GENERAL31456

• Permit No: M1977344
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/25/2001
• Doc Name: ALB DIS
• From: SARAH FOWLER
• To: LARRY OEHLER
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Purpose and Need: The stated purpose of the project is to divert Bear
Creek aw3Y from the property tp be mined far limestone to supply raw
material for the production of cement at the Holnam's plant adjacent to the
quarry. The need for the project is to supply the continuing and growing
demand for concrete in the region.
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1999 30249 September 28, 2000
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[phone] October 19, 2000
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PERMIT APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 404
OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT (33 USC 1344)
Summary of Proposed Protect: We are requesting public
comment on the following project before the above
suspense date. The application is for a permit to place
dredgetl and fill material for a stream relocatipn of pear
Creek near Florence, Fremont County, Colorado. The
project invplves the relocation of approximately 10,SQ0
linear feet of Bear Creek and the 15.16 acres of associated
wetlands and another 5.52 acres of isolated wetlands in
conjunction with the expansion of the limestone mine al the
Holnam Quarry. Details of the proposed project are
provided below.
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENlS(NEERS AND
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH Att(D ENVIRONMENT
Name of Applicant: Holnam Inc., 3500 State Highway 120, Florence, CO
81226.
Location: The project is located at the Holnam Quarry along Bear Creek
near Florence, Fremont County, Colorado, Section 16 and 17, Township
19S, Range 68W.
Description of Work: To divert 10,800 linear feet of Bear Creek away from
the limestone mine area impacting 19.68 acres of wetland to mine 65-70
million cubic yards of limestone in the quarry. Work is expected to begin in
2001 to divert the channel and begin constructing the mitigation. Diversion
of the channel and mitigation construction is expected to be completed by
2002. Mining of the limestone will continue until 2023.
Mitigation Proposed tiv the Applicant: The applicant is proposing 19.6
acres of on-site wetland mitigation, a majority of which will be located
adjacent to the confluence of Hardscrabble Creek and the Arkansas River
in area labeled MS-6 and will be of sirhilar vegetative composition as the
impacted wetlands. Additional wetlands will be constructed at MS-4 and
MS-2 with a minimum of 1 acre and a maximum of 3 acres at each of
these sites. These wetlands will be of the same vegetative composition as
MS-6.
Plans antl Data: Drawings showing the location of the work site and other
data are eOGJosed with this notice. If additional information is desired, it may
be obtained from the applicant, or from:
Diana L. Humphreys
U.S. Army GRrp$ Of engineers
Southern Colorado Project Office
720 North Main Street, Suite 205
Pueblo, CO 81003-3046
[phone]
Fax No. [phone]
State Water Quality Certification: The Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment (CDPHE) will review the project with an intent to
certify in apcordance with Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The
CDPHE also reviews each project with respect to the anti-degradation
provisions in state re9ylations. For the project which is the subject of this
public notice, the CDPF)E has preliminarily determined that this project will
cause only temporary changes in water quality. Any comments regarding
water quality impacts should be sent to:
Colorado Department of Public Health
and Environment
ATTN: WQCb-GPS-B2
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, GO 80222-1530
[phone]
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