lands with poorly drained or very poorly drained soils as designated by the National Cooperative Soil Survey of the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. All activities must comply the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan.
There are no existing Freshwater Wetlands located on or within 300 feet of the subject property.
2.7 Floodplains
There are no flood plain area or riparian buffers areas located on the site. No development is proposed within any regulated flood hazard areas or flood plain.
2.8 Vegetation
The site is occupied by an existing residences. There are forest areas remaining between the existing houses.
2.9 Wildlife
The site is developed and the surrounding areas along East Veterans Road and Butterfly Road are also developed with residential homes. The site contains no natural vegetation and does not contain critical habitat for threatened or endangered species based upon analysis of the Protection of Threatened or Endangered Wildlife Pinelands CMP policy (NJAC 7:50-6.33) by the Pinelands Commission staff as evidenced by the issuance of the Certificate of Filing.
2.10 Noise
Noise is defined as "any sound of such level to be injurious to human health or welfare, or which would unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property throughout the state or in any portion thereof, but excludes noise emanating from residential structures." Ambient noise levels are assumed to be well below the NJDEP standards, due to the nature of the area. The existing noise characteristics within the area are representative of a residential setting and are influenced by auto traffic on the surround county arterial roads. Typical daytime noise levels of residential communities range from 45 to 50 dBA (decibel). As the general project area is low-density residential and accounts for a low volume of traffic, noise levels are minimal. Local traffic in the site vicinity is the primary on-site noise contributor. Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES) is located approximately 3 miles southwest of the project site. McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and NAES have been combined to form a Joint Base in 2009. This consolidation has created an increase in the tempo of aviation operations at NAES by deployment of additional Air National Guard aircraft and adding Assault Landing Zone training for C-17 aircraft. An Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) Study completed in July 2013 determined the project site is not located within any noise zone areas.
2.11 Cultural, Historical and Archaeological Resources
Historic and archaeological resources may include objects, structures, shipwrecks, neighborhoods, districts, and manmade or man-modified features of the landscape and seascape,