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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ) has received a request from the United States National Park Service for State certification of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Nationwide Permit #14, for discharge of dredged or fill material to the Buffalo Fork within Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. The purpose of the project is to minimize threats to the US-191/US-89 highway through modification of existing culverts that cross distributaries of the Buffalo Fork. All surface waters within Grand Teton National Park are designated Class 1 where point source discharges are prohibited except for storm water and construction related discharges. This certification will require meeting the provisions in Chapter 1, Section 7(b) of the WDEQ Water Quality Rules and Regulations, which allows these discharges under certain circumstances. Proposed activities include modification of the existing culvert wingwalls which will require the placement of approximately 8 cubic yards (CY) of imported fill material in the river. No wetlands will be impacted.
Requests for information about the proposed water quality certification 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 ? 4TH floor, Cheyenne, WY, 82002, and be postmarked on or before 5:00 p.m. on September 7, 2022 to be considered. Electronic comments may only be submitted through and accepted by the Wyoming DEQ comment portal provided at http://wq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/. Phone comments will not be accepted. Para espa?ol, visite deq.wyoming.gov.
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