Appendix L 

Soil Types and Associated Limitations for the Sendout Pipeline 
Appendix L - Soil Typ

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Appendix Table L-1 

Soil Types and Associated Limitations for the Sendout Pipeline and Pipeline Components a/

Soil Type 

Shallow 

Bedrock 

(< 60” 

bgs) 

(Yes/No) 

Hydric 

Soil 

(Yes/No) 

Poor or Very Poor 

Revegetation 

Potential for 

Grass/Herbaceous 

(Yes/No / Yes/No) 

High Compaction 

Potential 

(Yes/No) 

Prime Farmland 

(PF) or Farmland 

of Statewide 

Importance (SI) 

(PF/SI/No) 

Potential 

Erodibility 

T

Adams-Croghan association, 0 to 8 percent slopes No No No / No No SI Not highly erodible Brayton-Colonel association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Bucksport and Wonsqueak soils No Yes Yes / Yes Yes No Not highly erodible Buxton silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Unknown No Unknown / Unknown Unknown SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Chesuncook silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes No No No / No No SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Chesuncook-Elliottsville-Telos complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Chesuncook-Telos association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Creasey gravelly silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes Yes No No / No No SI Not highly erodible Creasey-Abram complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes Yes No No / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Creasey-Lamoine complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes Yes No No / No No SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Danforth-Elliottsville complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Dixfield fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Unknown Unknown Unknown / Unknown Unknown SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Dixfield-Colonel complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes No No No / No No PF Not highly erodible Dixfield-Colonel complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No Not highly erodible Dixfield-Marlow association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Dixfield-Marlow-Tunbridge complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Dixfield-Rawsonville-Colonel complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Yes No Yes / No Yes No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Dixfield-Tunbridge-Colonel complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Hermon-Monadnock-Skerry complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very bouldery No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Hogback-Abram-Rawsonville complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes, very stony Yes No Yes / Yes No No Highly erodible Hogback-Rawsonville-Abram complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Yes No Yes / Yes No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Kinsman-Wonsqueak association, 0 to 3 percent slopes No Yes No / No Yes No Not highly erodible Lamoine-Buxton complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes No No No / No Yes SI Not highly erodible 
Appendix L – Soil Types and Associated Limitations 

for the Sendout Pipeline 

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Appendix Table L-1 

Soil Types and Associated Limitations for the Sendout Pipeline and Pipeline Components a/

Soil Type 

Shallow 

Bedrock 

(< 60” 

bgs) 

(Yes/No) 

Hydric 

Soil 

(Yes/No) 

Poor or Very Poor 

Revegetation 

Potential for 

Grass/Herbaceous 

(Yes/No / Yes/No) 

High Compaction 

Potential 

(Yes/No) 

Prime Farmland 

(PF) or Farmland 

of Statewide 

Importance (SI) 

(PF/SI/No) 

Potential 

Erodibility 

T

Lamoine-Buxton-Scantic complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes No Yes No / No Yes SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Lamoine-Creasey-Scantic complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes Yes Yes No / No Yes SI Not highly erodible Lamoine-Rawsonville-Scantic complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No No No Not highly erodible Lamoine-Scantic complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes No Yes No / No Yes SI Not highly erodible Lamoine-Scantic complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Lamoine-Scantic-Colonel complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Lamoine-Tunbridge-Scantic complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Lyman-Abram-Tunbridge complex, 15 to 60 percent slopes, very stony Yes No Yes / No No No Highly erodible Lyman-Tunbridge-Abram complex, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Yes No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Marlow fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Unknown No Unknown / Unknown Unknown SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Marlow-Dixfield association, 8 to 30 percent slopes, very stony No No No / No No No Highly erodible Masardis-Sheepscot complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes No No No / No No SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Monarda-Telos association, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Monarda-Wonsqueak complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes, very stony No Yes Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Naskeag-Abram-Ricker complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Yes Yes Yes / No Yes No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Naskeag-Rawsonville-Hogback complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony Yes Yes Yes / No Yes No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Naskeag-Tunbridge-Lyman complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony Yes Yes Yes / No Yes No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Pits, sand and gravel Unknown No NA / NA No No Not highly erodible Rawsonville-Lamoine-Hogback complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Yes Yes Yes / No Yes No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Scantic silt loam No Yes No / No Yes No Not highly erodible Scantic-Biddeford association, 0 to 3 percent slopes No Yes No / No Yes No Not highly erodible Skerry-Becket association, 3 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 
Appendix L - Soil Typ

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Appendix Table L-1 

Soil Types and Associated Limitations for the Sendout Pipeline and Pipeline Components a/

Soil Type 

Shallow 

Bedrock 

(< 60” 

bgs) 

(Yes/No) 

Hydric 

Soil 

(Yes/No) 

Poor or Very Poor 

Revegetation 

Potential for 

Grass/Herbaceous 

(Yes/No / Yes/No) 

High Compaction 

Potential 

(Yes/No) 

Prime Farmland 

(PF) or Farmland 

of Statewide 

Importance (SI) 

(PF/SI/No) 

Potential 

Erodibility 

T

Skerry-Colonel-Rawsonville complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony Yes No Unknown / Unknown Unknown No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Skerry-Colonel-Tunbridge complex, 0 to 15 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No No No 

Potentially highly erodible 

Telos silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes No No No / No Yes SI Not highly erodible Telos-Chesuncook complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony No No Yes / No Yes No Not highly erodible Tunbridge-Lyman complex, 3 to 8 percent slopes Yes No No / No No PF Not highly erodible Tunbridge-Lyman complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes Yes No No / No No SI 

Potentially highly erodible 

Udorthents-Urban land complex Unknown No NA / NA No No Not highly erodible Wonsqueak and Bucksport soils, frequently flooded No Yes Yes / Yes Yes No Not highly erodible Total of All Soil Types d/ NA = Not applicable a/ Pipeline components include: Additional Temporary Work Spaces (ATWS), ATWS Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) Pads, Laydown Areas, one new access road (at MP 

mainline valve site (at MP 17.2) b/ Temporary area includes cleared areas of the construction right-of-way and aboveground facilities that would be cleared during the construction of the Project. 

c/ Permanent area is a subset of Temporary area, and includes only those areas that will be permanently maintained for Project Operations.

d/ These totals do not include 9.5 acres (temporary and permanent) of additional access roads that would not impact native soils. 

Source: USDA 2006a.