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527 Owasso Hills Drive Roseville, Minnesota for Tom and Julie McDaniel prepared by Aquatic EcoSolutions, Inc. Number: 06089M The 527 Owasso Hills Drive site is in the SW'/4 of Section l, Township T. 29 N., Range R. 23 W., Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota. The parcel is located adjacent to west of Owasso Hills Drive, east of Dale Street (County Road 53), north of State Highway 36. Adjacent land usage includes residential homesites, and scattered woodlands and wetlands. This parcel is a residential lot with the delineated wetland that had appeared to have increased in size over time. 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 August 3, 2006 by Robert J.F. Merila, Professional Wetland Scientist, Wetland Delineator, Certified. Methodology In Minnesota, wetlands are under two jurisdictions: State and Federal. The State jurisdiction guidelines 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 jurisdiction is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE or Corps). Starting in 1996, both jurisdictions agreed to use the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation ' ,�Ianual (Environmental Laboratory, 1987) along with supplemental guidance by the Corps. This manual is commonly referred to as the 1987 Manual. ' The wetland delineation method used on this site was the Plant Community 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 Environnsental Challenges