Corps seeks public comments on Mille Lacs County sewer project

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on the Eddy’s Resort Sanitary Sewer Extension environmental infrastructure project in Mille Lacs County, Minn.

The district recently completed the draft Environmental Assessment for the project, which will be located near the southwest part of Mille Lacs Lake. The Corps, in partnership with the Corporate Commission of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, is proposing to construct four lift stations and extend the sanitary sewer service 7.5 miles to businesses and homes along the corridor that are currently using septic systems. 

The report can be viewed and downloaded from the St. Paul District website at: http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Environment/EnvironmentalAssessments.aspx 

A public review and comment period on the draft Environmental Assessment begins Sept. 23 and ends Oct. 24. Questions and comments concerning the project should be directed to Derek Ingvalson, Corps biologist, (651) 290-5252 or derek.s.ingvalson@usace.army.mil. Please address all correspondence on this project to the St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers, Attention: Regional Planning and Environment Division North, 180 5th St. E., Suite 700, St. Paul, MN  55101-1678.

The nearly 650 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the Corps’ Fiscal Year 2011 $175 million budget, nearly 2,800 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $271 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

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