News Release No. 339

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING OCT. 27 ON LINCOLN COUNTY SUBDIVISION PROJECT

Volume 32-339

Contact: Kerry Cordray

(For immediate release)

573-526-4220

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, OCT. 21, 2004 - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing beginning at 7 p.m., Oct. 27, in the Moscow Mills Community Building in Moscow Mills, Mo.

The public will have an opportunity to comment on Triad Development's application for a 401 Certification related to the proposed construction of a residential subdivision. The 401 Certification is how the state verifies that a project will not violate water quality standards. The department works with the applicant to avoid and minimize impacts to waters and wetlands.

The purpose of the public hearing is to allow citizens an opportunity to provide formal comment relevant to the proposed application. Before proceeding with the project, Triad Development must receive a 401 Water Quality Certification from the department as well as a 404 permit from the U.S. Corps of Engineers.

The project area is adjacent to the Cuivre River, southeast of Moscow Mills, off of Highway MM, in portions of Sec. 10, 11 and 15, T48N, R1E in Monroe Township, Lincoln County, Mo.

In their application, Triad Development proposes to develop an approximate 400-acre tract into a 1,061 lot single-family home residential subdivision to be completed in two phases. The site is adjacent to the Cuivre River and contains Crooked Creek, Butcher Creek, and 12 unnamed stream channels that are jurisdictional. The site also contains 11 wetlands, nine of which are jurisdictional. There are no impacts proposed to the Cuivre River as part of this development. The applicant is proposing to impact 50 feet of Crooked Creek for a single span bridge, which would replace an existing crossing, and 550 lineal feet of Butcher Creek for the construction of a stocked fishing pond and road crossing.

The applicant has proposed on-site compensatory mitigation for all stream and wetland impacts. The proposed wetland mitigation is to create wetlands through expanding and enhancing an existing wetland in the Cuivre River floodplain. The proposed stream mitigation consists of restoration of a forested riparian corridor along the south bank of the Cuivre River in the project area. All proposed mitigation would be deed restricted in perpetuity.

The mitigation plan for this project is available for review in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' St. Louis District Office - Regulatory Branch, located at 1222 Spruce St., St. Louis, Missouri, 63103-2833.

All interested persons, whether or not they intend to speak at the public hearing, may submit a written statement of their views during the public comment period which ends at 5 p.m., Nov. 11. Written comments may be e-mailed to wpsc401cert@dnr.mo.gov, faxed to 573-526-5797, or may be mailed to:

Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Water Protection Program
Watershed Protection Section
P.O. Box 176
Jefferson City, MO

For more information, contact the Water Protection Program at 800-361-4827 or wpsc401cert@dnr.mo.gov. For more information about the Water Protection Program, please visit www.dnr.mo.gov/wpscd/wpcp.

For department news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming events, meetings and hearings, visit our online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.

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[Directions to Moscow Mills Community Building: From I-70, take the exit for Highway 40 - North. Travel north on 40/61 for approximately 13 miles. Turn east at Highway C and continue approximately three-fourths of a mile. The Moscow Mills Community Building is on the left, past the fire department.]