Volume 44 - Issue 35 - August 28, 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 Water Resources Solutions, LLC for David Hughes. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CWA Section 404 Public Notice No. NWK-2025-00481 found at https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices. The purpose of the project (LBR58) is to stabilize a portion of streambank on the Little Blue River in Washington County, resulting in 1836 LF of shaped bank. Installation will include: Bendway weirs, LPSTP, and 3:1 regraded slope with native planting. Material used will be limestone riprap. Site conditions during construction will be existing cropland. Riparian treatments include native seeding and planting, willow stakes at the top of the slope, and existing riparian trees left undisturbed.

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 28, 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 28, 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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