2013-09-05_PERMIT FILE - C1996083

Home Browse Search

COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Environmental Clearances Information Summary PURPOSE - This summary is intended to inform entities external to CDOT that may be entering the state highway right -of -way to perform work related to their own facilities (such as Utility, Special Use or Access Permittees), about some of the more commonly encountered environmental permits /clearances that may apply to their activities. This listing is not all- inclusive - additional environmental or cultural resource permits /clearances may be required in certain instances. Appropriate local, state and federal agencies should be contacted for additional information if there is any uncertainty about what permits /clearances are required for a specific activity. IMPORTANT — Please Review The Following Information Carefully — Failure to Comply With Regulatory Requirements May Result In Suspension or Revocation of Your CDOT Permit, Or Enforcement Actions By Other Agencies CLEARANCE CONTACTS - As indicated in the permit/clearance descriptions listed below, the following individuals or agencies may be contacted for additional information: • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment ( CDPHE): General Information — (303) 692 -2035 Water Quality Control Division (WQCD): (303) 692 -3500 Environmental Permitting Website http:// www .cdi)he.state.co.us /r)ermfs.asp. • CDOT Water Quality Program Manager: Rick Willard (303) 757 -9343 http://www.coloradodot.info/proarams/environmental/water- guality • CDOT Asbestos Project Manager: Theresa Santangelo - Dreiling, (303) 512 -5524 • Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation: (303) 866 -3395 • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, District Regulatory Offices: Omaha District (NE Colorado), Denver Office (303) 979 -4120 hftr)://www.nwo.usace.army.m I/htmI/od-tl/tri-Iakes.htmI Sacramento Dist. (Western CO), Grand Junction Office (970) 243 -1199 hftp://www.spk.usace.arrny.mil/cesok-co/reaulatory/ Albuquerque District (SE Colorado), Pueblo Reg. Office (719 }543 -6915 hftp://www.si)a.usace.army.mil/re-q/ • CDOT Utilities, Special Use and Access Permitting: 303 757 -9654 hftD://www.dot.state.co.us/Permits/ Ecological Resources — Disturbance of wildlife shall be avoided to the maximum extent practicable. Entry into areas of known or suspected threatened or endangered species habitat will require special authorization from the CDOT permitting office. If any threatened or endangered species are encountered during the progress of the permitted work, work in the subject area shall be halted and the CDOT Regional Permitting Office and Region Planning and Environmental Manager shall be contacted immediately. Authorization must be provided by CDOT prior to the continuation of work. Information about threatened or endangered species may be obtained from the CDOT website, httr):/ /coloradodot info /programs/ environmental /wildlife /auidelines, or the Colorado Division of Wildlife website http:/ /wildlife. state. co. us/ WildlifeSpecies /Sr)eciesOfConcem /. Additional guidance may be provided by the appropriate Reciion Planning and Environmental Manager RPEM . Cultural Resources — The applicant must request a file search of the permit area through the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP), Denver, to ascertain if historic or archaeological resources have previously been identified. Inventory of the permit area by a qualified cultural resources specialist may be necessary, per the recommendation of CDOT. If archaeological sites /artifacts or historic resources are known to exist prior to the initiation of the permitted work or are encountered as the project progresses, all work in the subject area shall be halted and the CDOT Regional Permitting Office and Region Planning and Environmental Manager shall be contacted immediately. Authorization must be provided by CDOT prior to the continuation of work. Additional guidance may be provided by the Regional Permitting Office and RPEM. Contact Information: Contact the OAHP for file search at 303 866 -3395. Paleontoloaical Resources - The applicant must request a fossil locality file search through the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to ascertain if paleontological resources have been previously identified. Inventory of the permit area by a qualified paleontologist may be necessary, per the recommendation of CDOT. If fossils are encountered during the permitted work, all work in the subject area shall be halted and the CDOT Regional Permitting Office and Region Planning and Environmental Manager shall be contacted immediately. Authorization must be provided by CDOT prior to the continuation of work. Additional guidance may be provided by the Regional Permitting Office in the Permit Special Provisions. Contact Information: Contact the CDOT Paleontologist at 303 757 -9632. Hazardous Materials, Solid Waste - The Solid Wastes Disposal Sites and Facilities Act C.R.S. 30-20 -100, et al, and Regulations Pertaining to Solid Waste Disposal Sites and Facilities (6 CCR 1007 -2), prohibit solid waste disposal without an approved Certificate of Designation (a landfill permit). The Colorado Hazardous Waste Act C.R.S. 25-15 -301 et al, and the Colorado Hazardous Waste Regulations (6 CCR 1007 -3) prohibit the transfer, storage or disposal (TSD) of hazardous waste except at permitted TSD sites. There are no permitted landfills or TSD sites within the State Highway Right of Way. Therefore, all solid or hazardous wastes that might be generated by the activities of entities entering the State Highway Right of Way must be removed from the ROW and disposed of at a permitted facility or designated collection point (e.g., for solid waste, a utility or construction company's own dumpster). If pre - existing solid waste or hazardous materials contamination (including oil or petroleum contaminated soil, asbestos, chemicals, mine tailings, etc.) is encountered during the performance of work, the permittee shall halt work in the affected area and immediately contact the CDOT Regional Permitting Office for direction as to how to proceed. Contact Info: Andy Flurkey, CDOT Hazardous Materials Project Mang er, 303 512 -5520. Asbestos Containina Materials, Asbestos Contaminated Soil — All work on asbestos containing materials (ACM) must comply with the applicable requirements of the CDPHE Air Pollution Control Division's (APCD) Regulation 8. Disposal of ACM, and work done in asbestos - contaminated soil, must comply with the CDPHE Hazardous Materials and Waste Management Division's (HMWMD) Solid Waste Regulations. The application for any CDOT permit must specifically identify any ACM involved in the work for which authorization is being requested. Additional guidance or requirements may be specified in the permit special provisions. Contact Info: CDPHE APCD and HMWMD Regulations can be accessed via the CDPHE Environmental Permitting Website listed above. Additional information concerning clearance on CDOT proiects is available from the CDOT Asbestos Project Manager (303) 512- 5519, or Theresa Santan elo- Dreilin , Property Management Supervisor 303 512 -5524. Environmental Clearances Information Summary Page 1 of 3 Colorado Department of Transportation December'10