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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />DNR Waters, Metro Region, 1200 Warner Road, St. Paul, MN 55106-6793 <br />Telephone: (612) 772-7910 Fax: (612) 772-7977 <br />December 5, 1997 <br />SUBJECT: DRAFT GENERAL DNR BRIDGE & CULVERT PERMIT #98-6073 RAMSEY <br />COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT <br />To Whom it May Concern: <br />Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 103G, the Ramsey County Public Works Department has applied for a <br />general permit from the Department of Natural. Resources (DNR) for bridge and culvert projects over waters <br />depicted on the Protected Waters Inventory in Ramsey County. The implementation of a general permit <br />should result in significant time and cost savings for both the Permittee and the DNR This general permit <br />will be valid for a period of five years, and grant authorization for maintenance, repair, replacement, and <br />construction of new crossings which are consistent with a set of general and special permit provisions. <br />Enclosed for your review is a draft of the General Bridge & Culvert Permit #98-6073 for Ramsey County <br />Public Works. <br />The county will annually report to DNR Waters for a review of proposed and. completed projects. Any <br />project not meeting all conditions of the general permit will be required to submit separate individual permit <br />applications. The county is not. obligated to complete any or all projects identified in the annual reports, nor <br />are they prohibited from adding additional bridge and culvert projects to be completed under the general <br />permit. After five years, when the original permit terminates, it is anticipated that a new permit application <br />will be submitted for the following five years. <br />Please review carefully the enclosed draft permit and the associated provisions. I have attempted to include <br />all the provisions necessary to ensure erosion control, floodplain management, fish and wildlife habitat, and <br />environmental review concerns are addressed. If you would like to see additional provisions or conditions <br />added to the general permit, please let me know. It would be useful if you include suggested language that <br />addresses your concerns. <br />Please respond back with comments by January 7, 1998. Call me at 772-7910 if you have any questions <br />regarding the general permit. <br />Sincerely, <br />Molly Sho~een <br />Area Hydrologist <br />enclosures <br />c: Bruce Gerbig, DNR Waters <br />Ron Anderson, DNR Waters <br />Conservation Officers, Gary Thell, Brad Johnson <br />DNR Information: 612-296-61 ~7, 1~-500-7b6-6000 TTY: 6 (2-296-484, I -800-6~7-3929 <br />An Equal Oppor[unity Emplo}tr ~ Printed on Recycled Paper Con[ainins a <br />V1~'ha Values Diversity ~®~ \linimum of 109r Past-Conwmer W'a,~e <br />