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See Response to Comment 5.1 for management of dredged materials. <br /> <br />Comment 3: <br />As noted in the EAW, Jones Lake is listed on the MPCA Inventory of Impaired Waters. <br />Please note that the impairment will dictate additional increased stormwater treatment <br />during construction and require additional increased permanent treatment post <br />construction. The project proposer should determine that compliance with these increased <br />stormwater quality treatments can be achieved on the Project site or elsewhere. <br /> <br /> Response 3: <br />Mirror Lake does not discharge currently or during construction to Jones Lake. <br />These two lakes are not hydraulically connected. <br /> <br />7. Minnesota Historical Society <br /> <br />Comment 1: <br />We recommend that a Phase I archaeological survey be completed. We will reconsider <br />the need for survey if the project area can be documented as previously surveyed or <br />disturbed. <br /> <br /> Response 1: <br />Thank you for your comment. Any Section 106 review will be coordinated <br />through the USACE joint application permitting process. Mirror Lake is known <br />to be a historic wetland that has been farmed, ditched, and was constructed into a <br />stormwater pond in 1962 suggesting that the lake has a very low opportunity for <br />any preserved or remaining historic or archaeological resources. <br /> <br />III. FINDINGS OF FACT <br /> <br />a. Project Description <br />Mirror Lake is located within the cities of St. Anthony Village (west) and New Brighton <br />(east) and is a historic wetland that has been farmed and ditched previously and was <br />excavated in 1962 to function as a storm water pond. <br /> <br />The lake is listed as DNR public waters wetland, but was expanded in 1962 to function as <br />a storm water pond protecting adjacent surrounding land which is entirely developed. <br />This project will improve the environmental quality of Mirror Lake and the surrounding <br />areas. The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) has received a Targeted Watershed <br />Demonstration Project grant fund from the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) <br />to complete water quality improvement projects within the RCWD. The intent of the <br />grant is to fund water quality projects designed to target a reduction in pollution loading <br />to a single water body. <br /> <br />This project will target downstream sediment and phosphorous load reductions at Long <br />Lake in New Brighton. Long Lake is listed as ‘impaired’ by the Minnesota Pollution <br />Control Agency (MPCA) for exceeding the state’s nutrient criteria as well as for biota <br />44