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� � North Arm Lane Site � Orono, Minnesota for Rohan Lund Homes � prepared by Aquatic EcoSolutions,Inc. ' Number: 06051TL � The North Arm Lane Site is in the SE'/4 of the NW'/4 of Section 6, Township T. 117 N., Range � R. 23 W., Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota. The parcel is located adjacent to and west from North Arm Lane, north from North Arm Drive, � east from County Road 19 in the northwest corner of Orono. Adjacent land usage includes residential homesites, a golf coarse, and scattered woodlands and � wetlands. This parcel was a large residential lot with a bluegrass turf lawn,the delineated wetland, and the ' delineated overland drainageway. The purpose of this project was to examine the site for wetland conditions and delineate them. , The Results section describes the wetland conditions observed on the site. The wetland delineation was performed on Apri122, 2006 by Robert J.F. Merila,Professional , Wetland Scientist. � Methodology In Minnesota, wetlands are under two jurisdictions: State and Federal. The State jurisdiction Iguidelines were set by the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act of 1991 (WCA). This State jurisdiction is administered by the Local Governmental Unit(LGU) with technical guidance provided by the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). � The Federal 'urisdiction is administered b the U.S. Arm Co s of En ineers COE or Co s . J Y Y � g � rP ) iStarting in 1996, both jurisdictions agreed to use the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual(Environmental Laboratory, 1987) along with supplemental guidance by the Corps. This manual is commonly referred to as the 1987 Manual. � The wetland delmeation method used on this srte was the Plant Commumty Assessment Procedure of the Routine Onsite Determination Method. The Routine Onsite Determination � Copyright O 2006,Aquatic EcoSolutions, Inc. Page 1 of 4 � 'Ecological Solutions to Environmental Challenges