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 |
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Completed |
| Publish Notice of Intent to Prepare Draft EIS |
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Feb. 1, 2006 |
| Hold Public Scoping Meeting |
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May 30, 2006 |
| Publish Notice of Availability and Issue Draft EIS |
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Nov. 22, 2019 |
| Publish Notice of Public Hearing |
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Nov. 22, 2019 |
| Draft EIS |
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Nov. 22, 2019 |
| Draft EIS Comments Due |
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Feb. 26, 2020 |
| Public Hearing Held |
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Jan. 13, 2020 |
| Final EIS |
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| Corps Permit Decision |
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The Technical Reports and other unpublished referenced documents are currently being transitioned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Digital Library.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* |