As described in the attached Public Notice, the Missouri
Conservation Heritage Foundation (MCHF) - Stream Stewardship Trust Fund has
requested approval for an in-lieu-fee (ILF) mitigation project in Bollinger
County, Missouri. The project occurs on
Little Whitewater Creek. The MCHF has
designated this project as SSTF-1009.
The project generally includes the restoration and preservation of 24
acres of forested riparian corridor, along approximately 3,900 linear feet of
Little Whitewater Creek. The project
also includes the stabilization of over 500 linear feet of severely eroded
streambank, through the installation of seven bendway weirs. If approved by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (the Corps), SSTF-1009 will create a total potential mitigation
credit release of 8,027 stream credits.
The MCHF would make the stream credit available to Department of the
Army permittees seeking to fulfill requirements to purchase compensatory
mitigation credit, to offset losses of aquatic functions and services. The Corps solicits your comment on the
proposed mitigation project. Responses
are due to this office no later than June 30, 2016.