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The Department of Environmental Quality/Water Quality Division (DEQ) has conducted a review of the proposed Burritt Avenue Water & Sewer Main Replacement project in accordance with EPA and State of Wyoming procedures for implementing the State Environmental Review Process. DEQ has determined that this project is eligible for a categorical exclusion. Accordingly, DEQ is exempting the project from further substantive environmental review requirements under the State Environmental Review Process. Neither an Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact nor an Environmental Impact Statement/Record of Decision will be required for the proposed action. The following is a brief description of the situation and the proposed action and a brief statement of how the action meets the criteria for a categorical exclusion.
The City of Buffalo has determined that approximately 5380 LF of water main and sewer main, 120 water service and 120 sewer service connections, 9 sewer manholes, and 4 fire hydrants on Burritt Avenue from Fort Street to Watkins Avenue need to be replaced. The city is applying for a Drinking Water State Revolving Fund loan in the amount of $2,816,861 and a Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan in the amount of $2,931,835. These loans may be eligible for partial loan forgiveness and will have an interest rate of .75%. The loan payments will be paid by water and sewer fund reserves, water and sewer user rates, and/or specific purpose tax funds. User rates will be adjusted as needed to service loan payments.
The City of Buffalo is aware of and accepts the fact that they will be responsible for any required mitigative actions associated with and including storm water runoff, erosion control, archeological/historic artifacts, and air quality concerns. These will be part of the standard State Revolving Fund Program contract conditions. There are no noteworthy environmental issues/impacts/mitigation issues.
DEQ is granting an exclusion because the project is the replacement of existing water and sewer infrastructure. This project will be completely constructed in previously disturbed ground, specifically ground disturbed by the installation of the existing water main and sewer main lines, water service and sewer service lines, manholes and fire extinguishers on Burritt Avenue. DEQ has determined that exempting the proposed project from further review under the State Environmental Review Process will not result in adverse impacts to the population or the area of the City of Buffalo, Johnson County, Wyoming.
The determination shall become effective upon distribution by the Department and may be re-evaluated and the determination changed at any time that adverse information is made available. The documentation to support this decision will be on file in the DEQ Cheyenne Office and is available for public review upon request. To request a copy of the categorical exclusion, contact:
Tim Eisenhauer, Principal Engineer
Greg Crocker, SRF Project Manager
Department of Environmental Quality
200 W. 17th St.
Suite 200
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Tel. (307) 777-6941
FAX (307) 635-1784
[email protected] [email protected]
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