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Environmental Impact Statement - Halligan Water Supply Project

Summary: 

The City of Fort Collins, Colorado, proposes to expand its existing Halligan Reservoir, located on the North Fork Cache la Poudre River, from approximately 6,400 acre-feet to approximately 14,525 acre feet to provide additional municipal and industrial water supply. In 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Regulatory Branch began preparing a combined Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Halligan Water Supply Project and the City of Greeley's proposed expansion of Milton Seaman Reservoir which is also on the North Fork Cache la Poudre River. Several contributing factors including differing study schedules led Fort Collins and Greeley to request that the two projects be separated and independently evaluated. The USACE carefully considered the request and on January 15, 2015, determined that it is appropriate and in the best interest of all involved to independently evaluate them as two separate projects. The scopes of the two projects and the issues identified in the initial scoping process remain essentially the same. Therefore, additional public scoping meetings are not required.

 
EIS Milestones   Completed 
Publish Notice of Intent to Prepare Draft EIS   Feb. 1, 2006
Hold Public Scoping Meeting   May 30, 2006
Publish Notice of Availability and Issue Draft EIS   Nov. 22, 2019
Publish Notice of Public Hearing   Nov. 22, 2019
Draft EIS    Nov. 22, 2019
Draft EIS Comments Due   Feb. 26, 2020
Public Hearing Held   Jan. 13, 2020
Final EIS    
Corps Permit Decision    

 

The Technical Reports and other unpublished referenced documents are currently being transitioned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Digital Library.

Draft EIS Release Date: November 22, 2019

Permit Applicant: City of Fort Collins Utilities

Draft EIS Prepared by: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Regulatory Branch (the Corps Regulatory Branch is neither a proponent nor opponent of the proposed project).

Paper copies of the Draft EIS are available to be read at:

  • Colorado State University Morgan Library, 1201 Center Avenue Mall, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523.
  • Poudre River Public Library District-Old Town Library, 201 Peterson Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524.
  • Poudre River Public Library-Harmony Library, 4616 South Shields Street, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526.
  • University of Northern Colorado, James A. Michener Library, 14th Avenue and 20th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80639.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Denver Regulatory Office, 9307 South Wadsworth Boulevard, Littleton, Colorado 80128
  • Larimer County Planning Department, 200 W. Oak Street, Third Floor, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, (970) 498-7683

Comments Due: February 26, 2020

Submit comments in writing to:

Cody Wheeler, Halligan Project EIS Project Manager
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Denver Regulatory Office
9307 South Wadsworth Boulevard
Littleton, Colorado 80128-6901
E-mail: NWO.HalliganEIS@usace.army.mil
 

Federal Register Notice:  Availability of the Draft EIS: Halligan Water Supply Project (Published November 22, 2019)

USACE Public Notice:  Halligan Water Supply Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Public Comment Period

USACE Public Notice:  30-Day Extension of Halligan Water Supply Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Public Comment Period

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EIS Milestones Completed 
Publish Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS Sept. 17, 2003
Public Scoping Nov. 7, 2003
Publish Notice of Availability of Draft EIS Oct. 30, 2009
Draft EIS Comments Due March 17, 2010
Publish Notice of Availability of Final EIS Projected Release February 2014*
Permit Decision Projected Decision Spring 2015*

Draft EIS Technical Reports

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Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. August 2018.Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport North Fork Cache La Poudre River Baseline Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. August 2018. Appendices A, B, and C of the Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport North Fork Cache La Poudre River Baseline Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. August 2018. Appendix D of the Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport North Fork Cache La Poudre River Baseline Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. August 2018. Appendices E and F of the Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport North Fork Cache La Poudre River Baseline Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. May 2019. Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport, North Fork and Main Stem Cache La Poudre River, Project Effects Report, Volume I, for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. May 2019. Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport, North Fork and Main Stem Cache La Poudre River, Project Effects Report, Volume II (Appendices A to J), for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Anderson Consulting Engineers Inc. May 2019. Stream Morphology and Sediment Transport, North Fork and Main Stem Cache La Poudre River, Project Effects Report, Volume III (Appendices K to U), for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. 2016. Groundwater Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. May 2016. Soils Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. May 2016. Aesthetics and Visual Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. May 2016. Noise Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. May 2016. Geology Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. June 2016. Hazardous Sites Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2017. Final Surface Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2017. Appendix B of the Final Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2017. Appendix C of the Final Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2018. Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. (Assesses the effects of Fort Collins’ Summer Flow Plan)

CDM Smith. October 2018. Appendix A of the Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2018. Appendix B of the Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. July 2019. Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. (Addresses Cumulative Effects)

CDM Smith. July 2019. Appendix A of the Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. July 2019. Appendix B of the Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. July 2019. Appendix C of the Addendum to the Water Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2016. Baseline Water Quality Report for North Fork of the Cache La Poudre River for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. August 2018. Final Surface Water Quality Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. October 2018. Addendum to the Surface Water Quality Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. September 2019. Air Quality Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith. September 2019. Appendix A to the Air Quality Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

CDM Smith and DiNatale Water Consultants. October 2016. Draft Hydrologic Modeling Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Centennial Archaeology. July 2016. Cultural Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

DiNatale Water Consultants and CDM Smith. March 2014. Climate Change Hydrologic Impacts Analysis for the Common Technical Platform for the NISP and the HSWSP Environmental Impact Statements. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

DiNatale Water Consultants and CDM Smith. 2016. Final Alternatives Screening Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement.

DiNatale Water Consultants and CDM Smith. 2016. Appendices A to C of the Final Alternatives Screening Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement.

