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prepared a Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 

to analyze the direct, indirect and 

cumulative effects of enlarging the 

currently permitted Rueter-Hess 

Reservoir in Parker, CO. The Draft SEIS 

was published in the Federal Register 

on July 27, 2007 (72 FR 41300). The 

Final SEIS includes responses to 

comments received on the Draft SEIS. 

The current project was authorized in 

February 2004 with Department of the 

Army Permit No. 199980472 (Section 

404 Permit). The basic purpose of the 

Proposed Action would allow the 

reservoir to serve as a regional water 

management facility for multiple water 

providers in northern Douglas County; 

enable them to meet peak demands; 

greatly enhance water management in 

the region; and help extend the yield of 

the Denver Basin aquifers, a nonrenewable water source and the primary 

source of water for the South Metro 

area. Expansion of the reservoir would 

result in direct impacts to an additional 

0.21 acres of wetlands and 4 miles of 

intermittent stream channel (in addition 

to the 6.7 acres of wetlands and 5 miles 

of other waters of the U.S. permitted as 

part of the 16,200-acre-foot [AF] 

reservoir). This action requires 

authorization from the Corps under 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The 

Permittee and Applicant is the Parker 

Water and Sanitation District (PWSD). 

The Final SEIS was prepared in 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, and the Corps’

regulations for NEPA implementation 

(33 Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] 

parts 230 and 325, Appendices B and 

C). The Corps, Omaha District, 

Regulatory Branch is the lead federal 

agency responsible for the Final SEIS 

and information contained in the SEIS 

serves as the basis for a decision 

regarding issuance of a Section 404 

Permit modification. It also provides 

information for local and state agencies 

having jurisdictional responsibility for 

affected resources. 

DATES: The 30-day Notice of Availability 

of the Final SEIS ends on December 17, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments 

regarding the Proposed Action and Final 

SEIS to Rodney Schwartz, Senior Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Omaha District—Regulatory Branch, 

12565 West Center Road, Omaha, NE 

68144–3869 or via e-mail: 

rodney.j.schwartz@usace.army.mil. 

Requests to be placed on or removed 

from the mailing list should also be sent 

to this address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rodney Schwartz, Senior Project 

Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

at 402–221–4143; Fax 402–221–4939. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Final SEIS is to provide 

decision-makers and the public with 

information pertaining to the Proposed 

Action and alternatives, and to disclose 

environmental impacts and identify 

mitigation measures to reduce impacts. 

PWSD proposes to enlarge the RueterHess Reservoir from the currently 

permitted design of 16,200 AF by 55,800 

AF for a total storage capacity of 

approximately 72,000 AF. This is 

considered the site’s maximum storage 

capacity based on the site’s topography. 

The proposed expanded reservoir pool 

would inundate approximately 1,140 

acres (an additional 672 acres). PWSD 

would maintain a 5,000-AF emergency 

reserve pool in the reservoir (elevation 

6,110 feet) to be used as needed to 

provide a reliable water supply for its 

customers. The proposed design 

involves raising the currently permitted 

dam (embankment) by 61 feet, to a crest 

elevation of 6,220 feet, using a 

downstream raise concept. The final 

dam is proposed to be a 196-foot-high 

and 7,675-foot-long zoned earth 

embankment. 

The purpose for the enlarged reservoir 

is to provide sufficient storage of Denver 

Basin groundwater, and the associated 

reuse water from initial Denver Basin 

use, for selected South Metro Denver 

area water providers, and to assist in 

sustaining the Denver Basin aquifers. 

The additional water to be stored in a 

proposed expanded Rueter-Hess 

Reservoir would come from existing 

sources (i.e., Denver Basin groundwater 

and associated reusable return flows). 

The reservoir would be used to manage 

supplies during off-peak times and use 

this water during peak times to reduce 

the need for instantaneous production 

from Denver Basin wells. In addition to 

the proposal to expand the reservoir, 

new pipelines would be installed to 

deliver the water to and from the new 

Project Participants (Town of Castle 

Rock, Castle Pines North Metropolitan 

District and Stonegate Metropolitan 

District). 

In addition to the Proposed Action, 

the Final SEIS analyzes two alternatives: 

(1) The Reduced-Capacity Reservoir 

(47,000 AF) Alternative, and (2) the No 

Action Alternative. The ReducedCapacity Reservoir Alternative dam 

would be located along the same axis as 

the Proposed Action, but would be 

smaller in length (7,160 feet) and height 

(179 feet). The reservoir would have a 

surface area of 934 acres at normal pool. 

The No Action Alternative assumes that 

PWSD and the other Project Participants 

would continue their current operations 

of primarily providing water to their 

customers with Denver Basin 

groundwater by drilling additional wells 

to meet peak summertime demands. 

PWSD would construct the currently 

permitted Rueter-Hess Reservoir (16,200 

AF) to obtain firm annual yield for the 

PWSD, focusing on meeting peak 

summertime demands. Stonegate would 

have some storage capacity (1,200 AF) 

in the currently permitted reservoir. 

Castle Rock and Castle Pines North 

would not have surface water storage 

available to meet their needs; therefore, 

their ability to capture and reuse their 

reusable return flows would be limited. 

Castle Rock and Castle Pines North 

would extract and use their reuse water 

only as it is being generated from their 

advanced wastewater treatment plants 

and lawn irrigation. 

Copies of the Final SEIS will be 

available for review at: 

1. Parker Library, 10851 South 

Crossroads Drive, Parker, CO 80134. 

2. Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. 

Wilcox, Castle Rock, CO 80104. 

3. Parker Water and Sanitation 

District, 19801 East Mainstreet, Parker, 

CO 80138. 

4. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Denver Regulatory Office, 9307 S. 

Wadsworth Boulevard, Littleton, CO 

80128. 

5. Electronically at https:// 

www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/od-tl/ 

eis-info.htm. 

Copies may also be obtained from the 

Corps’ third-party contractor, URS 

Corporation, Attn: Rachel Badger, 8181 

East Tufts Avenue, Denver, CO 80237; 

303–740–2778; Fax 303–694–3946; 

rachel_badger@urscorp.com. 

Martha S. Chieply, 

Chief, Regulatory Branch, Operations 

Division, Omaha District. 

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