1999-05-19 MNDNR Review
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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Division of Fish and Wildlife - Ecological Services FILE NO.
1601 Minnesota Drive, Brainerd, Minnesota 56401
Phone: (218) 828-2433
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May 18, 1999
Mr. Mark McNamara
District Manager
Wright County Soil and Water
Conservation District
306 C Brighton Avenue
Buffalo, Minnesota 55313
Dear Mr. McNamara:
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has reviewed the Wetland Conservation Act
application by Cascade II to fill 0.91 acres of Type 1 and 2 wetlands, and to excavate 0.25
acres of wetlands in the NWl/4 of Sec. 1, T. 120 N., R. 24 W., in Albertville. The applicant
is proposing to mitigate this impact by creating 1.12 acres of Type 3 wetland on-site, getting
0.3 acres of Public Value Credit for a stormwater pond, and purchasing 0.82 acres of credit
from a mitigation bank.
Because the applicant has made a reasonable attempt at reducing the amount of encroachment
on existing wetlands by incorporating our comments on the EA W into the latest project design,
and the majority of mitigation will occur on-site, we have no objections to raise on the
application for this phase of the project.
Sincerely,
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Michael R. North
Regional Environmental Assessment Ecologist
cc: C. Christianson
L. Goeb
B. Hance
Kjolhaug Environmental Services Co.
L. Kramka
D.Norris
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