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Long Hollow Dam and Reservoir Phase I Summary Report <br /> within the LHR footprint. Impacts to emergent wetlands would be mitigated at a ratio <br /> greater than 1:1. <br /> • Riparian Corridor Restoration and Enhancement. Impacts to other "waters of the U.S." <br /> would be mitigated via enhancement and/or restoration of existing riparian areas along <br /> Government Draw and Long Hollow. <br /> WWE will work closely with the USACE and other agencies to best address project wetland <br /> mitigation in the La Plata River. <br /> 6.3.3 Permitting <br /> A Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Individual Permit application was submitted to the <br /> USACE in October 2003. ESA Section 7 Consultation with the USF&WS will begin soon. <br /> (Note: LPWCD was notified by the USF&WS that consultation had begun on November 26, <br /> 2003, but on February 5, 2004 USF&WS requested LPWCD to rerun the SJRIP--model with-the <br /> Jicarilla's Navajo River Water Development Plan depletions in the baseline.) These ongoing 404 <br /> permitting efforts were undertaken with grant funds from Southwest Water Conservation District <br /> (SWCD) to elevate the LHR project feasibility study to a level roughly equivalent to that of the <br /> RMWR Enlargement alternative, the feasibility for which was previously evaluated by WWE <br /> (WWE, April 2003). <br /> 6.4 Cultural Resources <br /> La Plata Archaeological Consultants (LPAC) conducted a cultural resources survey and site <br /> assessment for LPWCD's proposed LHR project in May and June 2003. A total of about 160 <br /> acres was surveyed for cultural resources, based on an LHR maximum pool elevation of 6,310 <br /> feet (see Figure 3). <br /> The on-the-ground survey of the LHR project was conducted by two to three archaeologists <br /> walking pedestrian transects spaced no greater than 15 meters apart over the total of 160 acres. <br /> During the survey, five archaeological sites and five isolated finds were recorded. The five <br /> archaeological sites include the remains of a pre-World War I homestead, two water delivery <br /> 991-077.115 Wright Water Engineers, Inc. Page 13 <br /> July 2004 <br />