Categorical Exclusion Determination, City of Cody, WY, Lead Service Line Investigation Project



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Categorical Exclusion Determination, City of Cody, WY, Lead Service Line Investigation Project

The Department of Environmental Quality/Water Quality Division (DEQ) has conducted a review of the proposed City of Cody Lead Service Line Investigation 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 Cody Lead Service Line Investigation Project will include funding for the purchase of a vacuum excavation truck, reimbursement for labor, and repair material expenses for potholing operations to assist with the completion of the Lead Service Line Inventory as part of the EPA’s Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI). City wide treated water service line investigations are scheduled to begin in the *Spring of 2026.* The city plans to borrow *$1 Million* from the Wyoming Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan administered by the Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments. The user fees will not increase as a direct result of this project.

The City of Cody is aware of and accepts the fact that they will be responsible for any required mitigative actions associated with the project, including but not limited to storm water runoff, erosion control, archeological/historic artifacts, and air quality concerns. The City of Cody will require the contractor to mitigate effects of fugitive dust, odors, and asbestos to comply with the Clean Air Act. These actions will be part of the standard State Revolving Funds Program contract conditions.
DEQ is granting an exclusion because the project rehabilitates existing infrastructure within the City Right-of-Way and the environmental review agencies representing the National Historic Preservation Act, Farmland Protection Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Protection of Wetlands, Endangered Species Act, and Greater Sage-Grouse Core Area Protection found the project to have no adverse effects. This project will investigate treated water service lines installed in previously disturbed soils within and adjacent to City owned Right-of-way. This Project will be completely constructed in previously disturbed ground, specifically ground disturbed by the construction of the original water service lines for the project area. 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 of or the area around Cody, 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, SRP 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) 635-178                                                                                            [email protected]

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