Volume 43 - Issue 33 - August 15, 2024

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment

Notice of Water Quality Certification

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has drafted a water quality certification per Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requested by JEO Consultant Group representing Tim Arndt per Public Notice No. NWK-2024-00424 for projects found at https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices.

The applicant proposes to place fill within the Cottonwood River for the purpose of bank erosion protection and stabilization to protect agricultural land and reduce sediment loads into the river. Currently, streambank erosion along the south bank is causing loss of agricultural land and increased sediment yields leading to increased sediment transport downstream to John Redmond Reservoir. As designed, the proposed work would take place along 1,300 feet of the river. A total of 1,175 feet of Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection (LPSTP) would be placed along the toe of the bank and keyed in, 11 bendway weirs measuring 35-40 feet long and spaced 100 feet apart would be anchored into the stream bank with a locked log structure at the end of each bendway weir.

The draft certification will be posted on the KDHE website at https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1095/Section-401-Water-Quality-Certification on or before August 15, 2024. Persons wishing to comment on the referenced draft document must submit their comments in writing by email to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment at KDHE.NPS@ks.gov by September 15, 2024, if they wish to have their comments considered in the formulation of final determinations for 401 regarding this public notice.

For more information, contact Scott Satterthwaite, Watershed Management Section, Bureau of Environmental Field Services, KDHE at Scott.Satterthwaite@ks.gov.

Janet Stanek
Secretary
Department of Health and Environment

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