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1 United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIF SRVI 176 roghan Spur Road, Suite 200 harleston, South arolina April 17, 2012 Re: Marion ounty Industrial Park, Protected Species Assessment, Marion ounty, South arolina, FWS Log No A-0218 he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has reviewed your April 5, 2012, letter regarding the 351 acre property located near the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 501 and U.S. Hwy. 76, in Marion ounty, S. S&M, Inc., performed an assessment for protected species on the site and are requesting the Service's concurrence on your findings. S&M, Inc. provided a habitat description of the site and a survey for threatened and endangered species known to occur in Marion ounty. Upon completion of the survey you determined that no threatened or endangered species or suitable habitat that might be impacted by any future development is found on the site. he Service has compared your project location to our species and habitat databases and agrees that there are no recorded Federal trust resources in the area. While the Service is pleased to assist you on this project, it should be noted that a section 7 consultation pursuant to the ndangered Species Act of 1973 (SA), is only performed to review actions undertaken by Federal agencies. A Federal action may include funding or authorization of a project or through direct agency involvement such as a civil works project. It is then the responsibility of the Federal agency to determine impacts and seek concurrence from the Service pursuant to section 7. As your request does not constitute a Federal action, we cannot provide a concurrence pursuant to the SA. Further, if the Federal action agency concludes that the project will have no effect upon protected species no consultation is required.

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3 .S&M April 5, 2012 Reference: Protected Species Assessment Marion ounty Industrial Park Marion ounty, South arolina S&M Project No S&M, Inc. (S&M) is pleased to submit this report detailing our Protected Species Assessment for the above-referenced site located in Marion ounty, South arolina. his work was performed in accordance with authorized S&M Proposal No , dated March 19, his report and the on-site pedestrian survey have been conducted to assess the potential for the presence of protected species at the subject site, to meet specific due diligence services necessary to satisfy portions of the South arolina Department of ommerce's (SDO) Site ertification Program. his assessment was conducted in conjunction with other due diligence services such as a wetland delineation. he subject property is comprised of approximately 3 51 acres, located north of the intersection of U.S. Highway 501 and U.S. Highway 76, in Marion ounty, South arolina. A Site Vicinity map is attached to this letter as Figure 1. he site is also identified on Figure 2, which includes a portion of the USGS 7.5-minute Mullins, S.. topographic quadrangle map, dated As part of the previous SDO Site ertification process in 2005, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) concurred with our findings by the issuance of their letter (FWS Log No A-0059) dated November 1, In that letter, the USF&WS stated "that it is unlikely that any federally endangered or threatened species occur there." A copy of that letter is attached to this report. S&M, IN./ 1330 Highway 501 Business/ onway, S / p f I

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12 South arolina List of ndangered, hreatened and andidate Species March 2010 P H S/A * ** BGPA Federally endangered Federally threatened Proposed in the Federal Register ritical Habitat he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service has on file sufficient information on biological vulnerability and threat(s) to support proposals to list these species Federally protected due to similarity of appearance to a listed species ontact the National Marine Fisheries Service for more information on this species he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service share jurisdiction of this species Federally protected under the Bald and Golden agle Protection Act hese lists should be used only as a guideline, not as the final authority. he lists include known occurrences and areas where the species has a high possibility of occurring. Records are updated continually and may be different from the following. For a list of state endangered, threatened, and species of concern go to OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Abbeville arolina heelsplitter BGPA Aiken Piedmont bishop-weed Relict trillium Smooth coneflower Ptilimnium nodosum rillium reliquum chinacea laevigata BGPA Allendale anby's dropwort Smooth coneflower chinacea laevigata BGPA

13 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Anderson Smooth coneflower chinacea laevigata BGPA Bamberg anby's dropwort Barnwell anby's dropwort Piedmont bishop-weed Pondberry Smooth coneflower Ptilimnium nodosum Lindera melissifolia chinacea laevigata BGPA Beaufort anby's dropwort Finback whale Frosted flatwoods salamander Green sea turtle Humpback whale Kemp's ridley sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Piping plover Pondberry Red knot Right whale West Indian manatee Balaenoptera physalus* Ambystoma cingulatum helonia mydas** Megaptera novaengliae* Lepidochelys kempii** Dermochelys coriacea** aretta caretta** haradrius melodus Lindera melissifolia alidris canutus rufa Balaena glacialis* richechus manatus BGPA, H

14 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Berkeley anby's dropwort Frosted flatwoods salamander Pondberry West Indian manatee Ambystoma cingulatum Lindera melissifolia richechus manatus BGPA alhoun BGPA harleston anby's dropwort Finback whale Frosted flatwoods salamander Green sea turtle Humpback whale Kemp's ridley sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Piping plover Pondberry Red knot Right whale Seabeach amaranth West Indian manatee Balaenoptera physalus* Ambystoma cingulatum helonia mydas** Megaptera novaengliae* Lepidochelys kempii** Dermochelys coriacea** aretta caretta** haradrius melodus Lindera melissifolia alidris canutus rufa Balaena glacialis* Amaranthus pumilus richechus manatus BGPA, H herokee Dwarf-flowered heartleaf Hexastylis naniflora

