Re-investigation of Foothill/Virginia Site Wetland Status
Reno, Nevada
At the request of Foothill Partners, LLC., 7Q10 conducted a re-investigation of the project area. The parcel in question was 5.8 acres in size. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the whether or not waters of the United States (WOUS) were present (in other words, that the site was a wetland). A previous delineation from another firm found the area did meet wetland criteria and therefore subject to regulation and protection.
There was concern that the water in the area came from irrigation and that the previous delineation had not accounted for the irrigation waters. The flow of irrigation waters onto the site created an atypical situation, 7Q10 specialty, and makes the delineation of a wetland area more difficult. The Army Corps of Engineers has explicitly allowed that if an area displays wetland characteristics only due to irrigation, then the area will not be regulated as a wetland.
The results of the new investigation indicated that there are no jurisdictional wetlands/WOUS present on the project area.