December 3, 2002
A notice (#200300267)
inviting comments from the public has been issued by the Corps of Engineers. It concerns the dredging of the pond at Hawthorne neighborhood (click on photo for more images).
The notice itself is a very large file in .pdf format, so I have copied the text and most of the photos in this article.
Topics covered by the announcement include:
JOINT PUBLIC 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 66612-1367.
APPLICANT:
Hawthorne Community Master Association
P.O. Box 25574
Shawnee Mission, KS 66225-5574
PROJECT LOCATION
(As shown on the attached drawings):
Tomahawk Creek
Parkway between Roe Avenue
and Nall Avenue, in Section 21, Township 13 south, Range 25 east,
Johnson County, Kansas.
AUTHORITY:
Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344).
ACTIVITY (As shown on the attached drawings):
PROPOSED WORK:
Renovation
of an existing 4-acre man-made
lake for the purpose of removing accumulated sediment and restoring
previously existing contours and conditions.
The project would begin by draining water from the lake and allowing for
2-4 weeks of drying, facilitating the entry of
earth-moving equipment onto the site. Excavation activities would
involve scraping and stockpiling accumulated silt
material within the lakebed and allowing it to dry before loading and
removal to an upland site. An estimated 20,000
cubic yards of material would be removed from the lake bottom. The
placement of cable-concrete erosion control mat
is proposed around the entire perimeter of the lake after removal of
sediment. The mat system consists of individual
tapered square concrete blocks measuring 11 ½ inch at the top and 15 ½
inch at the base with a ½ inch spacing
between each block on all sides. The individual blocks are connected by
stainless steel cable to form 8 foot by 16 foot
mats. A geotextile fabric is attached to the base of each mat. The mats
will be placed lengthwise around the perimeter
of the lake with 4 feet of mat located above and 4 feet of mat located
below the ordinary waterline. The total amount of
cable-concrete mat needed to cover the shoreline of the lake is
estimated at 2,200 square feet and would result in a fill
of approximately 0.25 acres below the ordinary high water mark.
Limestone rock slabs currently in place around lake
will be relocated above the cable-concrete mat to provide additional
erosion protection and for aesthetic purposes.
WETLANDS:
No discharge of dredged material will be placed in wetlands.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Additional information about this application
may be obtained by contacting
Brian Donahue, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Kansas City Regulatory
Office; 700 Federal Building; 601
East 12th Street; Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2896 at telephone
816-983-3703 (FAX 816-426-2321) or via
email at brian.t.donahue@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.
Permit No. 200300267
Issue Date: December 2, 2002
Expiration Date: December 23, 2002
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 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 will not affect species designated as
threatened or endangered or adversely affect critical
habitat. 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 1 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.
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