EXHIBIT-J-USACE_AJD_Request_Turbeville_Fire_Station_2.pdf

www.TheBr igmanCompany.com

607 Main St ree t – Conway, SC 29528 – (843) 248-9388

June 30, 2023

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Conway Regulatory Field Office 1949 Industrial Park Road, Room 140 Conway, SC 29526

Attention: Mr. Wiley Bracey

Reference: Turbeville Fire Station 2 Turbeville, Clarendon County, SC

Dear Mr. Bracey:

We have completed a routine wetland determination/delineation of the above referenced project. Based on a field reconnaissance conducted on June 29, 2023, the approximate 3-acre subject property was determined to be void of wetland areas. Acting as agent for the applicant, we hereby request this determination be reviewed by your office and a verification letter be issued after having concurred with our findings.

To facilitate the review and approval process, please find the following attached information:

Boundary plat prepared by F. Davis Mitchum dated December 10, 2021 USACE Jurisdictional Determination (JD) / Delineation form Exhibit 1 -Vicinity Map Exhibit 2 - USGS Topographic Map Exhibit Exhibit 3 – Aerial Photograph with Data Point Locations Exhibit 4 - Soil Survey Exhibit Exhibit 5 – USF&WS National Wetland Inventory Exhibit Representative Site Photographs Data Sheets

Please notify us when you schedule your on-site inspection so we can be available to accompany you.

Should you have any questions or require additional information to facilitate your review, please advise.

Sincerely, Charles C. Oates, Jr.

Partner / Project Manager

*Authorities: Rivers and Harbors Act, Section 10, 33 USC 403; Clean Water Act, Section 404, 33 USC 1344; Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, Section 103, 33 USC 1413; Regulatory Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Final Rule for 33 CFR Parts 320-332.

Principal Purpose: The information that you provide will be used in evaluating your request to determine whether there are any aquatic resources within the project area subject to federal jurisdiction under the regulatory authorities referenced above.

Routine Uses: This information may be shared with the Department of Justice and other federal, state, and local government agencies, and the public, and may be made available as part of a public notice as required by federal law. Your name and property location where federal jurisdiction is to be determined will be included in the approved jurisdictional determination (AJD), which will be made available to the public on the District's website and on the Headquarters USACE website.

Disclosure: Submission of requested information is voluntary; however, if information is not provided, the request for an jurisdictional determination cannot be evaluated nor can a jurisdictional determination be issued.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Charleston District - Regulatory Division

REQUEST FOR CORPS JURISDICTIONAL DETERMINATION (JD) / DELINEATION

(For Jurisdictional Status and Identifying Wetlands and Other Aquatic Resources)

The Regulatory Division is now offering paperless/electronic documents as a primary means of accepting project submittals and responding to requests. While electronic submittals are preferred, we will continue to accept paper documents that meet our file requirements in order to accommodate those with limited computer access. Depending on the project location, requests should be submitted to the appropriate office below. Please visit https://www.sac.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Electronic-Submittals/ for additional information on electronic submittals.

Charleston Office:

69A Hagood Avenue

Charleston, SC 29403 843-329-8044

SAC.RD.Charleston@usace.army.mil

Columbia Office:

803-253-3444

SAC.RD.Columbia@usace.army.mil

Conway Office:

1949 Industrial Park Road, Room 140

Conway, SC 29526 843-365-4239

SAC.RD.Conway@usace.army.mil

Greenville Office:

864-609-4326 SAC.RD.Greenville@usace.army.mil

I. PROPERTY AND AGENT INFORMATION

A. Site Details/Location:

Site Name: _______________________________________________________________ Date: __________________________ City/Township/Parish: _______________________________________ County:________________________________________ Latitude/Longitude:__________________________________________________________ Acreage: _______________________ Tax Map Sequence (TMS) #(s): _______________________________________________________________________________ Property Address(es):_______________________________________________________________________________________ An accurate depiction of the review area must be provided (survey, tax map, OR GPS coordinates). Tax maps may only be used if the site includes the entire tax map parcel. See the attached Checklist for information that should be submitted for a complete and proper submittal.

