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<\/a><\/p>\nB. \u00a0EnCap Mitigation Site<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nCategory: <\/strong>Existing Restoration\/Preservation and\/or Mitigation Site<\/p>\nLocation: <\/strong>Bounded on the east by the old Rutherford Landfill Haul Road, on the west by Berry\u2019s Creek and on the south by the mouth of Fish Creek, in Rutherford, NJ.<\/p>\nLatitude\/Longitude:<\/strong> 40.7975\/-74.0941<\/p>\nCurrent Land Use: <\/strong>Tidal Wetland Mitigation Site<\/p>\nSize: <\/strong>\u00a048 acres<\/p>\nCurrent Ownership: <\/strong>NJMC<\/p>\nSite Description: <\/strong>Prior to 2004, the EnCap mitigation site was a tidal Phragmites<\/em> marsh adjacent to Berry\u2019s Creek.\u00a0 In spring of 2004 construction at the mitigation site began to compensate for wetlands impacts to approximately 9.8 acres of wetlands associated with the now defunct EnCap landfill to golf course project.\u00a0 Phragmites<\/em> was eradicated and marsh elevations were lowered by excavating approximately 35 acres of marsh plain at the site.\u00a0 Planting of Spartina alterniflora<\/em> occurred between May and August of 2005.\u00a0 The upland islands were planted between September and December 2006. \u00a0As of 2014, substantial portions of the site are sparsely vegetated and are well below the project design goal of 85% vegetative cover.\u00a0 The majority of the site is open water during high tide and mudflat during low tide.<\/p>\nExisting Site-Specific Data Inventory<\/strong><\/p>\nA. Survey, Maps, and GIS<\/strong><\/p>\nHMD regional data exists inclusive of this site. Topographic information collected for a portion of the site in 2001.<\/p>\n
B. Real Estate\/Ownership<\/strong><\/p>\nOwned by NJMC.<\/p>\n
C. Site History & Land Use<\/strong><\/p>\nThe ACOE completed a cultural resource investigation of this site in 2006.<\/p>\n
D. Biological Studies – Fauna<\/strong><\/p>\nGeneral baseline data collected in 1988, site-specific data collected in 1985, 1992 and 2001.<\/p>\n
E. Biological Studies – General Environmental<\/strong><\/p>\nBaseline data and wetland quality assessments conducted in 1988 and 1992, and in 2001 for a portion of the site.<\/p>\n
F. Geotechnical<\/strong><\/p>\nGeneral baseline data collected in 1988, site-specific data collected in 1985, 1992 and 2001.<\/p>\n
G. Hydraulics and Hydrology<\/strong><\/p>\nBaseline data collected in 1988, site-specific data collected in 1985, 1992 and 2001.<\/p>\n
H. Water and Sediments<\/strong><\/p>\nSite-specific water and sediment contamination data collected in 1980 and 1985.<\/p>\n
I. Historical\/Cultural Resources<\/strong><\/p>\nSite-specific baseline data collected in 2001. The ACOE completed a cultural resource investigation of this site in 2006.<\/p>\n
J. Restoration\/Remediation Design Plans<\/strong><\/p>\nFinal wetland mitigation plan developed in 2001.<\/p>\n
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Site Reports<\/strong><\/p>\nSite B \u2013 EnCap Mitigation Site<\/strong><\/p>\nCategory<\/strong>: Existing Restoration\/Preservation and\/or Mitigation Site<\/p>\nLocation<\/strong>: Bounded on the east by the old Rutherford Landfill Haul Road, on the west by Berry\u2019s Creek and on the south by the mouth of Fish Creek in Rutherford, NJ.<\/p>\nLatitude\/Longitude<\/strong>: 40.7975\/-74.0941<\/p>\nCurrent Land Use<\/strong>: Tidal wetland mitigation site<\/p>\nSize<\/strong>: \u00a048 acres<\/p>\nCurrent Ownership<\/strong>: NJMC<\/p>\nSite Description<\/strong>: Prior to 2004, the EnCap mitigation site was a tidal Phragmites<\/em> marsh adjacent to Berry\u2019s Creek.\u00a0 In spring of 2004 construction at the mitigation site began to compensate for wetlands impacts to approximately 9.8 acres of wetlands associated with the now defunct EnCap landfill to golf course project.\u00a0 Phragmites<\/em> was eradicated and marsh elevations were lowered by excavating approximately 35 acres of marsh plain at the site.\u00a0 Planting of Spartina alterniflora<\/em> occurred between May and August of 2005.\u00a0 The upland islands were planted between September and December 2006. \u00a0As of 2014, substantial portions of the site are sparsely vegetated and are well below the project design goal of 85% vegetative cover.\u00a0 The majority of the site is open water during high tide and mudflat during low tide.<\/p>\nExisting Site Specific Data Inventory<\/strong><\/p>\n* \u2013 Report repeated under multiple data categories and\/or sites.<\/p>\n
A. Survey, Maps, and GIS<\/strong><\/p>\nRelevant survey, mapping, and GIS data for the Meadowlands can be found in the Meadowlands-wide site report under data category A.<\/p>\n
\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
B. Real Estate\/Ownership<\/strong><\/p>\nThe EnCap tidal mitigation site, a portion of the Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh, is owned by NJMC.<\/p>\n
\n- Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh Acquisition Information. September 2003.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Date of Acquisition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 November 22, 1999<\/p>\n
Cost of Acquisition:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $1,181,996.84<\/p>\n
Acquired from:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rutherford Land Company<\/p>\n
C. Site History & Land Use<\/strong><\/p>\nThe ACOE completed a cultural resource investigation of this site in 2006.\u00a0 See bibliographic update.<\/p>\n
