FEDINC is the Engineer of Record, contract administrator and construction manager for the conceptual and final engineering design for the Turkey Creek Preserve in eastern Hillsborough County, Florida. The project involved study of jurisdictional wetlands and development of mitigation and monitoring plans for a 1,300-acre tract of land. FEDINC engineered the non-mandatory land reclamation program applications to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Mine Reclamation (FDEP) for three parcels, TECO A, B, and C.

As part of the design and permitting process for the Wetland Impact and Mitigation Permit for Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission, FEDINC performed hydrology and surface water modeling, boundary survey, flood plain design, re-vegetation activities, uplands and wetlands species survival and NPDES water quality. The project included design and construction of outfall structures, such that all storm water is collected, treated and conducted off the property to tributary waters of the State.

Aerial interpretation for wetland delineation was used to develop UMAM scoring of exiting versus proposed wetlands in order to demonstrate quality of improvement in mitigation.

Compliance monitoring included: Monitoring and maintenance will be conducted semi-annually over the course of three years for wetlands and five years for wetland hardwood forests. Inspections will be made by the EPC. Other revegetation activities will be inspected annually by the FDEP.

Wildlife Habitat Evaluation, Permitting, and Field Services for relocation of Gopher Tortoises from a 1,320 acre tract located in Hillsborough County to an FDEP approved preservation site.

A total of 13 gopher tortoises were relocated from Turkey Creek Preserve to a 770-acre state managed parcel within the Department of Environmental Protection Integrated Habitat Network at the Homeland office.

Tortoises were retrieved at 13 of 21 burrows that were monitored during this event, resulting in a conversion factor of 0.619 for these low quality nonmandatory reclamation lands.

FEDINC relocated 1 female and 12 male tortoises; a few burrows were left intact where no construction impacts will occur.

FEDINC was the prime engineer, contract administrator and construction manager for the implementation of surface water management and wetlands reclamation at the Triangle Lakes Spillway, Hines Energy Complex in Polk County, Florida. The project involved the site of several 1,000 MW gas fired electric power generating plants on 7,680 acres. Prior to its acquisition by Progress Energy, the site was highly disturbed by surface mining activities spanning the previous 25 years. FEDINC engineered the overall site restoration plan and managed restoration activity program applications to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mine Reclamation (FDEP), Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) dredge and fill permits for construction of earthworks on lands tributary to waters of the state, including USACE mitigation and the creation of wetlands on a 582-acre mitigation area.

Following approval by the agencies above, FEDINC managed all earthwork and re-vegetation activities on 6,976 acres contiguous to the plant site island (704 acres) consisting of 1,916 acre Buffer area, 722 acre cooling pond, 311 acre Brine Pond, 470 acre McCullough Creek Water Shed and 3,672 acres of Water Crop Area.