B. Requestor of Jurisdictional Determination/Delineation (if there are multiple property owners, please attach additional pages) Name: ____________________________________________ Company Name (if applicable): _____________________________ Address: _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________________ Check one: I currently own this property I plan to purchase this property Other: ______________________________

C. Agent/Environmental Consultant Acting on Behalf of the Requestor (if applicable):

Consultant/Agent Name: ________________________________________________________________________ Company Name: ______________________________________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________ Phone:_______________________________ Email: __________________________________________

II. REASON FOR REQUEST (check all that apply):

I intend to construct/develop a project or perform activities on this site which would be designed to avoid all aquatic resources.

I intend to construct/develop a project or perform activities on this site which would be designed to avoid all jurisdictional aquatic resources under Corps authority.

I intend to construct/develop a project or perform activities on this site which may require authorization from the Corps, and the Jurisdictional Determination would be used to avoid and minimize impacts to jurisdictional aquatic resources and as an initial step in a future permitting process.

I intend to construct/develop a project or perform activities on this site which may require authorization from the Corps; this request is accompanied by my permit application and the jurisdictional determination is to be used in the permitting process.

I intend to construct/develop a project or perform activities in a navigable water of the U.S. which is subject to the ebb and flow of the tide.

A Corps jurisdictional determination is required in order to obtain my local/state authorization.

I intend to contest jurisdiction over a particular aquatic resource and the request the Corps to confirm that jurisdiction does/does not exist over the aquatic resource on the parcel.

I believe that the site may be comprised entirely of dry land.

Other:_______________________________________________________________________________

*Authorities: Rivers and Harbors Act, Section 10, 33 USC 403; Clean Water Act, Section 404, 33 USC 1344; Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, Section 103, 33 USC 1413; Regulatory Program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Final Rule for 33 CFR Parts 320-332.

Principal Purpose: The information that you provide will be used in evaluating your request to determine whether there are any aquatic resources within the project area subject to federal jurisdiction under the regulatory authorities referenced above.

Routine Uses: This information may be shared with the Department of Justice and other federal, state, and local government agencies, and the public, and may be made available as part of a public notice as required by federal law. Your name and property location where federal jurisdiction is to be determined will be included in the approved jurisdictional determination (AJD), which will be made available to the public on the District's website and on the Headquarters USACE website.

Disclosure: Submission of requested information is voluntary; however, if information is not provided, the request for an jurisdictional determination cannot be evaluated nor can a jurisdictional determination be issued.

III. TYPE OF REQUEST:

1Delineation Concurrence (DC) – A DC provides concurrence that the delineated boundaries of wetlands on a property are a reasonable representation of the aquatic resources on-site. A DC does not address the jurisdictional status of the aquatic resources. (NOTE: A DC is generally the quickest type of standalone request for the Corps to review and process.)

2Approved – An AJD is defined in Corps regulations at 33 CFR 331.2. As explained in further detail in RGL 16-01, an AJD is used to indicate that this office has identified the presence or absence of wetlands and/or other aquatic resources on a site, including their accurate location(s) and boundaries, as well as their jurisdictional status. AJDs are valid for 5 years.

3Preliminary – A PJD is defined in Corps regulations at 33 CFR 331.2. As explained in further detail in RGL 16-01, a PJD is used to indicate that this office has identified the approximate location(s) and boundaries of wetlands and/or other aquatic resources on a site that are presumed to be subject to regulatory jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers. Unlike an AJD, a PJD does not represent a definitive, official determination that there are, or that there are not, jurisdictional aquatic resources on a site, and does not have an expiration date.

4 “No Permit Required” (NPR) Letter- A NPR letter may be provided by the Corps to notify the requestor that an activity will not require a permit (authorization) from the Corps; this letter can only be used if the proposed activity is not a regulated activity, regardless of where the activity may occur. A NPR letter cannot be used to indicate the presence or absence of wetlands and/or other aquatic resources, nor can it be used to determine their jurisdictional status.

NOTE 1: Pre-approved Delineations and/or JDs are NOT a pre-requisite for submitting a DA permit application. Requests for JDs and/or DCs that are not associated with a DA permit application (Standalone Delineation / JD requests) will be reviewed and processed as time allows and based on available resources.

NOTE 2: Although not a requirement, it is recommended that Standalone requests be prepared and submitted by an environmental consultant to expedite the review process.

