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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 6, 2023
Contact:?Michelle Brietzman, DNR Community Financial Assistance Specialist
[email protected] or?608-490-0187
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DNR Seeking Public Comment For Environmental Review Of Junction City Safe Drinking Water Loan Program Project
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MADISON, Wis.?? The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that?Junction City is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP) to improve its public drinking water system.
The project includes a looping water main between Case and 3rd?streets, and recoading the water tank.
Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR 150, Wis. Admin. Code, for which no environmental analysis is required; however, following the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program federal requirement 40 C.F.R. ?35.3580, an environmental review must be conducted before funding this project.
The Safe Drinking Water Loan Program has determined that the project will not result in significant adverse environmental effects, and no further environmental review or analysis is needed before proceeding with funding the project.
The public is encouraged to submit comments regarding this decision and the potential environmental impacts of this project. Submit comments by Oct. 20, 2023 to:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
C/O Michelle Brietzman, Community Financial Assistance, CF/2
101 S Webster St. P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707
[email protected] or?608-490-0187
Based on the comments received, the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program may prepare an environmental analysis before proceeding with the funding process. The analysis would summarize the DNR?s consideration of the project's impacts and reasonable alternatives.
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