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Sullivan Property Modified Level 1 Wetland Delineation Report and No-Loss Application 2. OVERVIEW The 2.5-acre Sullivan Property was inspected on September 16, 2016 and January 9, 2017 for the presence and extent of wetland. The property is located in the NE '/ of the NE '/ of the SE '/ of Section 3, Township 117 North, Range 23 West, City of Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The site address is 440 Brown Road South, Orono, MN (Figure 1). The property corresponds to � Hennepin County PID 03-117-23-42-0012. The site includes mature woodland, a home, driveway, lawn, and an excavated pond. The excavated pond straddles the eastern property boundary (Figure 2). Most of the Sullivan Property drains toward the pond (Figure 3). The pond/wetland boundary roughly corresponds to the 970 contour and most of the home is located above the 980 contour. The pond has no natural or created outlet. The site falls within the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD). Surrounding land use includes a mix of woodland, wetland, lawn, and rural residential homes. One wetland was delineated on the site. Appendix A of this report includes a Joint Application Form for Activities Affecting Water Resources in Minnesota, which is submitted in request for. (1) a wetland boundary and type determination under the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA), and (2) delineation concurrence and an Approved Jurisdictional Determination (AJD) under Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act. 3. METHODS 3.1 Wetland Delineation Kjolhaug Environmental (KES) confirmed with MCWD staff on January 5, 2017 that a Level 1 Wetland Delineation would be acceptable for this project. The Level 1 routine method was modified to include a field review for site inspection and building setback measurement. Wetlands were identified using a hybrid Routine Determination method as discussed below. Routine Determination methods are described in the Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual (Waterways Experiment Station, ]987) and the Regional Suppleinent to the Corps of En�iileers Wetland Delineation Manual: Midwest Region (Version 2.0) as required under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act. This Wetland Delineation was completed to allow setback measurement for a home remodeling project. Whereas Routine Level 1 delineations do not require site inspections, Routine Leve12 delineations include field data collection and markin�of wetland boundaries. This delineation involved a hybrid of the two methods. The wetland edge was reviewed in the field on September 16, 2016 and the setback was measured in the field on January 9, 2017. Approximate wetland boundaries were mapped on aerial photography. The Level 1 method and a site inspection was deemed an appropriate method for this project because the location of most of the wetland boundary was not critical and because the wetland 2