GEI Consultants 2019. Baseline Technical Report, Aquatic Biological Resources, North Fork Cache La Poudre River, for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

GEI Consultants. November 2019. Aquatic Biological Resources Effects Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

GEI Consultants. November 2019. Appendices of the Aquatic Biological Resources Effects Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Harvey Economics. September 2018. Halligan Dam Rehabilitation Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Harvey Economics. November 2016. Socioeconomics, Recreation, and Land Use Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Harvey Economics. September 2018. Addendum 1 to the Socioeconomics, Recreation, and Land Use Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Harvey Economics. September 2018. Addendum 2 to the Socioeconomics, Recreation, and Land Use Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. May 30, 2006. Final Scoping Report for Halligan Seaman Water Management Project Environmental Impact Statement.

Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. April 2016.  Wetland and Riparian Resources Baseline Technical Report for the North Fork Cache La Poudre River for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. February 2017. Vegetation Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. January 2017. Wildlife Resources Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Western EcoSystems Technology. August 2018. Technical Report on the Effects of Altered Flows on Wetland and Riparian Resources for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement

Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. 2019. Species of Concern Technical Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Western EcoSystems Technologies Inc, CDM Smith, DiNatale Water Consultants, and Harvey Economics. June 2016. Final Purpose and Need Report for the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement. Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Other Referenced Unpublished Documents

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City of Fort Collins. 2006. Preliminary Draft Number 1. Project Description Report Halligan Reservoir Enlargement. Halligan-Seaman Water Management Project.

City of Fort Collins. September 2019. Halligan Water Supply Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement Operations Plan Report. Applicant Draft.

City of Fort Collins. November 2017. Halligan Water Supply Project Revised Draft Preliminary Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines Analysis

Colorado Parks and Wildlife. November 2019. Red Feather-Poudre Canyon Deer Herd Management Plan Data Analysis Unit D-4 Game Management Units 7, 8, 9, 19, 191. Prepared by Mark Vieira and Angelique Curtis, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Biologists. Pending Approval.

Corvus Ecological Consulting, LLC. July 2018. Halligan Water Supply Project - Delineation of Wetland and Open Water Boundaries for Halligan Reservoir Expansion. Prepared on Behalf Of: City of Fort Collins Utilities. Presented To: Denver Regulatory Office U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

ERO Resources Corporation. 2006. Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) Environmental Impact Statement Hazardous Materials Assessment. Technical Memorandum from Richard Trenholme and Brian Olmstead to Chandler Peter, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Gibbens, J., C. Paulson, and J. Scott. 2003. NISP Technical Memorandum No. 5B: NISP Concepts

Harvey Economics. 2015. Technical Memorandum HE-1. City of Fort Collins Water Demands (updated 2016). Prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.

Miller Ecological Consultants, Inc. October 2017. Comparison of North Fork Cache La Poudre Aquatic Habitat Between Baseline and Proposed Halligan Project Operations. Memorandum to Adam Jokerst, the City of Fort Collins, CO.

MWH Global. June 2015. Halligan-Seaman Water Management Project EIS, Fort Collins Alternatives Descriptions, Action Alternatives Report. Prepared for the City of Fort Collins.

MWH Global. July 2015. Memorandum from MWH to Fort Collins Utilities: Response to Halligan Water Supply Project EIS Alternatives Air Quality and Noise Related Comments.

Pioneer Environmental Services, Inc. October 2003. Proposed Halligan Reservoir Enlargement Project Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius) Trapping Survey Report. Prepared for City of Fort Collins.

Pioneer Environmental Services, Inc. September 2016. Draft Aquatic Resources Inventory Report, Halligan Reservoir, Larimer County, Colorado. Prepared for: Fort Collins Utilities.

Pioneer Environmental Services, Inc. November 2017. Revised Report, Impacts to Aquatic Biological Resources for the Halligan Water Supply Project. Prepared for: The City of Fort Collins, CO.

Pioneer Environmental Services, Inc. November 2017. Revised Report, Impacts to Aquatic Species of Concern and Water Based Recreation for the Halligan Water Supply Project. Prepared for: The City of Fort Collins, CO.

Pioneer Environmental Services, Inc. and Corvus Environmental Consulting LLC. November 2017. Revised Report, Impacts to Wetlands for the Halligan Water Supply Project. Prepared for: The City of Fort Collins, CO.

Rathburn, S. L. 2004. Halligan Reservoir Sediment Budget 2002-2004 Progress Report. Prepared for the City of Fort Collins.

Rathburn S. L. 2006. Halligan Reservoir Sediment Budget 2002-2005 Progress Report. Prepared for the City of Fort Collins.

Tidewater. December 2015. Semi-Annual Performance Monitoring Report at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Former Atlas 'E' Missile Site 13, Laporte, Colorado. Prepared fro the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. May 2015. Memorandum, HWSP EIS – This memorandum describes and documents the results of the update of the Purpose and Need component of the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement and its implications for the remainder of the Environmental Impact Statement. NWO-2002-80323-Den HWSP EIS.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2007. Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Guidance - Purpose and Need Statement for Environmental Impact Statement

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. June 2012. Letter to Mr. Clifford Hoelscher, Ms. Nancy Koch, and Mr. Carl Brouwer

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. May 2015. Memorandum for Record, HWSP EIS – The memorandum describes and documents the results of the updated Purpose and Need component of the Halligan Water Supply Project Environmental Impact Statement and its implication for the remainder of the Environmental Impact Statement.