Volume 44 - Issue 34 - August 21, 2025

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 Ms. Kari Bigham, Meander Engineers LLC for Danny Bruna. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CWA Section 404 Public Notice No. NWK-2025-00483 can be found at https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices. The applicant proposes reducing streambank erosion by placing of 1,480 feet of fill materials both stone and rootwads, along the right, descending bank of the Little Blue River, in Washington County, to reduce sedimentation in Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Installation will include: 210 feet of 3-foot tall LPSTP made from limestone rock, 1,150 feet of rootwad toe protection (containing wood and fill such as soil and sand, 3 foot tall) and 9 bendway weirs (limestone rock, 2-4 feet tall). Following installation of the rock structures, 1,150 feet of the bank will be regraded to form a floodplain bench. The Watershed Forester of the Kansas Forest Service will oversee the riparian grass and tree plantings.

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 August 21, 2025. 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 21, 2025, 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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