Select the Appropriate Request:

Pre-Construction Notification or Department of the Army permit application with Delineation only (no written concurrence of delineation) with Delineation Concurrence1 with Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination (PJD) 3 with Approved Jurisdictional Determination (AJD) 2

Standalone Delineation / Jurisdictional Determination Standalone Delineation / Jurisdictional Determination requests will be reviewed and processed as time allows and based on available resources.

Delineation Concurrence1

Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination (PJD) 3

Approved Jurisdictional Determination (AJD) 2

I request that the Corps delineate the wetlands and/or other aquatic resources that may be present on my property.

These requests have historically been conducted as a courtesy for private property owners for minor actions. Due to current workload and priorities, the Charleston District Regulatory Division will only provide this service on a limited basis for private individuals on small tracts of land (typically 1 acre or less).

with the attached Pre-Construction Notification or Department of the Army permit application (This may delay processing times. The review of the permit application will not start until the delineation has been completed by the Corps.)

with a Delineation Only, an AJD or PJD

“No Permit Required” (NPR) Letter as I believe my proposed activity is not regulated4

Unclear and require additional information to inform my decision.

IV. LEGAL RIGHT OF ENTRY

By signing below, I am indicating that I have the authority, or am acting as the duly authorized agent of a person or entity with such authority, to and do hereby grant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel right of entry to legally access the property(ies) subject to this request for the purposes of conducting on-site investigations (e.g., digging and refilling shallow holes) and issuing a jurisdictional determination. I acknowledge that my signature is an affirmation that I possess the requisite property rights to request a jurisdictional determination on the properties subject to this request.

Mailing Address Property Address / TMS #(s)

Email Address Daytime Phone Number

*Signature: Printed Name and Date

Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, USGS, Intermap, INCREMENT P, NRCan, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), Esri Korea, Esri (Thailand), NGCC, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community

Exhibit 1 - Site Vicinity Map

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0 1 2 30.5 Miles

Subject Property

33.893 / -80.007

Turbeville Fire Station 2

TMS# 316-16-04-017-00

Turbeville, Clarendon County, SC June 2023

Copyright:© 2013 National Geographic Society, i-cubed

Exhibit 2 - USGS Topographic Map

1 " = 400 ' jobs/2023/01967-23155607 Main Street - Conway, SC 29526 - Phone (843) 248-9388 - www.TheBrigmanCompany.com

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0 400 800 1,200200 Feet

L E G E N D Subject Property

Turbeville Fire Station 2

TMS# 316-16-04-017-00

Turbeville, Clarendon County, SC

USGS 7.5-Min. Turbeville, SC Quad. (1983)

Esri, HERE, Garmin, (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, Source: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community

Exhibit 3 - Aerial Photograph Exhibit Turbeville Fire Station 2

TMS# 316-16-04-017-00

Turbeville, Clarendon County, SC June 2023 1 " = 100 ' jobs/2023/01967-23155607 Main Street - Conway, SC 29526 - Phone (843) 248-9388 - www.TheBrigmanCompany.com

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L E G E N D Subject Property: 3 Ac+/-

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Data Point 1

33.8919 / -80.0065

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Exhibit 4 - USDA / SCS Soils Map

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L E G E N D Subject Property US Dept. of Agriculture / Soil Conservation Service Soils Data

Turbeville Fire Station 2

TMS# 316-16-04-017-00

PFO3/1B

PFO3/1B

PSS1/3B

PFO1B

PUBHh Source: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community

Exhibit 5 - USF&WS NWI Map

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L E G E N D Subject Property US Fish and Wildlife Servicel (USF&WS) National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Data

Turbeville Fire Station 2

TMS# 316-16-04-017-00

Site Photographs Turbeville Fire Station 2

Turbeville, Clarendon County, SC

Project No.: 01967-23155

Taken by: CO Date Taken: 6/29/23

1 Non-hydric soil sample at Data Point 1. 2 Data Point 1 facing north.

3 Data Point 1 facing northwest. 4 Data Point 1 facing northeast.

DP1

29-Jun-23

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No Yes No

City/County:

State:

, or Hydrology

, or Hydrology

Project/Site:

Wetland Hydrology Present?

Applicant/Owner:

Sampling Date:

Lat.:

Hydric Soil Present?

Long.:

Sampling Point:

Investigator(s):

Landform (hillslope, terrace, etc.):

T

(If no, explain in Remarks.)

