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SWG-2008-01274 - Brazoria County

Published Aug. 6, 2012
Expiration date: 9/6/2012

Public Notice  Project Plans

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:  The applicant is requesting after-the-fact authorization for the discharge of fill material into wetlands adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico, Swan Lake, Drum Bay, and Christmas Bay as part of the Blue Water Highway road revetment installation project.  The proposed project consists of placing cement-stabilized base along the edge of the existing roadway and installation of a buried riprap revetment system along portions of the roadway.  The revetment system has been installed below the existing grade.  In order to install the revetment below grade, material has been excavated and temporarily placed in adjacent wetlands.  Once the revetment was installed, the material was removed from the wetlands and replaced over the installed revetment, restoring the pre-construction contours of the adjacent wetlands.  The proposed project also consists of the placement of fill material into an adjacent wetland for a temporary construction yard/office area.  The proposed project has impacted approximately   5.01 acres of adjacent wetlands.  Of the 5.01 acres of wetlands already impacted, 3.04 acres has been returned to pre-construction contours and the fill material was in place for approximately three to six months.  The remaining 1.97 acres of wetlands already impacted is for the construction yard/office area.  This area has been impacted for approximately seven months and is proposed to be restored in approximately two months, at the completion of the project     (Note:  the remainder of the project will be completed without impacting additional waters of the United States).  Of the already impacted wetlands, 1.75 acres were coastal dune swale wetlands and all 1.75 acres have been restored to pre-construction contours and are starting to re-vegetate.