatives1B,2

and3)

TheTownCentertoRosemontStationalignmentsegmentincorporatestheformerNSRRROWfromthe

proposedTownCenterStationatConstitutionDrive to theproposedRosemontStation.Threeof the

wetlandsin

this

segment

are

linear

depressions

and

two

are

water

conveyance

wetlands.

Most

of

the

lineardepressionsandwaterconveyancewetlandsarevegetatedwithherbaceousspecies (PEM)with

somealsohavingashrubcomponent(PSS).Someofthelargestwetlandswithinthissegmentarethose

associated with the tidal (riparian) portion of Thalia Creek (# 38 40 43 and 44) Measuring the typical


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant


040 0.163

Tidal

Wetlands

(Thalia

Creek)

No PEM/PSS/E2EM Spartinaalterniflora


Floodflowalteration,Fish

andshellfishhabitat,

Shorelinestabilization,

Wildlifehabitat,

Aesthetics

043 0.211

Tidal

Wetlands

(Thalia

Creek)

Yes E2EM/PEM Spartinaalterniflora



andshellfish

habitat,


Wildlifehabitat,

Aesthetics

044 0.107

Tidal

Wetlands

(Thalia

Creek)

Yes E2EM Spartinaalterniflora





Wildlifehabitat,

Aesthetics

045 0.218

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

Yes PSS/PEM

Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Phragmites

australis,

Baccharis

halimifolia


Sedimentretention,



046 0.068Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Carex

spp.,

Phragmites

australis,

Juncus

spp.,

Decodon

verticillatus,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Typha

latifolia,

Symphyotrichum

spp.,

Polygonum

spp.


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

Carex spp Juncus


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BridgeCreek.Thewidthofthecreekundertheexistingrailwaybridgeisabout115feetdueto

embankmentsthatextendintothefloodplain.Immediatelysouthofthebridge,thecreekisabout200

feet

wide;

immediately

north,

it

is

about

150

feet

wide.There

is

a

relatively

narrow

area

of

native

saltmarshvegetationalongtheshorelineofLondonBridgeCreekattheformerNSRRROWcrossing.

Table43

CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheRosemontStationtoLondonBridgeCreekSegment

Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

ClassificationDominantVegetation FunctionsandValues

051 0.019 LinearDepression

No PEM

Lonicera

japonica,

Agrostis

gigantea,

Polygonum

spp.,

Rorippa

palustris


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

053 0.039Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani,

Carex

spp.,

Morella

pensylvanica,

Lonicera

japonica


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

054

0.061

Water

Conveyance

WetlandYes

PFO

Platanus

occidentalis,

Morellapensylvanica,

Polygonum

hydropiperoides


Sedimentretention,



055 0.148Linear

DepressionNo PEM Panicumvirgatum


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

056 0.246

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

No PSS/PEM

Panicumvirgatum,

Phragmites

australis,

Echinochloa

walteri,

Morella

pensylvanica


Sedimentretention,



058 0.036LinearDepression

No PSS/PEMCarex

spp.,

Juncus

spp.,

Decodon

verticillatus,

Polygonum

spp.


Sediment/Toxicant

retention

LinearAcernegundo,Panicum Groundwaterrecharge,


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

ClassificationDominantVegetation FunctionsandValues

Panicum

virgatum

066 0.254

Tidal

Wetlands

(London

Bridge

Creek)

Yes E2EM/PEMSpartina

alterniflora,

Spartina

patens





Wildlifehabitat,Aesthetics

067

0.143

Tidal

Wetlands

(London

Bridge

Creek)

Yes

E2EM

Spartina

alterniflora,

Spartina

patens,

Morella

pensylvanica



andshellfish

habitat,



068 0.033

Tidal

Wetlands

(London

Bridge

Creek)

Yes E2EMSpartina

alterniflora,

Spartina

patens






069 0.312

Tidal

Wetlands

(LondonBridge

Creek)

Yes E2EM Spartinaalterniflora,Spartina

patens



andshellfishhabitat,Shorelinestabilization,


Source: Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.2009and2013Notes:

a

AcreageofwetlandwithinthelimitsoftheVBTESCorridor.

4.3.4. LondonBridgeCreektoOceanfrontviaformerNSRRROWBirdneckRoad17th

Street19thStreet(Alternative2)

Atotalof16wetlandsweredelineatedintheLondonBridgeCreektoOceanfrontviatheformerNSSR

ROWBirdneckRoad17th

Street19th

Streetsegment.Ofthese16wetlands,6arelineardepressions,4arewaterconveyancewetlandsand1isanisolateddepression.Mostofthesewetlandsarea

combinationofforested(PFO)andshrub(PSS)withherbaceousspeciesalsobeingpresent.Wetland078


