Shantee Creek Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategy Version 1.0 August 27, 2018 Approved: November 20, 2018

Shantee Creek Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategy Version 1.0 August 27, 2018 Approved: November 20, 2018 PRESENTED TO PRESENTED BY Ohio EPA Tetra Tech, Inc. (216) 861-2950 P.O. Box 1079 1468 W. 9th Street, #620 tetratech.com Columbus, OH 43216-1049 Cleveland, OH 44113 Shantee Creek NPS-IS (This page left intentionally blank.) Shantee Creek NPS-IS CONTENTS 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Report Background ................................................................................................................................................. 6 1.2 Watershed Profile and History ................................................................................................................................ 6 1.3 Public Participation and Involvement ...................................................................................................................... 8 2 Watershed Characterization and Assessment Summary ............................................................................................... 9 2.1 Summary of Watershed Characterization ............................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Summary of Biological Trends .............................................................................................................................. 13 2.3 Summary of Pollution Causes and Associated Sources ....................................................................................... 17 2.4 Additional Information ........................................................................................................................................... 18 3 Conditions & Restoration Strategies for the Shantee Creek Critical Areas .................................................................. 20 3.1 Overview of Critical Areas ..................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Shantee Creek - Middle MWH Critical Area #1: Conditions, Goals, & Objectives ................................................ 21 3.3 Silver Creek - Upper MWH Critical Area #2: Conditions, Goals, & Objectives ..................................................... 26 3.4 Silver Creek - Lower LRW Critical Area #3: Conditions, Goals, & Objectives ...................................................... 31 4 Projects and Implementation Strategy .......................................................................................................................... 36 4.1 Critical Area #1: Overview Table and Project Sheets ........................................................................................... 37 4.2 .Critical Area #2: Overview Table and Project Sheets .......................................................................................... 42 4.3 Critical Area #3: Overview Table and Project Sheets ........................................................................................... 44 5 References .................................................................................................................................................................... 48 i Shantee Creek NPS-IS TABLES Table 1. Municipal jurisdictions ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 2. Land cover in the Shantee Creek WAU .................................................................................................................. 11 Table 3. Overall biological indices scores for the Shantee Creek WAU ............................................................................... 13 Table 4. QHEI matrix with warmwater habitat and MWH attributes ...................................................................................... 16 Table 5. Causes and sources of impairment to the Shantee Creek WAU ............................................................................ 17 Table 6. Land cover – Critical Area #1 .................................................................................................................................. 21 Table 7. Fish community health and habitat data – Critical Area #1 .................................................................................... 23 Table 8. Macroinvertebrate community health data – Critical Area #1 ................................................................................. 23 Table 9. Land cover – Critical Area #2 .................................................................................................................................. 26 Table 10. Fish community health and habitat data – Downstream of Critical Area #2 ......................................................... 28 Table 11. Macroinvertebrate community health data – Downstream of Critical Area #2...................................................... 28 Table 12. Land cover – Critical Area #3 ................................................................................................................................ 31 Table 13. Fish community health and habitat data – Critical Area #3 .................................................................................. 33 Table 14. Macroinvertebrate community health data – Critical Area #3 ............................................................................... 33 Table 15. Critical Area #1: Overview table for Shantee Creek - Middle MWH ..................................................................... 38 Table 16. Critical Area #2: Overview table for Silver Creek - Upper MWH .......................................................................... 43 Table 17. Critical Area #3: Overview table for Silver Creek - Lower LRW ........................................................................... 45 ii Shantee Creek NPS-IS FIGURES Figure 1. Maumee AOC in northwest Ohio. ............................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 2. Shantee Creek WAU................................................................................................................................................ 7 Figure 3. Photographs from the April 24, 2018 stakeholder meeting. .................................................................................... 8 Figure 4. Shantee Creek near Telegraph Road and North Detroit Avenue. ........................................................................... 9 Figure 5. Tifft Ditch near Secor Road. .................................................................................................................................. 10 Figure 6. Land cover in the Shantee Creek WAU. ................................................................................................................ 12 Figure 7. ALU attainment in Silver Creek and Shantee Creek. ............................................................................................ 14 Figure 8. Silver Creek along East Alexis Road at the outlet of the Shantee Creek WAU. ................................................... 15 Figure 9. Ohio EPA spill reports in the Shantee Creek WAU from the HSSCA (Ohio EPA 2014). ...................................... 18 Figure 10. Silver Creek maintained as a stormwater ditch along East Alexis Road. ............................................................ 19 Figure 11. Critical areas in the Shantee Creek WAU. .......................................................................................................... 20 Figure 12. Shantee Creek - Middle MWH critical area.......................................................................................................... 22 Figure 13. Railroad culverts along lower Shantee Creek. .................................................................................................... 24 Figure 14. Silver Creek - Upper MWH critical area. .............................................................................................................. 27 Figure 15. Silver Creek - Lower LRW critical area. ............................................................................................................... 32 Figure 16. Critical Area #1 looking west from Stickney Ave. on potential location for parking lot and educational sign. Shantee Creek is located to the left/south behind tree buffer. ............................................................................ 37 Figure 17. Concept for Shantee Creek Stream Restoration and Wetland Creation. ............................................................ 41 iii Shantee Creek NPS-IS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Acronyms/Abbreviations Definition ALU aquatic life use AOC area of concern BUI beneficial use impairment HSSCA Halfway, Silver, and Shantee Creeks Analysis HUC hydrologic unit code IBI Index of Biotic Integrity ICI Invertebrate Community Index LRW limited resources water MIwb Modified Index of well-being MWH modified warmwater habitat NPS-IS Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategy Ohio EPA Ohio Environmental Protection Agency PSS project summary sheet QHEI Qualitative Habitat Evaluation Index TBD to be determined U.S. EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency WAU watershed assessment unit iv Shantee Creek NPS-IS 1 INTRODUCTION Shantee Creek and Silver Creek are small, urban streams in the greater Toledo

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