Choccolocco park | Oxford, Al
Choccolocco Park came to Frazer Environmental as a legacy project from Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood ("GMC"). (Mr. Frazer was a partner at GMC before founding Frazer Environmental.) Mr. Frazer and his team at GMC were initially hired in 2009 to complete a wetland delineation for the proposed project site. A Section 404 Individual Permit was submitted and obtained for the project in 2010. A significant cultural resource was uncovered during initial grading activities and the project was halted. Mr. Frazer led a team of archeologists and attorneys to prepare a cost-effective Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State Historic Preservation Officer, the Native American Tribal Preservation Officer and the City of Oxford. With the MOA in place, the City resumed work on the project and reconstructed portions of the culturally significant landscape. An earthen mound that was plowed down by a farmer in the 1950’s was rebuilt, a process which required a FEMA “No-Rise” certification through hydraulic analysis.
When Mr. Frazer left GMC in 2014, the City of Oxford and GMC wished to keep Mr. Frazer as the lead Environmental Engineer of the
project due to his history and familiarity with the complexity of the site and the parties involved. In 2016, Frazer Environmental submitted and received a Section 404 Individual wetland permit modification and continues to monitor the ongoing wetland mitigation and archeological requirements of the site.
The City of Oxford hosted a grand opening for the new Choccolocco Park on October 16, 2016. The 350-acre complex includes a 100-acre archeological preserve along with two signature baseball and softball fields, nine additional baseball and softball fields, a trail-head, picnic facilities, concession stands, four soccer fields, three playgrounds, a 30-acre lake with three miles of walking track and lake pavilions, and a regulation track. Frazer Environmental, along with City leaders, leaders of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and archeologists, developed an educational trail at the park that reflects the site’s important Native American legacy.
FIVE MILE CREEK | TARRANT, AL
The Five Mile Creek HMGP project came to Frazer Environmental as a legacy from Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood ("GMC"). (Mr. Frazer was a partner at GMC before founding Frazer Environmental.) Mr. Frazer and his team at GMC were initially hired in 2008 to submit a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application to secure funding to complete an engineering study on the flooding situation in Tarrant, Alabama. The study showed that flooding from Five Mile Creek could be dramatically reduced through the construction of a flood control structure upstream of the City. An additional grant application for final engineering and construction funding was submitted and approved by the State EMA and FEMA. The flood control structure is to span Five Mile Creek and will have unavoidable impacts to the channel. A complete wetland delineation for the proposed project site was completed and a Section 404 Individual Permit was submitted and obtained for the project in 2011.
When Mr. Frazer left GMC in 2014, the City of Tarrant and GMC wished to keep Mr. Frazer as the lead Environmental Engineer on the project due to his history and familiarity with the complexity of the permitting and the funding source. In 2016, Frazer Environmental, along with GMC, submitted and received a Section 404 Individual wetland permit renewal and will implement the stream mitigation responsibilities in 2017. The ground breaking for the flood control project is slated for Spring 2017.
CAHABA RIVER MITIGATION BANK | BRENT, AL
The Cahaba River Mitigation Bank came to Frazer Environmental as a legacy project from Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood ("GMC"). (Mr. Frazer was a partner at GMC before founding Frazer Environmental.) Mr. Frazer and his team at GMC were hired in 2008 to examine the feasibility of creating a private wetland and stream mitigation bank in Middle Alabama to serve the compensatory mitigation needs for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits in Birmingham and surrounding area. The property had been severely altered over the last 50 years by farming and cattle operations. In 2010, GMC obtained U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval for the combined stream and wetland mitigation bank. The project is restoring natural stream flows and wetland hydrology through multiple efforts across the 800+ acre site. These efforts include culvert removal and bridge replacement, along with stream restoration, exotic species control, site preparation, and tree planting.
When Mr. Frazer left GMC in 2014, the bank owner and GMC wished to keep Mr. Frazer in charge of the project management. Frazer Environmental actively monitors the status of credits and helps the bank owner determine the necessary construction and tree-planting actions to be undertaken each year in order to maintain a steady surplus of credits.
Delta Regional River Park - Bike Trail | Crittenden Co., aR
Frazer Environmental was hired in 2016 to obtain the necessary environmental concurrences and permits, and to prepare a NEPA document for AHTD job 110638. This project was sponsored locally by Crittenden County and the City of West Memphis and was funded through Federal Highways Administration’s (FHWA) Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvements (CMAQ) Program. The project will construct new bike and pedestrian improvements on the western bank of the Mississippi River in Crittenden County, Arkansas. These improvements will consist of upgrading existing gravel county roads and constructing new, ten foot wide paths along the banks of the Mississippi River. These new paths will generally follow an existing dirt road. The upgraded county roads and the newly constructed paths will be made from recycled milled asphalt material that is rolled and compacted. This project is an offshoot of the new Main to Main project that will construct a non-vehicular bike and pedestrian lane on the north side of the historic Harahan Bridge.
Frazer Environmental conducted a wetland delineation and submitted and received approval for a Nationwide Permit for the project in 2016. Additionally Frazer Environmental also conducted an Endangered and Threatened Species Survey and received concurrence from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Additional services also included the preparation and submittal of a Federal Highways Administration Categorical Exclusion NEPA document through the Arkansas Highways Department, as well as submittal to Arkansas Heritage Department for archeological monitoring. This project is slated to begin construction in the Fall of 2016.