Are Vegetation

Are "Normal Circumstances" present?

Soil Map Unit Name:

Datum:

Are climatic/hydrologic conditions on the site typical for this time of year?

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present?

NWI classification:

Remarks:

R

WETLAND DETERMINATION DATA FORM - Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region

Are Vegetation

Section, Township, Range: S significantly disturbed?

Is the Sampled Area within a Wetland?

naturally problematic? (If needed, explain any answers in Remarks.)

, Soil

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - Attach site map showing sampling point locations, transects, important features, etc.

, Soil

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0US Army Corps of Engineers

Subregion (LRR or MLRA):

Turbeville Fire Station 2 Turbeville/Clarendon

Alliance Consulting Engineers, Inc. SC

Charles Oates

Upland

LRR T 33.8919 -80.0065 NAD83

USDA SCS has the soils mapped as Lynchburg Upland

Slope: 2.0Local relief (concave, convex, none): °1.1undulating

Primary and/or secondary indicators of Hydrology were not present at this location.

Yes No

Yes No

Yes No Yes No

HYDROLOGY

Surface Water (A1)

High Water Table (A2)

Saturation (A3)

Water Marks (B1)

Sediment Deposits (B2)

Drift Deposits (B3)

Algal Mat or Crust (B4)

Water-Stained Leaves (B9)

Dry Season Water Table (C2)

Marl Deposits (B15) (LRR U)

Hydrogen Sulfide Odor (C1)

Oxidized Rhizospheres along Living Roots (C3)

Presence of Reduced Iron (C4)

Recent Iron Reduction in Tilled Soils (C6)

Other (Explain in Remarks)

Drainage Patterns (B10)

Aquatic Fauna (B13)

Saturation Visible on Aerial Imagery (C9)

Crayfish Burrows (C8)

Moss Trim Lines (B16)

Primary Indicators (minimum of one required; check all that apply)

Wetland Hydrology Indicators:

Field Observations:

Surface Water Present?

Water Table Present?

Saturation Present?

(includes capillary fringe)

Depth (inches):

Depth (inches):

Depth (inches):

Wetland Hydrology Present?

Describe Recorded Data (stream gauge, monitoring well, aerial photos, previous inspections), if available:

Remarks:

Secondary Indicators (minimum of 2 required)

Iron Deposits (B5)

Surface Soil Cracks (B6)

Geomorphic Position (D2)

Inundation Visible on Aerial Imagery (B7)

Sparsely Vegetated Concave Surface (B8)

Thin Muck Surface (C7)

Shallow Aquitard (D3)

FAC-Neutral Test (D5)

Sphagnum moss (D8) (LRR T, U)

Use scientific names of plants.

Yes No

475.0% FAC

25.0% FAC

50.0%

0.0%

80.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0 0

100.0% FAC

0 0

0.0%

100 300

30 120

0 0

0.0%

130 420

0.0%

3.231

100.0% FACU

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0 0.0%

Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0

Woody Vine Stratum

(B)

= Total Cover

Indicator Status

= Total Cover

3 - Prevalence Index is ≤3.0

= Total Cover

Hydrophytic Vegetation Present?

US Army Corps of Engineers

VEGETATION (Five/Four Strata) -

Dominance Test worksheet:

Total Number of Dominant Species Across All Strata:

Prevalence Index worksheet:

Prevalence Index = B/A =

(A/B)

1 Indicators of hydric soil and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic.

Problematic Hydrophytic Vegetation 1 (Explain)

Herb Stratum

= Total Cover

Number of Dominant Species That are OBL, FACW, or FAC:

Hydrophytic Vegetation Indicators:

Remarks: (If observed, list morphological adaptations below).

OBL species

FACW species

FAC species

FACU species

UPL species

Column Totals:

x 1 = x 2 = x 3 = x 4 = x 5 =

(A)

(A)

Percent of dominant Species That Are OBL, FACW, or FAC:

Total % Cover of: Multiply by:

(B)

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

Tree Stratum

Shrub Stratum

Absolute % Cover

2 - Dominance Test is > 50%

Dominant Species?

Rel.Strat.

