Volume 42 - Issue 9 - March 2, 2023

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment

Notice of Water Quality Certification

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has drafted a water quality certification per Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requested by United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) per Public Notice No. NWK-2022-00932 for RSN Farms/Tollefson Family Farms Streambank Rehabilitation Project–Jefferson County, Kansas at https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll15/id/1033. The applicant proposes rehabilitate 4,300 feet of the eroding left descending streambank of the Kansas River located in Lots two (2) and Three (3) of Survey Thirteen (13) of the Kaw Half Breed Indian Lands in Jefferson County, State of Kansas. This project will require the placement of 13,043 tons of limestone rock and/or clean concrete rubble will be placed in the Kansas River to reduce erosion along the riverbank. This entails an estimated 19 rock weirs and 3,558 feet of longitudinal peaked stone-toe protection (LPSTP) being placed in the river and along the left edge of the water. All disturbed areas will be seeded and mulched with native grasses, trees, and shrubs.

The draft certification and additional information containing the link to the USACE Public Notice will be posted on the KDHE website at https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1095/Section-401-Water-Quality-Certification on or before February 23, 2023. Persons wishing to comment on the referenced draft document must submit their comments in writing by email to KDHE at KDHE.NPS@ks.gov by March 22, 2023, 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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