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C A B A R R U S D I S T R I C T' " 745 Cabarrus Avenue, West (704) 788-2105 Concord, N. C. 28025 MEMORANDUM DATE: April. 22, 1987 TO: Melba McGee N. C. Department of Natural Resources and Community Development FROM: Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District SUBJECT: Review of Environmental Assessment for the proposed Cabarrus County Airport, North Carolina (April, 1987) The Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District has reviewed the subject Environment Assessment and submitted the following co~ents: 1. The document does not accurately address the impact of the development of the Poplar Tent site on Prime Agricultural land. An on-site evaluation conducted by the soil and Water Conservation District staff shows that approximately 44 percent of the area of the site is Prime and 20 percent is locally important farmland. Therefore, approximately 150 acres of the 250 acre site would be adversely impacted. 2. The Environmental Assessment recommends "to stockpile the prime soils during grading and redistribute the soil to non- prime areas." This would be made lap~ and research has demonstrated that this made land would not meet criteria for Prime Agricultural and Forest Land. Research has also demonstrated that it takes approximately 1,000 years for natural processes to develop one (!) inch of topsoil and thousands of years to develop Prime Agricultural and Forest Land. 3. Contents of this Fnvironmental Assessment have been compared to the 1977-79 Environmental Assessment. Most of the data is the same in both documents. Both documents recommended the Poplar Tent Site. The District takes the position that very little effort has been made to conscientiously look for a. site which will serve the citizens of this county and also conserve its natural resources; especially its Prime Agri- cultural and Forest Land. (continued)