Blackwater Properties is proposing a housing development on and above the steep land overlooking the Cheat Lake Park and Trail. It is located above the third backwater, Manning Run, near the Gate to the South Trail.
The land extends behind this backwater and comes essentially down to the Trail just south of the Gate.
We need to evaluate the attachment and respond to the Army Corps of Engineers as to whether a Public Hearing is need regarding the possible subsidence, siltation, and debris that may be created. The movement of dirt, the fills and the sediment will all be issues to be controlled. Whether will be impacts to the Park and Trail, is not known at this time...
[Another issue that will come up later is the storm water and waste water that may ultimately encroach from the site into Manning Run, the Manning Backwater, and the Cheat Lake itself.]
See the attachment, from the Army Corps of Engineers.
_http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/or/or-f/public_notice.htm_ (http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/or/or-f/public_notice.htm)