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NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat

small green field in the midst of developed area?

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Eric JS
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Dear all, Our site is a small narrow flat field full of grass with no previous human activity on it. However it is located in a developed industrial environment. It is located between two office building at its left and right. Do you think this site is considered as green field? or as previously developed area/graded site? Thanks and cheers!

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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 02/08/2011 - 01:43

Eric, a lot of this hinges on your definitin of "narrow," but it's hard to imagine that this site was not graded at some point, or more. If based on the terrain of the site and contrasting with any neighboring ungraded terrain you think this is the case, I would call it previously developed.

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