GENERAL35446

• Permit No: M1976020
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/1/1985
• Doc Name: PUBLIC NOTICE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

US Army Corps
of Engineers
Sacramento District
650 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
Public
Public Notice No. 9119
In Reply Refer to: SPKCO-O
tice
Date: October 1, 1985
Comments Due by: October 31, 1985
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
U.S. ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, SACRAMENTO DISTRICT
AND
STATE OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Subject: Application for a Department of the Army Permit under Section 404 0( the Clez~n Water Act
(CWA) and for water quality certification under Section 401 of the CWA to place dredged and/or fill
material in the Animas River, as shown on the attached drawings.
Applicant: Jack D. Williams, Agent, Animas Aggregates Inc., P.O. Box 1447, Durango, Colorado 81302.
Location: The project site is located in the Animas River, approximately 12 miles north of Durango, La
Plata County, Colorado, within Section 36, Township 37 North, Range 9 West.
Background: On April 1, 1980, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, issued
Department of the Army Permit No. 6998 to Animas Aggregates Inc. This permit authorized placement of
approximately 3,000 cubic yards of dredged material for restoration of dikes and placement of large
boulders in areas of critical erosion potential. Subsequent years of high flows have since eroded much of
the existing dikes and banks. The applicant is requesting a Department of the Army permi¢ in order to
restore existing dikes, construct a new dike, and to place riprap along a north bank of the Animas River.
Purpose: To prevent further erosion to the east bank of the Aniimas River, to prevent flooding of
residential, pasture, and development land adjacent to the east bank, and to protect wastewater treatment
ponds on an exposed northern bank.
Project Destription: The applicant proposes to restore two dikes and to construct a new dike by
placement of approximately 16,200 cubic yards of dredged and/or fill material in the Animas River. Areas
of critical erosion potential will be riprapped with concrete slabs. Approximately 75 cubic yeirds of large
boulder or precast concrete slab riprap will be placed on a northern bank to protect wastewater treatment
ponds.
Additional Information: The applicant has requested water quality certification from the State of
Colorado, Department of Health in accordance with Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Written
comments on water quality certification should be submitted to Mr. Rich Horstmann, Planning and
Standards Section, Colorado Department of Health, 4210 East 11th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 40220, on or
before the expiration date of this public notice.
Written comments on this permit application should be submitted to the Sacramento District Engineer at
the address listed above. Please furnish a copy of your written comments to Regulatory Unit 4, U.S. Army
Engineer District, Sacramento, 2784 Crossroads Bou levard, Suite 207, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-3975.
The latest published version of the National Register of Historic Places and its monthly supplements have
been reviewed and there are no places either listed or recommended as eligible which would I>e affected.
No further cultural resources review is warranted because the permit area has been created in modern
times. This activity would not affect any threatened or endangered species or their critical h abitat. The
District Engineer has made this determination based on information provided by the applicant and on the
Corps' preliminary evaluation.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments on or before October 31,1985. Any I>erson may
request, in writing, within the comment period specified in this notice that a public hearing be held to
consider this application. Requests for public hearings shall state, with particularity, the seasons for
holding a public hearing.