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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 JEO Consulting Group for John Hanke. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CWA Section 404 Public Notice No. NWK-2025-00479 found at https://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices. The purpose of the project (BBR32) is to reduce streambank erosion along a portion of the bank of the Big Blue River in Marshall County to reduce downstream sedimentation in Tuttle Lake. Installation will include 2,200 LF of LPSTP, a series of 8 bendway weirs, and approximately 14 rootwads protruding into the Big Blue River. Riprap and trees harvested from the site will be used to construct structures, and in-situ earthen materials will be used for grading. Site construction will occur in the winter, during which the surrounding agricultural land will not be in use. Native seeding will be placed along the streambank, and live willow stakes, bare root cottonwood, and sycamore trees will be planted along the bank. Above the bank will be temporary seeding of oats/wheat, and plantings will be installed along a 66 ft buffer behind the top of the streambank.

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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