PROPOSED TEMPORARY TURBIDITY INCREASE IN SPRING AND CODY CREEKS

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Public Notice: PROPOSED TEMPORARY TURBIDITY INCREASE IN SPRING AND CODY CREEKS

PROPOSED TEMPORARY TURBIDITY INCREASE IN SPRING AND CODY CREEKS

The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has received a request from Alder Environmental LLC for a temporary increase in turbidity in Spring and Cody Creeks near Jackson, Wyoming. The temporary increase in turbidity is associated with maintenance of previously constructed habitat restoration.

Activity in cold water streams like Spring and Cody Creeks is normally limited to a ten (10) NTU increase over background. Approval of this request would allow an exceedance of this limit for up to twenty-five (25) total working days for the combined creeks, subject to monitoring and reporting. This activity will follow the procedures in Chapter 1, Section 23(c)(ii), of the WDEQ Water Quality Rules, which allow for temporary elevated levels of turbidity in certain circumstances. The applicant has secured a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 permit for the project.

Requests for information about the proposed temporary turbidity increase should be directed to Eric Hargett by email ([email protected]) or phone (307-777-6701). Written comments must be addressed to Eric Hargett, Wyoming DEQ/WQD, 200 W. 17th Street - 4^TH floor, Cheyenne, WY, 82002, and be postmarked on or before 5:00 p.m. on January 2, 2024 to be considered. Electronic comments may only be submitted through and accepted by the Wyoming DEQ comment portal provided at https://wq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/. Phone comments will not be accepted. Para español, visite deq.wyoming.gov.

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