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# .~~47~ . DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ' ~~~~„ U.S. ARMY ENG{NEER DISTRICT, SACRAMENTO ~ ~ tia ~ ~, ~I CORPS OF ENGINEERS ~ _ ~+s - COLORADO/GUNNISON BASIN '"~~ ~ _t ~ ~ ~ ~ REGULATORY OFFICE 400 8000 AVENUE, ROOM 142 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501-2563 REPLY TO 47TENOON OF December 15, 2006 C.1;g' ,.... °EC ' ~~ Regulatory Branch (200675282) '~q,. 19 2~ ~~^'Ga p~OUN Mr. Fred Jarman, Staff Planner ~HN~NG Garfield County Building and Planning Department 108 8th Street, Suite 401 _ _ _ Glenwood Springs, Colorado 81601 Dear Mr. Jarman: I am responding to your December 11, 2006, request for comments on the Grand River Park Project (Hangs Ranch) Special Use Permit application. This project is located at Latitude 39° 32' 8.11", Longitude 107° 40' 17.8", Section 9, Township 6 South, Range 92 West, south of the Town of Silt and within Garfield County, Colorado. The Corps of Engineers jurisdiction within the study area is under the authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, rivers, perennial, ephemeral or intermittent streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, vernal pools, springs, marshes, wet meadows, and seeps. Project features that result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States will require Department of the Army authorization prior to starting work. we have verified approximately 7.31 acres of waters of the United States present on the project site, southeast of Interstate 70. Property northwest of I-70 has not been delineated or verified. The range of alternatives considered for this project should include alternatives that avoid impacts to wetlands or other waters of the United States. Every effort should be made to avoid project features which require the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. In the event it can be clearly demonstrated there are no practicable alternatives to filling waters of the United States, mitigation plans should be developed to compensate for the unavoidable losses resulting from project implementation.