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Letter to Judy Hinnick Page 2 I learned from the US EPA that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) applies only when n federal facility, activity or funding ie involved. For this project, request for an EIS should be directed to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) who will evaluate and act on the request for a dredge and fill permit needed for the abutments that will support the two bridges proposed at the gravel mining and processing Bite. Our records indicate that the permit application for the dredge and fill permit hoe not yet been filed. If you are interested in pursuing this avenue, I suggest that you contact Anita Culp at the COE office in Pueblo. That address and phone number are: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southern Colorado Project Office 720 North Main Street, Suite 205 Pueblo, CO 81003-3046 719/543-9459 It ie my understanding that you will need to submit youx• concerns/request to the COE in writing, and that you will have a defined timeframe in which to do this, once the dredge and fill permit application ie filed. Ns. Culp can notify you of the filing date and the timelines for submitting responses. In conjunction with the dredge and fill permit, my agency will undertake an antidegradation analysis and certify that the quality of the water will or will not ba adversely affected by the proposed operation. My consultations with WQCD hydrogeologiete and with the DMG indicate that the applicant hoe taken the steps needed to minimize the impacts to water quality from the proposed gravel mining and processing operation. We will continue to monitor the operation through the discharge monitoring reports that will be filed on a scheduled basis; the DMG will address water quality considerations in the reclamation permit that will be issued. I am aware that the DNG will conduct a preheating conference on the Agile Stone Syeteme permit application on Monday, March 16th, at 1:00 p.m. at the Canon City Council Meeting Aoom located at 612 Royal Gorge Boulevard in Canon City. This would be a convenient opportunity for you to raise your concerns to the Mined Land Reclamation Board. I have enclosed a copy of the announcement for the conference for your reference. Beyond what I have outlined above, I don't know what else to recommend to you. If you have further comments or questions, please call me at 303/692-3573. I would also encourage you to attend the public hearing on the reclamation permit scheduled before the Mined Land Reclamation Board at 9:00 a.m. on March 25 or 26 in Room 315, 1313 Sherman Street in Denver. Me. Glenda Williams develops the , - - Board''e agenda and'"will-De able to give you a time for the hearing after 14arch 20th. She can be reached at 303/866-3567. Sincerely, RatHtee , Watereh d Coordinator Arkansas and Rio Grande aein WATER QUALITY CONTROL D ISION Enclosure cc: Anita Culp, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ~/Glands Williams, Division of Minerals & Geology Phil Hegeman, Permits Unit, WQCD Watershed File