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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
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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