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APPLICANT: Douglas County Kaw Drainage District

PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located within the Kansas River in Section 10, Township 12 south, Range 19 east, Douglas County, Kansas.

ACTIVITY: The applicant proposes to install 1,100 cubic yards of shot rock below the ordinary high water mark to create a rock blanket 3.5 feet thick along 1,220 linear feet of the Kansas River.

APPLICANT: Douglas County Kaw Drainage District PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located within the Kansas River in Section 10, Township 12 south, Range 19 east, Douglas County, Kansas. ACTIVITY: The applicant proposes to install 1,100 cubic yards of shot rock below the ordinary high water mark to create a rock blanket 3.5 feet thick along 1,220 linear feet of the Kansas River.

PUBLIC NOTICE Permit No. NWK-2015-1857 Issue Date: September 14, 2015 Expiration Date: October 5, 2015

US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District

21-Day Notice ______________________________________________________________________________ This public notice is issued jointly with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The Department of Health and Environment will use the comments to this notice in deciding whether to grant Section 401 water quality certification. Commenters are requested to furnish a copy of their comments to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Water - Watershed Management Section, 1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 420, Topeka, Kansas 666121367. APPLICANT: Douglas County Kaw Drainage District 808 Massachusetts Street P.O. Box B Lawrence, KS 66044 PROJECT LOCATION (As shown on the attached drawings): The project is located within the Kansas River in Section 10, Township 12 South, Range 19 East, in Douglas County, Kansas. USGS 7.5 Minute Quad - Williamstown, KS Latitude: 39.018136 - Longitude: -95.282412 AUTHORITY: Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 403) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344). ACTIVITY (As shown on the attached drawings): PROPOSED: The applicant proposes to install 1,100 cubic yards of shot rock below the ordinary high water mark to create a rock blanket 3.5 feet thick along 1,220 linear feet (LF) of the Kansas River. The project purpose as stated by the applicant is to stop and control erosion along this segment of the Kansas River. WETLANDS/AQUATIC HABITAT: The project is located within a 1,220 LF segment of the southern bank of the Kansas River. The stream segment has a narrow forested corridor consisting of a mix of hardwood species. APPLICANT'S STATEMENT OF AVOIDANCE, MINIMIZATION, AND COMPENSATORY MITIGATION FOR UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS TO AQUATIC RESOURCES: According to the applicant, the shot rock will be released at the top of bank and roll down the bank to the river bottom.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Additional information about this application may be obtained by contacting Justin Hughes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City Regulatory Office, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, 64106 or by calling 816-389-3211 or via email at justin.w.hughes@usace.army.mil. All comments to this public notice should be directed to the above address. STATE AUTHORIZATION: The applicant has applied for a permit from the Kansas Department of Agriculture pursuant to Kansas Statutes Annotated 82a-301 to 305. CULTURAL RESOURCES: Kansas City District will comply with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and 36 CFR 800. We have checked the National Register of Historic Places and the Federal Register and no property listed in the Register or proposed for listing is located in the permit area. This is the extent of our knowledge about historic properties in the permit area at this time. However, we will evaluate input by the State Historic Preservation Officer, Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (or Tribe designated representative) and the public in response to this public notice, and we may conduct or require a reconnaissance survey of the permit area to check for unknown historic properties, if warranted. ENDANGERED SPECIES: In compliance with the Endangered Species Act, a preliminary determination has been made that the described work may affect but is not likely to adversely affect the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis). The project area is within the known range and contains suitable habitat for the northern long-eared bat. According to aerial photos, the total forested area that would need to be cleared for the project is less than 1 acre. In order to complete our evaluation of this activity, comments are solicited from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other interested agencies and individuals. FLOODPLAINS: This activity is being reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, which discourages direct or indirect support of floodplain development whenever there is a practicable alternative. By this public notice, comments are requested from individuals and agencies that believe the described work will adversely impact the floodplain. WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION: Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1341) requires that all discharges of dredged or fill material must be certified by the appropriate state agency as complying with applicable effluent limitations and water quality standards. This public notice serves as an application to the state in which the discharge site is located for certification of the discharge. The discharge must be certified before a Department of the Army permit can be issued. Certification, if issued, expresses the state's opinion that the discharge will not violate applicable water quality standards. PUBLIC INTEREST REVIEW: The decision to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact including the cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public interest. That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important resources. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be considered including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are conservation, economics, esthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, cultural values, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy needs,

safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people. The evaluation of the impact of the activity on the public interest will include application of the guidelines promulgated by the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency under authority of Section 404(b) of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344). The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public; Federal, state, and local agencies and officials; Indian Tribes; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity. Any comments received will be considered by the Corps of Engineers to determine whether to issue, modify, condition or deny a permit for this proposal. To make this decision, comments are used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental effects, and the other public interest factors listed above. Comments are used in preparation of an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. Comments are also used to determine the need for a public hearing and to determine the overall public interest of the proposed activity. COMMENTS: This notice is provided to outline details of the above-described activity so this District may consider all pertinent comments prior to determining if issuance of a permit would be in the public interest. Any interested party is invited to submit to this office written facts or objections relative to the activity on or before the public notice expiration date. Comments both favorable and unfavorable will be accepted and made a part of the record and will receive full consideration in determining whether it would be in the public interest to issue the Department of the Army permit. Copies of all comments, including names and addresses of commenters, may be provided to the applicant. Comments should be mailed to the address shown on page 2 of this public notice. PUBLIC HEARING: Any person may request, in writing, prior to the expiration date of this public notice, that a public hearing be held to consider this application. Such requests shall state, with particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.

General Project Location Lawrence, Kansas

APPLICATION NO. NWK-2015-1857 DOUGLAS COUNTY KAW DRAINAGE DISTRICT ROCK BLANKET KANSAS RIVER DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS SHEET 1 OF 2 DATED 14 SEPTEMBER 2015

APPLICATION NO. NWK-2015-1857 DOUGLAS COUNTY KAW DRAINAGE DISTRICT ROCK BLANKET KANSAS RIVER DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS SHEET 2 OF 2 DATED 14 SEPTEMBER 2015

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