D. Biological Studies \u2013 Fauna<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *U.S. Coast Guard & USACE. Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 404 (b)(1) Evaluation \u2013 New Jersey Turnpike Widening Project: Interchange 11 to U.S. Route 46. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. 1988. <\/strong>[1a]<\/sup><\/strong> States project purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
E. Biological Studies \u2013 General Environmental<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Environmental Concern, Inc. A Quantitative Comparison of the Proposed Wetland Mitigation Site and Impacted Site (C & F Realty, Ltd.\/ Berry Creek Distribution Center). April 1992. [4]<\/sup> <\/strong>The purpose of this report is to evaluate the wetland functions lost through impacts at the Berry Creek Distribution Center Development Site in Carlstadt, NJ and to compare them to the functions that will be gained through the proposed mitigation project located in Lyndhurst, NJ. The three approaches used were: 1) the Habitat Evaluation Procedure; 2) the Wetland Replacement Evaluation Procedure; and 3) literature validation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *ERM-Southeast, Inc., Task I: Berrys Creek Study Volume I Nature of the Problem. October 1985.[1]<\/sup><\/strong> This report includes site specific literature search and background investigation, site description, and describes the nature of the problem. Summarized in Volume I are all analytical data specific to the Berrys Creek area and the Wood-Ridge site. This report details, chemical contamination, of the site, surface water, mercury in the air and groundwater.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *S. Coast Guard & USACE. Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 404 (b)(1) Evaluation \u2013 New Jersey Turnpike Widening Project: Interchange 11 to U.S. Route 46. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. 1988. <\/strong>[1a]<\/sup><\/strong> States project purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
F. Geotechnical<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *S. Coast Guard & USACE. Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 404 (b)(1) Evaluation \u2013 New Jersey Turnpike Widening Project: Interchange 11 to U.S. Route 46. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. 1988. <\/strong>[1a]<\/sup><\/strong> States project purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
G. Hydraulics and Hydrology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *S. Coast Guard & USACE. Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 404 (b)(1) Evaluation \u2013 New Jersey Turnpike Widening Project: Interchange 11 to U.S. Route 46. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. 1988. <\/strong>[1a]<\/sup><\/strong> States project purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
H. Water and Sediments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- *ERM-Southeast, Inc., Task I: Berrys Creek Study Volume I Nature of the Problem. October 1985.[1]<\/sup><\/strong> This report includes site specific literature search and background investigation, site description, and describes the nature of the problem. Summarized in Volume I are all analytical data specific to the Berrys Creek area and the Wood-Ridge site. This report details, chemical contamination, of the site, surface water, mercury in the air and groundwater.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- Galluzzi, Paul. Guidelines for Environmental Assessments of Channel and Marsh Sediment Disturbances in the Berrys Creek Drainage. April 1980. [1]<\/sup><\/strong> Based on data from the 1977-1978 Mercury Study which indicates the highest mercury contamination exists in these upper Berrys Creek Marshes; the mercury dump site is less than 2000 feet north of the subject inquiries. Also there is a lot of evidence that mercury is only one of several heavy metals present in high concentrations in marsh sediments.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\n- *U.S. Coast Guard & USACE. Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Section 404 (b)(1) Evaluation \u2013 New Jersey Turnpike Widening Project: Interchange 11 to U.S. Route 46. New Jersey Turnpike Authority. 1988. <\/strong>[1a]<\/sup><\/strong> States project purpose and need, alternatives, affected environment, and environmental consequences.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
I. Historical\/Cultural Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan. The ACOE completed a cultural resource investigation of this site in 2006 (see bibliographic update).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
J. Restoration\/Remediation Design Plans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- *Paulus, Sokolowski, and Sartor, LLC. Final Wetlands Mitigation Plan for EnCap Golf Holdings, LLC and the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission: Brownfield Redevelopment Project. June 2001 (Revised May 2002).<\/strong> [1]<\/sup> <\/strong>Outlines the final wetland mitigation plan for Lyndhurst, Avon, and Rutherford Landfills. The mitigation area is located in Berry\u2019s Creek Marsh. The report provides a description of wetlands to be impacted at the three landfills, as well as a description of existing conditions of the mitigation site including topography, soils and surficial geology, hydrology, vegetation, fish and wildlife, and historic resources. The report also contains IVA assessments for both the existing wetlands and the proposed mitigation wetlands, a detailed wetlands mitigation plan, and maintenance and monitoring plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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