Riverview Estates-CS 950130Operations Division
Regulatory Branch
January 30, 1995
SUBJECT: Project Number 199400680
Mr. Michael H. Boyd
Project Engineer
Nathan D. Maler Consulting
Engineers, Inc.
8800 North Central Expressway, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75231
Dear Mr. Boyd:
This is in reference to your correspondence of September 27, 1994, requesting a U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) jurisdictional determination for a 25.05 acre tract of
land on the south side of Sandy Lake Road, west of the Elm Fork Trinity River in the city of
Coppell, Dallas County, Texas. This project has been assigned Project Number 199400680.
Please include this number in all future correspondence concerning this project. Failure to
reference the project number may result in a delay.
We have reviewed the site in question in accordance with Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. , Under Section 404, the
USACE regulates the discharge of dredged and fill material into waters of the United States,
including wetlands. Our responsibility under Section 10 is to regulate any work in, or
affecting, navigable waters of the United States. We have determined that this site does not
include navigable waters of the United States under Section 10.
On January 24, 1995, Mr. Michael Lamprecht of my staff conducted a field visit to the
site in question to determine the limits of waters of the United States. Based on this field
visit, and other information available to us, it appears that waters of the United States do
exist on the site. Therefore, we have delineated these areas on the enclosed'map.
Department of the Army authorization would be required for the discharge of dredged or f'fll
material into any areas identified as waters of the United States.
If you anticipate a discharge, please provide us with a description of the proposed
project, including information on any activities in waters of the United States, the type and
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amount of material (temporary or permanent), if any, to be discharged, the location of such
discharges on a suitable map, and plan and cross-section views of the project.
This jurisdictional determination is valid for a period of no more than five years from
the date of this letter unless new information warrants revision of the delineation before the
expiration date. It is incumbent upon the applicant to remain informed of changes in the
Department of the Army regulations.
We note that the referenced property is located within the Trinity River floodplain
corridor in Dallas County. The USACE and other local, state, and federal agencies have
worked closely with the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and a steering
committee of elected officials, in the development of a Corridor Development Certificate
(CDC) process in an attempt to avoid any significant adverse cumulative impacts from
development in the corridor. The CDC process requires project proponents within the
corridor to contact the local government agency (city or county) for a pre-permit conference
to initiate the CDC process. Please contact Mr. Ken M. Griff'm, P.E., the floodplain
administrator for the city of Coppell, at (214) 393-1016 to initiate the CDC process.
Thank you for your interest in our nation's water resources. If you have any questions
concerning our regulatory program, please contact Mr. Michael Lamprecht at the address
above or telephone (817)885-7547.
Sincerely,
Wayne A. Lea
Chief, Regulatory Branch
Enclosure
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