15 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS hester arolina heelsplitter BGPA hesterfield arolina heelsplitter, H larendon anby's dropwort BGPA olleton anby's dropwort Finback whale Frosted flatwoods salamander Green sea turtle Humpback whale Kemp's ridley sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Piping plover Pondberry Red knot Right whale West Indian manatee Balaenoptera physalus* Ambystoma cingulatum helonia mydas** Megaptera novaengliae* Lepidochelys kempii** Dermochelys coriacea** aretta caretta** haradrius melodus Lindera melissifolia alidris canutus rufa Balaena glacialis* richechus manatus BGPA, H Darlington Rough-leaved loosestrife Lysimachia asperulaefolia BGPA

16 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Darlington ontinued Dillon BGPA Dorchester Bog asphodel anby's dropwort Pondberry Narthecium americanum Lindera melissifolia BGPA dgefield arolina heelsplitter Miccosukee gooseberry Relict trillium Ribes echinellum rillium reliquum BGPA, H Fairfield arolina heelsplitter BGPA Florence anby's dropwort BGPA Georgetown anby's dropwort Finback whale Green sea turtle** Balaenoptera physalus* helonia mydas** BGPA

17 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Georgetown ontinued Humpback whale Kemp's ridley sea turtle** Leatherback sea turtle** Loggerhead sea turtle** Piping plover Pondberry Seabeach amaranth Right whale West Indian manatee Megaptera novaengliae* Lepidochelys kempii** Dermochelys coriacea** aretta caretta** haradrius melodus Lindera melissifolia Amaranthus pumilus Balaena glacialis* richechus manutus, H Greenville Bog turtle Bunched arrowhead Dwarf-flowered heartleaf Mountain sweet pitcher-plant Rock gnome lichen Small whorled pogonia Swamp Pink White irisette White fringeless orchid lemmys muhlenbergii Sagittaria fasciculata Hexastylis naniflora Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii Gymnoderma lineare Isotria medeoloides Helonias bullata Sisyrinchium dichotomum Platanthera integrilabia S/A Greenwood arolina heelsplitter BGPA, H Hampton anby's dropwort BGPA Horry anby's dropwort Finback whale Green sea turtle Humpback whale Kemp's ridley sea turtle Balaenoptera physalus* helonia mydas** Megaptera novaengliae* Lepidochelys kempii** BGPA

18 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Horry ontinued Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Piping plover Pondberry Red knot Right whale Seabeach amaranth West Indian manatee Dermochelys coriacea** aretta caretta** haradrius melodus Lindera melissifolia alidris canutus rufa Balaena glacialis* Amaranthus pumilus richechus manatus, H Jasper anby's dropwort Finback whale Frosted flatwoods salamander Green sea turtle Humpback whale Kemp's ridley sea turtle Leatherback sea turtle Loggerhead sea turtle Piping plover Pondberry Red knot Right whale West Indian manatee Balaenoptera physalus* Ambystoma cingulatum helonia mydas** Megaptera novaengliae* Lepidochelys kempii** Dermochelys coriacea** aretta caretta** haradrius melodus Lindera melissifolia alidris canutus rufa Balaena glacialis* richechus manatus BGPA, H Kershaw arolina heelsplitter Michaux's sumac Rhus michauxii BGPA, H

19 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Lancaster Black-spored quillwort arolina heelsplitter Little amphianthus Schweinitz's sunflower Smooth coneflower Isoetes melanospora Amphianthus pusillus Helianthus schweinitzii chinacea laevigata, H Laurens arolina heelsplitter Aster georganus Lee anby's dropwort Lexington Smooth coneflower chinacea laevigata BGPA Marion anby's dropwort i BGPA Marlboro anby's dropwort BGPA Mcormick arolina heelsplitter Miccosukee gooseberry Ribes echinellum BGPA, H Newberry BGPA

20 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Oconee Persistent trillium Small whorled pogonia Smooth coneflower rillium persistens Isotria medeoloides chinacea laevigata Pickens Bog turtle Dwarf-flowered heartleaf Mountain sweet pitcher-plant Smooth coneflower lemmys muhlenbergii Hexastylis naniflora Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii chinacea laevigata S/A Richland anby's dropwort Rough-leaved loosestrife Smooth coneflower Lysimachia asperulaefolia chinacea laevigata BGPA Saluda arolina heelsplitter Little amphianthus Piedmont bishop-weed Amphianthus pusillus Ptilimnium nodosum BGPA Spartanburg Dwarf-flowered heartleaf Hexastylis naniflora Sumter anby's dropwort BGPA Union BGPA Williamsburg

21 OUNY OMMON NAM SINIFI NAM SAUS Williamsburg anby's dropwort ontinued York Hexastylis naniflora Amphianthus pusillus Helianthus schweinitzii BGPA arolina heelsplitter Dwarf-flowered heartleaf Little amphianthus Schweinitz' sunflower

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