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant

Vegetation

Functionsand

Values

Phragmites

australis,

Morellacerifera

071 0.121Linear

DepressionNo PSS/PEM

Acer

rubrum,

Acer

negundo,

Robinia

pseudoacacia,

Typha

latifolia,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani

Groundwater

recharge,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

075b 0.028 Riparian Yes PFO/PSS

Albizia

julibrissin,

Acer

rubrum,

Phragmites

australis,

Smilax

rotundifolia

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,Fishand

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization,

Wildlifehabitat


Acer

rubrum,

Phragmites

australis,

Smilax

rotundifolia,

Morella

pensylvanica,

Morella

cerifera

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,Fish

and

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization,

Wildlifehabitat


Albizia

julibrissin,

Acer

rubrum,

Phragmites

australis,Smilax

rotundifolia,

Liquidambar

styraciflua

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,Fishand

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization,

Wildlifehabitat

Solidagospp.,

Morella


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area

(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant

Vegetation

Functionsand

Values

081 0.041Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Phragmites

australis,

Rorippa

palustris

Groundwater

recharge,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

082 0.048Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Carex

spp.,

Juncus

spp.

Groundwater

recharge,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

085 0.414

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

Yes PFO/PSS

Phragmites

australis,

Liquidambar

styraciflua,Morella

pensylvanica

Groundwater

recharge,Sediment

retention,Seasonal

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization

086 0.031

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

Yes PFO/PSS

Phragmites

australis,

Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Acerrubrum

Groundwater

recharge,Sediment

retention,Seasonal

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization

087 0.340

Riparian

(GreatNeck

Creek)

Yes PFO/PSS/PEM

Phragmites

australis,

Morella

pensylvanica,

Acer

rubrum

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,Fishand

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization,

Wildlifehabitat

088 0.768

Riparian

(GreatNeck

Creek)

Yes PEM

Phragmites

australis,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,Fishand

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline


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arewaterconveyancewetlands.Thelargestwetlandswithinthisalignmentsegmentarethetidal

wetlandsthatareassociatedwithUpperLinkhornBay.Thewidthofthebayisapproximately100feet

wide

at

the

Laskin

Road

crossing,

and

it

widens

out

north

and

south

of

the

bridge.

There

is

a

relatively

narrowareaofsaltmarshvegetationalongtheshorelineofUpperLinkhornBayattheLaskinRoad

crossing.Thetidalmarshvegetationconsistsofbothnativespeciesaswellasinvasivespeciessuchas

commonreed.Therearealsofivewaterdetentionareasofwhichfourareconstructedstormwater

basins(SB1,SB2,SB3andSB4).

Table45CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheLondonBridgeCreektoOceanfrontviaLaskinRoad

BirdneckRoad19th

StreetSegment

Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant

Vegetation

Functionsand

Values

E 0.308Linear

DepressionNo PEM

Juncus

effusus,

Typha

latifolia

Groundwater

recharge,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

F 0.105

Water

Detention

Area

Yes PUB/PFO/PSS

Acer

rubrum,

Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Nyssa

sylvatica,

Clethra

alnifolia,

Juncus

effusus,

Decodon

verticillatus

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention,Wildlife

habitat

G 0.021

Tidal

Wetlands

(Upper

Linkhorn

Bay)

Yes E2EM

Spartina

alterniflora,

Phragmites

australis,

Solidago

sempervirens,

Baccharis

halimifolia

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,Fishand

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization,

Wildlifehabitat,

Aesthetics

Spartina


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Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant

Vegetation

Functionsand

Values

Area Polygonumsp.,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani

alteration,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

SB2b 0.048

Water

Detention

Area

No PUB/PEM

Typha

latifolia,

Juncus

effusus,

Polygonum

sp.,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

SB3b 0.159

WaterDetention

Area

No PUB/PEM

Typha

latifolia,

Juncus

effusus,Polygonum

sp.,

Schoenoplectus

tabernaemontani

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

SB4 0.006

Water

Detention

Area

Yes PUB/PEM Juncuseffusus

Groundwater

recharge,Floodflow

alteration,

Sediment/Toxicant

retention

Source: Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.2009and2013

Notes:aAcreageofwetlandwithinthelimitsoftheVBTESCorridor.bthevegetationwithinstormwaterbasinsSB1,SB2andSB3thatarelocatedbehindLoweswasbeingremovedaspartof

maintenanceactivitiesduringthefall2013fieldinvestigation

4.3.6. LRT/BRTVSMF(Alternatives2and3)

TheproposedLRT/BRTVSMFsite is locatedonpropertyownedbytheCityofVirginiaBeachnorthof

PottersRoadbetweenLondonBridgeRoadandFirstColonialRoad.TheLRT/BRTVSMFsiteisshownin

Figures 415 and 416. The sites prior useswere as a borrow pit for construction ofwhat is now

Interstate264,

then

later

as

alandfill

for

dredged

material

and

temporary

storage

of

storm

debris

and

othermaterials.Thecentralportionofthissiteishighlydisturbedwherethedebrisandsoilareactively

beingdepositedandmovedaround.Onewetlandwasidentifiedaroundtheeastperimeterofthisarea,


