U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District

Notice No. 13-47

In Reply Refer to Notice No. below

US Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District 1000 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4186

Public Notice

2. APPLICANT: Glenn McLernon
   WV In-Lieu Fee Coordinator (Stream and Wetland Mitigation)

   West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection 601 57th Street, SE
   Charleston, WV 25304

3. LOCATION: The Cheat Canyon stream preservation project is located within the 8-digit

Cheat River HUC (05020004), located in Albright, Preston County, West Virginia.

4. PURPOSE AND DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The WVDEP proposes to purchase and permanently protect 228.5 acres of riparian buffer along the Cheat River as an ILF stream preservation project. The West Virginia Stream and Wetland Valuation Metric was not used for this project because the impacts were previously expressed in acres of stream impact, not stream credit. Therefore, the project will generate 46.8 acres of preserved stream (not including the riparian buffer), which is intended to off-set 3.78 acres of stream impact; therefore, the impact is being mitigated at a 12:1 ratio. Please see attached mitigation site plan.

http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Portals/72/docs/regulatory/Public%20Notices-2/PN%2013-47%20Cheat%20Canyon.pdf