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<br />.. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />oG10 <br /> <br />CE?ARi"MENT OF 'iHE ARMY <br />.ALSUOUE.=iCue ~IS-;;;IC';'. CORPS OF :.'lG;Ne=~S <br />sour;;a;;N CCLOR.ACO Re~lJU TCRY 01'";0:: <br />P.O. SOX_ <br />PUe3LC. COLOR.ACO 811X12~ <br /> <br />"I~"~~ <br />.&1":'1H"I:UIO'- <br /> <br />A;:g'..ls~ 2, 1995 <br /> <br />Cons~~..lc~ion e~d Ope~ations Division <br />Regulato~l B=anch <br /> <br />~~. Duane L. Johnson <br />Natural Resources Conse~ation Se~vice <br />655 Parfet S~raet, Room E200C <br />Lakewood, Colc=ado 80215-5517 <br /> <br />Dea~ M~. Johnsen: <br /> <br />We have raviewed your D=af~ PL 83-566 Wate~she~ ?lan - <br />Envi~onmental Assessillen~ fo= the Limes~cne Graveyar~ Creeks <br />Projec~ in P~c'''e=s and .Ben~ Counties, Colorado (Act:.cn No. 1995 <br />30322) which we received or. July 27, 1995. The fol:cNing <br />comments are o:fe~ad. <br /> <br />a. Pege SJ, nI~ is no~ anticipated that any fe~e=al pe~its <br />will be needed to install the proj ect. . . ." - Pr=.cticas to be <br />installed for ~~e project and which could raquire a Section 404 <br />pe~it under the Clean Wate= Act f~om the Corps of Engi~ee~s (CE) <br />if ~~ey occur in wate~s of the United States, inclu~:.~g wetlands <br />are: pipelines, land leveling, and seepage inte~ce:~crs. <br />Exemp~ions by law for agric~ltural activities are gena=ally not <br />available if the ac~ivitv wculd convert a wetland tc an uoland. <br />Nationwide pe~its may be available to authorize these pr;jects; <br />hcweve~, per=it use requires ~~at filling or excava~:.ng in wate~s <br />of the United Statas mus~ ce minimized or avoided te the maximum <br />extent prac~icable unless a co~pensation mitiga~ion ~lan is <br />approved. Nationwide pe~i~ use also requires that the adverse <br />e~vi==r.~ental effec~s for a proj~c~ mus~ be mininal. Fc~ <br />example, althc~gh pipeline censt~..lction may be authc=ize~ by a <br />nationwide pe==it, if the pipeline trench causes drainege of a <br />wetland, we may condition ~~e pe~it with requiremen~s fer <br />special ccnst~~ction featur=.s such as cu~of: collars to p=event <br />wetland drainace. This could increase the ccs~s of oioelines. <br />Land leveling and seepege in~==ceptors may also be a~~So=ized by <br />a nationwide pe=mit although compensatory mitigation may be <br />required, again increasing ~'e cos~s of the projects. <br />