West Salt Creek along US-45 in Effingham County, Illinois. Realignment/improvement of 1.9-mile section of US-45

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1 JOT PUBLC OTCE Publc otce o Open Date: Close Date: US rmy Corps LRL Feb 27 7 Mar 27 of Engneers Lousvlle Dstrct Please address all mments and nqures to: US rmy Corps of Engneers Lousvlle Dstrct TT: Ms Pam Loeffler CELRLRDS PO Box 59 Lousvlle KY 4259 Phone: Ths notce announces an applcaton submtted for a Department of the rmy (D) Permt subject to Secton 44 of the Clean Water ct (CW) and for State Water Qualty Certfcaton pursuant to Secton 4 of the CW from the llnos Envronmental Protecton gency: PPLCT: LOCTO: PURPOSE: llnos Department of Transportaton Dstrct Engneer 4 West Wabash venue Effngham L 624 West Salt Creek along US45 n Effngham County llnos Realgnmentmprovement of 9mle secton of US45 Lattude: Longtude: T6 R6E Sectons & 9 75 Mnute Quad: Hord L DESCRPTO OF WORK: 89mle secton of US45 mmencng 9 mles south of the juncton of US45 and L37 would be realgned to mprove safety and effcency of the hghway Safety shoulders would be added as well as mprovements to the horzontal and vertcal curves of the roadway The proposed work would mpact 52 acres of wetlands adjacent to West Salt CreekSalt Creek by the placement of fll for the roadway realgnment towards the west and wdenng by nstallaton of the shoulders pproxmately 64 cubc yards (CY) of Class 5 rprap would be placed along the left bank of West Salt Creek at Staton 448+ to prevent further eroson and to stablze the creek bank where t s mmedately adjacent to the roadway Most but not all of ths fll would be below the Ordnary Hgh Water (OHW) elevaton of the stream The applcant proposes to perform the work durng perods of low flow The applcant proposes to utlze sol eroson and sedment ntrols durng nstructon to further reduce mpacts to water qualty ODCE MMZTO D MTGTO MESURES: The applcant proposes to nduct the work durng perods of low flow and to utlze erosonsedmentaton ntrols throughout the nstructon

2 Regulatory Dvson South Branch Publc otce o LRL2622pjl actvty Further as mtgaton for permanent mpacts to the adjacent wetland the applcant proposes to purchase 342 wetland credts from a wetland mtgaton bank at a rato of 2: for mpacts to 52 acres of mbned floodplan forest meadow and scrubshrub wetlands t s noted that ths proposed mtgaton plan s open to mment and subject to change The Corps wll make a determnaton of approprate mtgaton upon revew of all submtted nformaton REEW PROCEDURES: D Permt cannot be ssued f any legally requred Federal State or local authorzaton or certfcaton s dened D permt f otherwse warranted wll not be ssued untl a State of llnos Water Qualty Certfcaton or waver s on fle at ths offce n order to mply wth Secton 4 of the Clean Water ct the applcant by ths notce hereby apples for State certfcaton from the llnos Envronmental Protecton gency (LEP) Copes of ths notce are sent to the approprate Federal and State Fsh and Wldlfe gences Ther vews and mments are solcted n acrdance wth the Fsh and Wldlfe Coordnaton ct of 956 Based on avalable nformaton the proposed actvty wll not destroy or endanger any Federallylsted threatened or endangered speces or ther crtcal habtats as dentfed under the Endangered Speces ct and therefore ntaton of formal nsultaton procedures wth the US Fsh and Wldlfe Servce s not planned at ths tme ny person may request n wrtng wthn the mment perod specfed n ths notce that a publc hearng be held to nsder ths applcaton request for a publc hearng must state the specfc nterest whch mght be damaged by ssuance of the D Permt The atonal Regster of Hstorc Places has been examned and t has been determned that there are no propertes currently lsted on the Regster whch would be drectly affected by the proposed work f we are made aware as a result of mments receved n response to ths notce or by other means of specfc archaeologcal scentfc prehstorc or hstorcal stes or structures whch mght be affected by the proposed work the Dstrct Engneer wll mmedately take the approprate acton necessary pursuant to the atonal Hstorc Preservaton ct of 966 Publc Law as amended (ncludng Publc Law 9655) The decson whether to ssue a permt wll be based on an evaluaton of the probable mpact of the proposed actvty on the publc nterest That decson wll reflect the natonal ncern for both protecton and utlzaton of mportant resources The benefts whch reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal must be balanced aganst ts reasonably foreseeable detrments ll factors 2

3 Regulatory Dvson South Branch Publc otce o LRL2622pjl whch may be relevant to the proposal wll be nsdered; among those are nservaton enomcs aesthetc values general envronmental ncerns hstorc values fsh and wldlfe values flood damage preventon land use navgaton recreaton water supply water qualty energy needs safety food producton and n general the needs and welfare of the publc n addton the evaluaton of the mpact of the actvty on the publc nterest wll nclude applcaton of the gudelnes (4 CFR Part 23) promulgated by the dmnstrator Unted States Envronmental Protecton gency under authorty of Secton 44(b) of the CW The Corps of Engneers s solctng mments from the publc; Federal State and local agences and offcals; ndan trbes; and other nterested partes n order to nsder and evaluate the mpacts of ths proposed actvty t s presumed that all nterested partes and agences wll wsh to respond; therefore a lack of response wll be nterpreted as meanng that there s no objecton to the proposed project ny mments receved wll be nsdered by the Corps of Engneers to determne whether to ssue modfy ndton or deny a permt for ths proposal To make ths decson mments are used to assess mpacts on endangered speces hstorc propertes water qualty general envronmental effects and the other publc nterest factors lsted above Comments are used n the preparaton of an Envronmental ssessment andor an Envronmental mpact Statement pursuant to the atonal Envronmental Polcy ct Comments are also used to determne the need for a publc hearng and to determne the overall publc nterest of the proposed actvty Wrtten statements receved n ths offce on or before the closng date wll beme a part of the offcal rerd and wll be nsdered n the determnaton on ths permt request ny objectons whch are receved durng ths perod wll be forwarded to the applcant for possble resoluton before the determnaton s made whether to ssue or deny the requested D Permt permt wll be granted unless ts ssuance s found to be ntrary to the publc nterest nformaton pertanng to ths applcaton s avalable for publc examnaton durng normal busness hours upon pror request Drawngs are avalable on Lousvlle Dstrcts nternet ste at ll mments regardng ths proposal should be addressed to Ms Pam Loeffler CELRLRDS at the address noted above and should refer to the Publc otce umber LRL2622pjl f you desre to submt your mments by emal you must mply wth the followng: a) n the subject lne of your emal type n OLY the Publc otce D o LRL2622 3

4 Regulatory Dvson South Branch Publc otce o LRL2622pjl Example: Subject: LRL2222pjl b) Provde your physcal malng address and telephone number c) Send your emal to: lrlregulatorypublcmment@usacearmyml d) f you are sendng attachments greater than Mb n sze wth your emal you must send a hard py (CD or paper) to the Corps physcal address as well 4

5 _( llnos Department of Transportaton Regon 4 Dstrct 7 ) (! Locaton of Proposed Project LDOT US45 mprovement Project West Salt Creek Effngham County L COE Publc otce LRL2622 Sheet of 7

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