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Figure415: LRT/BRTVSMFSite


Figure416: LRT/BRTVSMFSite


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Table46CharacteristicsofWetlandswithintheLRT/BRTVSMF

Wetland

ID

Total

Wetland

Area(ac)a

Wetland

Category

Continues

offSite

NWI

Classification

Dominant

Vegetation

Functionsand

Values

078b 0.174

Water

Conveyance

Wetland

Yes PFO/PSS/PEM

Solidago

spp.,

Morella

pensylvanica,

Rosa

multiflora,

Liquidambar

styraciflua,

Panicum

virgatum,

Arundinaria

gigantea,Acer

rubrum

Groundwater

recharge,Sediment

retention,Seasonal

shellfishhabitat,

Shoreline

stabilization

Source: Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.2013Notes:

a

AcreageofwetlandwithinthelimitsoftheVBTESCorridor.bThenorthportionofWetland078iswithintheLRT/BRTVSMFandthesouthportioniswithintheLondonBridgeCreekto

OceanfrontviaNSSRROWBirdneckRoad17th

Street19th

Streetsegment

4.3.7 AreasNotFieldSurveyed

Afterthe

2013

field

work

was

finished

the

project

LOD

was

modified.

This

modification

of

the

LOD

resultedinareasthathavenotbeenfieldinvestigated.Thelocation,approximateareaandlandusein

theareasnotsurveyedaresummarizedinTable47.

Table47AreasNotFieldSurveyed

LocationofAreaNotSurveyedApproximateArea

(acres)DescriptionofAreaNotSurveyed

Northernportion

of

LRT/BRT

VSMF

20

Area

used

by

City

for

storage

of

sediment

and

road

cleaning

debris.Woodlandsaroundperimeter.

AreabetweenPottersRoadand0 75 Dirt road woodland and open grassy area


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LocationofAreaNotSurveyedApproximateArea

(acres)DescriptionofAreaNotSurveyed

NorthendofNorthBirdneckRoad,

eastside5 commercialbuildings,pavedroadandparkinglots

WestsideofNorthBirdneckRoad,

northofBluebirdDrive

0.50Residentiallots

WestsideofNorthBirdneckRoad 0.9 Parkinglot

Source: Fitzgerald&Halliday,Inc.2013


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5 Next

Steps

AJDfromtheUSACEisnotwarrantedfortheNEPADEISsincetheDEISisaplanningphaseanddoesnot

requirethesamelevelofdetailasprojectpermitting.AJDisvalidforaperiodoffiveyears.However,if

arequestismadetotheUSACEpriortothefiveyearexpirationdatetheJDmaybeextendedforan

additional5years.Hencethiswetlandfieldinvestigationwasorientedforthepurposesofcollecting

comprehensivedatarelativetothenumberandlocationofwetlandsfortheDEISandnotdocumenting

eachwetlandindetailforthepurposesofaJDandprojectpermitting.

Forthepurposesofenvironmentalpermitting,aJDwillneedtobeobtained.Itstimingshoulddepend

uponthescheduleforprojectdesignandconstruction,toaccountfortheperiodoftimethattheJDis

validfor.

Future

steps

necessary

for

wetland

permitting

will

include

the

following:

TheJDandpermittingprocesswillrequiredelineationofwetlandspotentiallydisturbedby

constructionoftheproposedproject,preparationofwetlandtransectformsandfunctionvalue

assessmentsforthoseimpactedwetlands.[Notethatplanstothelevelofconceptualand/or

preliminarydesignwillberequiredtoensurethatallimpactedareasarecoveredbythe

delineation.]

Perennialitydatasheetswillneedtobecompletedtoclearlydocumentwetlandconnectivity.

AWetland

Delineation

Report

will

need

to

be

prepared

to

document

the

delineation

and

detaileddescriptionsoftheimpactedwetlands.ThiswillbeusedinsupportoftheJDandthe

permitapplications.

CoordinationwiththeUSACEtoconducttheJDandwiththeDEQrelativetoStateregulated

wetlandswillberequired.

Thedetailedfunctionvalueassessment,incombinationwiththeimpactacreagecalculations,

willformthebasisofinformationforidentifyingandcoordinatingwetlandmitigation

requirementswiththeUSACEandDEQ.Atthattime,detailedstudiesofmitigationoptionscan

beconducted.

AmitigationplanwillneedtobedevelopedandapprovedbytheUSACEandDEQaspartofthe

environmental permitting requirements


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6 References

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1251

(1972).

Section

404

of

the

Clean

Water

Act

33U.S.C403(1899).Section10ofRiversandHarborsActof1899

CityofVirginiaBeachRegulations,Article14(WetlandsZoningOrdinance)

CodeofVirginia,Title62.1,StateWaterControlLaw

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A

Descriptive

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and

Gulf

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(Version

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