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05!25/2000 11:01 719-743-28~ LINCOLN COUNTY • PAGE 03 <br />For purposes of defutition under Section 404, the basic project purpose is to provide material for <br />county road maintrnance and construction. The overall projett purpose is to obtain sand and gravel from <br />a local site for rue with county road maintenance end construction. <br />Project DeserlpHon <br />Sand and gravel is to be bulldozed from the stream bed to a stockpile on the streaat bank. these <br />piles will be arranged along the stream bank depending on the amount of material required for road <br />maintrnance. 4:1 slopes will be maintained to prevent degradarion to the banks. The mining operation <br />will be conducted whrn stream flow isnon-existen[. The product stockpile will be looted such as not to <br />alter the stream flow during flood stages and will not realign the channel in any way. <br />Wetland Impacts <br />The project is not expected to impact wetlands. <br />•rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr~rr• <br />The Colorado Depertraent of Public Health and Environment. WQCD-GWPS-BP, 4300 Chary <br />Creek Drive South, Denver, Colorado 80222-1530, will review the proposed project for state certification in <br />accordance with the provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act The certification, if issued, will <br />express the State's opinion that the opetatiotta undertakrn by the applicant will not insult in a violation of <br />applicable water quality standards. The Colorado Departmrnt of Public Health and Environment hereby <br />incorporates this public notice as its own public notice and procedures by zzferrnce thereto. <br />The Colorado Departmrnt of Public Health and Envizoamatt also reviews each project with respect <br />to the anti-degradation provisions in state regulations. For further information regarding aati~egrtidation <br />provision, please contact John Farrow at the Colorado Water Quality Control Division, (303) 692-3575. <br />In compliance with the Endangered Species Act, a preliminary determination has been made that <br />the described work will not affect species designated as threatened or endangered or adversely affect <br />critical habitat Jn order to complete our evaluation of this activity, comments are solicited $om the U.S. <br />Fish and Wildlik Service and other interested agencies and individuals. <br />The Omaha District will comply with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1'966, as amended. <br />We will evaluate input by the State Historic Preservation Officer and the public in response to this public <br />notice, and we may conduct or requve a reconnaissance survey of the permit area or ehedk for tmlmown <br />historic properties, if warranted. <br />The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impacts <br />including cumulative impacu of the proposed activity on the public interest. "that decision will reflett the <br />national concern for both pro[ection and utilization of important resources. The benefits which reasonably <br />maybe expected to accrue from the proposal must be balanced against the reasonably foreseeable <br />detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the proposal will be considered including the cumulative <br />effects thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, wetlands, 5sh and wildlife values, <br />