Cover

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

0.0%

100.0% FAC

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

= Total Cover

Sapling or Sapling/Shrub Stratum

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

0.0%

0.0%

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

0.0%

0.0%

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

0.0%

0.0% Definition of Vegetation Strata:

DP1Sampling Point:

)(Plot size: 30'

50% of Total Cover: 10 20% of Total Cover: 4

50% of Total Cover: 15 20% of Total Cover: 6

50% of Total Cover: 20 20% of Total Cover: 8

50% of Total Cover: 0 20% of Total Cover: 0

0 0.0%

50% of Total Cover: 20 20% of Total Cover: 8

0 0.0%

1 - Rapid Test for Hydrophytic Vegetation

*Indicator suffix = National status or professional decision assigned because Regional status not defined by FWS.

Tree - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and 3 in.

(7.6 cm) or larger in diameter at breast height (DBH).

Sapling - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 20 ft (6 m) or more in height and less than 3 in. (7.6 cm) DBH.

Shrub - Woody plants, excluding woody vines, approximately 3 to 20 ft (1 to 6 m) in height.

Herb - All herbaceous (non-woody) plants, including herbaceous vines, regardless of size, and woody plants, except woody vines, less than approximately 3 ft (1 m) in height.

Woody vine - All woody vines, regardless of height.

Sapling/Shrub - Woody plants, excluding vines, less than 3 in. DBH and greater than 3.28 ft (1m) tall.

Pinus taeda

(Plot size: 30'

Liquidambar styraciflua

(Plot size:

(Plot size: 30' Ligustrum sinense

(Plot size: 30'

Phytolacca americana

Vitis rotundifolia

DP1SOIL Sampling Point:

Profile Description: (Describe to the depth needed to document the indicator or confirm the absence of indicators.)

Depth (inches) Color (moist) Color (moist)

Matrix Redox Features

% Loc² Texture RemarksType% dry dry

Type: C=Concentration. D=Depletion. RM=Reduced Matrix, CS=Covered or Coated Sand Grains ²Location: PL=Pore Lining. M=Matrix

Yes No

Hydric Soil Indicators: Indicators for Problematic Hydric Soils :

Restrictive Layer (if observed):

Hydric Soil Present?

Indicators of hydrophytic vegetation and wetland hydrology must be present, unless disturbed or problematic.

Histosol (A1)

Histic Epipedon (A2)

Black Histic (A3)

Hydrogen Sulfide (A4)

Depleted Below Dark Surface (A11)

Thick Dark Surface (A12)

Sandy Muck Mineral (S1) (LRR O, S)

Sandy Gleyed Matrix (S4)

Sandy Redox (S5)

Stripped Matrix (S6)

Loamy Mucky Mineral (F1) (LRR O)

Loamy Gleyed Matrix (F2)

Depleted Matrix (F3)

Redox Dark Surface (F6)

Depleted Dark Surface (F7)

Coast Prairie Redox (A16) (MLRA 150A)

Other (Explain in Remarks)

Type:

Depth (inches):

Remarks:

US Army Corps of Engineers Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Region - Version 2.0

Dark Surface (S7) (LRR P, S, T, U)

Stratified Layers (A5)

Polyvalue Below Surface (S8) (LRR S, T, U)

Redox Depressions (F8)

1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR O)

Organic Bodies (A6) (LRR P, T, U)

5 cm Mucky Mineral (A7) (LRR P, T, U)

Muck Presence (A8) (LRR U)

1 cm Muck (A9) (LRR P, T)

Thin Dark Surface (S9) (LRR S, T, U)

Marl (F10) (LRR U)

Depleted Ochric (F11) (MLRA 151)

Iron-Manganese Masses (F12) (LRR O, P, T)

Umbric Surface (F13) (LRR P, T, U)

Delta Ochric (F17) (MLRA 151)

Reduced Vertic (F18) (MLRA 150A, 150B)

Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (MLRA 149A)

Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 149A, 153C, 153D)

2 cm Muck (A10) (LRR S)

Reduced Vertic (F18) (outside MLRA 150A,B)

Piedmont Floodplain Soils (F19) (LRR P, S, T)

Anomalous Bright Loamy Soils (F20) (MLRA 153B)

Red Parent Material (TF2)

Very Shallow Dark Surface (TF12)

0-6

6-25

10YR

10YR 5/6

3/1 100

Sandy Loam

Sandy Loam