{ "document_id": 11866, "page": 17, "width_pt": 612, "height_pt": 792, "rotation": 0, "pipeline_version": "paddleocr-vl-1.6+paul-48", "engine": "paddleocr_vl", "source_run_id": 11979, "item_count": 9, "counts_by_type": { "header": 2, "heading": 2, "text": 5 }, "build_ms": 2, "items": [ { "id": "p17.1", "order": 1, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 69.84, "t": 755.04, "r": 261.36, "b": 720.48 }, "text": "Environmental Impact Statement\nBlock 22401 * Lots 7 – 12\nJackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey", "attrs": { "block_label": "header" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p17.2", "order": 2, "type": "header", "bbox": { "l": 469.68, "t": 744, "r": 541.68, "b": 721.68 }, "text": "January 16, 2026\nPage 14 of 29", "attrs": { "block_label": "header" }, "level": 2 }, { "id": "p17.3", "order": 3, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.64, "t": 709.68, "r": 542.4, "b": 632.16 }, "text": "improvements are confined outside mapped wetland boundaries and required buffer setbacks, preserving existing wetland vegetation and associated ecological functions. Areas within the wetland buffer that were previously disturbed are restored and revegetated using appropriate native plant species to stabilize soils, improve habitat structure, and enhance long-term vegetative resilience. Land disturbance is limited to defined limits of disturbance, and tree protection measures are implemented to prevent unnecessary removal or damage to vegetation outside approved work areas." }, { "id": "p17.4", "order": 4, "type": "heading", "bbox": { "l": 106.08, "t": 621.12, "r": 182.16, "b": 608.4 }, "text": "5.8 Wildlife", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" }, "level": 3 }, { "id": "p17.5", "order": 5, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.64, "t": 596.16, "r": 542.16, "b": 480.24 }, "text": "The subject site is located within the Pinelands landscape region, as identified by the NJDEP NJ Wildlife Action Plan. This landscape region encompasses all or parts of Atlantic, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester counties. New Jersey's Pinelands (or Pine Barrens) are an internationally recognized ecosystem consisting predominantly of pine and pine-oak mesic upland forests, pitch pine lowlands, and cedar swamps supporting extremely diverse reptile, amphibian, and invertebrate populations (including interior forest and area-sensitive species). Extensive cedar swamps and wetland systems contain numerous insect species, as well as sustainable populations of many neotropical birds. Its waterways support aquatic communities unique among the mid-Atlantic states, and its aquifers provide drinking water to a vast portion of the surrounding region." }, { "id": "p17.6", "order": 6, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.16, "t": 469.68, "r": 542.88, "b": 341.28 }, "text": "NJDEP Office of Natural Lands Management, Natural Heritage Program (NHP) Database records for potential threatened/endangered species occurrences, as well as NJDEP Landscape Project Mappings which depict habitat polygons used to value areas for potential critical wildlife habitat were reviewed to obtain a list of species with potential to occur within the local area. According to the NJDEP Landscape Maps of Endangered, Threatened and Other Priority Wildlife (version 3.4) and the NHP, the limits of the site and surrounding areas are mapped as critical wildlife habitat for the Northern pine snake (Pituophis m. melanoleucus) (refer to Figure 13: Landscape Project v3.4 Map and Appendix C: Natural Heritage Program Response). The Landscape Project mapping and the Natural Heritage Database dated January 5, 2026 identify the mapped site as Rank 3 occupied habitat for the northern pine snake on site. See Section 5.9 below." }, { "id": "p17.7", "order": 7, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.4, "t": 330, "r": 542.4, "b": 253.2 }, "text": "Vernal habitats contain pools that are confined depressions, either natural or man-made, that maintain ponded water for part of the year and are devoid of breeding fish populations. These temporary pools provide habitat to many species of amphibians, several of which breed exclusively in vernal pools, as well as a multitude of insects, reptiles, plants, and other wildlife. NJDEP Landscape Project mappings and the Natural Heritage Data do not map the site or surrounding areas as within a confirmed or potential vernal habitat area." }, { "id": "p17.8", "order": 8, "type": "heading", "bbox": { "l": 106.56, "t": 240.72, "r": 228.96, "b": 228.72 }, "text": "Wildlife impact assessment", "attrs": { "block_label": "paragraph_title" }, "level": 3 }, { "id": "p17.9", "order": 9, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.64, "t": 216.24, "r": 542.88, "b": 75.6 }, "text": "Wildlife habitat on the project site is primarily limited to disturbed upland areas associated with existing development, maintained open areas, and fragmented edge conditions, with higher quality habitat occurring within adjacent regulated wetland and buffer areas to the south and west of the property. No direct disturbance to wetlands or wetland buffer areas is proposed, and all new construction and permanent improvements are confined to previously developed or disturbed portions of the site. Previously disturbed buffer areas are proposed to be restored and revegetated, which will enhance habitat structure, improve edge conditions, and increase long-term ecological value for wildlife species utilizing adjacent natural areas. Temporary disturbance related to construction activities may result in short-term displacement of common, adaptable wildlife species; however, habitat availability in surrounding undeveloped areas is expected to accommodate short-term movement without adverse population effects. The project does not introduce substantial barriers to wildlife movement, does not fragment intact habitat blocks, and does not" } ], "excluded_furniture": { "first": [], "last": [] } }