BOARD02475

• Board Meeting Date: 3/21/2002
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Reclamation's 100th Anniversary: June 17 is Reclamation's 100th Anniversary. We will update you about
any activities they have planned in the May report.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Colorado Service Center

Meetings: In late February, the Denver Regulatory Office met with Great Western Diamond Company on
the 404 permit for the Kelsey Lake Diamond Mine (located northwest of Fort Collins near the Wyoming
line). Great Western will be requesting a permit amendment to extend their current permit and modify the
wetland mitigation plan. The Denver Regulatory Office also met with the Federal Highway Administration
to discuss a proposal to improve Tarryall Road in Park County.

3 March: Tri-Lakes Project Office meeting with Lockhee4 Martin to discuss construction of a water quality
improvement proj ect on Massey Draw at Chatfield Lake. The purpose of the proj ect would be reduction of
phosphorus loading to the lake.

12 March: Public hearing on the Draft EIS for the Reuter-Hess Reservoir (Rod Schwartz will provide more
information on this). We will submit comments in support of this project.

14 March: Denver Regulatory Office met with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Colorado Department of
Transportation (CDOT) to discuss proposed habitat mitigation bank along Plum Creek. If approved, the
bank would provide mitigation for CDOT projects that impact habitat of the Preble's meadow jumping
mouse, a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

14 March: Denver Regulatory Office meeting with the Federal Highway Administration and CDOT on the
Gaming Area Access EIS. \

General: Denver Regulatory Office was contacted this week by several engineering firms regarding a
Request for Proposals (RFP) that the City of Fort Collins has on the street. The RFP is to conduct a
feasibility study to enlarge the dam at Halligan Reservoir, near Virginia Dale, to increase the capacity of the .
reservoir for municipal water supply. This project could potentially involve the Corps, through a 404 permit,
as the lead Federal agency for an EIS.

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Business Development and Outreach

In January, Omaha District Business Development Coordinator Deb Brey met with City of Boulder officials
to discuss various Corps programs that could be used to irjJ.plement portions of their recently completed
Greenway Development Plan for Boulder Creek through Boulder. Representatives from CDM, who are
working with the city and county of Denver on the envirotunental restoration projects in Denver, were
present at the meeting and discussed their experience working with the Corps. The City was aware that
Boulder County has submitted a request for a Section 206 study and was considering contacting the County
to see if something more regional could be pursued. Brey briefed Dave Brandon and Ralph Roza on the
meeting.

USACE Workshop: The Corps of Engineers RegulatoryiMeeting will conduct a training session entitled
"Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act". The focu~ will be on 404 permitting and the role of 40 1
Water Quality Certification". The workshop will be held on Apr. 1 in the Centennial Building (1313
Sherman Street Room 318 Denver CO), from 9:00 a,m. - 3 :00 p.m. Corps attendees will be Andrew J
Rosenau, Chief of Albuquerque District, Regulatory Branch, Arthur Champ, Chief of Sacramento District,
Regulatory Branch, Kathryn Schenk, Chief of Omaha District, Regulatory Branch, and representatives from
Colorado Regulatory Field Offices. For any questions regarding the Corps or these events please call Joe
Busto at [phone]. '

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