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The project site is classified as "prime farmland," but is in a developed area with buildings all around. Can I still comply with this credit?

Our project site is in what FEMA refers to as "Zone D"—an area that has possible but undetermined flood hazards, as no analysis of flood hazards have been conducted. How can we tell if we comply with this credit?

Is it possible to be exempted from the wetlands requirements under this credit if we protect or restore equivalent wetlands elsewhere?

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NC-2009 SSc1:Site Selection

Farmland Development?

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Cynthia Estrada
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SDS Architects, Inc.
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We have a site that has a strip of prime farmland, which we are not building on per se. We have a retention pond with a water feature in mind for that area. The credit language uses the term "development" in a broad sense but further goes on to say "buildings, hardscape, roads or parking areas".... Has anyone had experience with an issue like this?

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Tristan Roberts
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Wed, 02/05/2014 - 18:23

I hope someone else will correct me if I'm wrong, but since landscaping and stormwater infrastructure is not mentioned in the credit requirement, I think you're fine.

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