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Volume 45 - Issue 19- May 7, 2026

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment

Notice of Water Quality Certification

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has drafted a water quality certification per Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requested by Shoeb Uddin, P.E. on behalf of the City of Topeka, Kansas. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) CWA Section 404 Public Notice No. NWK-2025-00700 can be found at https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs/public-notices. The purpose of this project is place fill within Shunganunga Creek for the purpose of stabilizing and restoring the south bank of the Shunganunga Creek and thereby preventing further erosion of the bank. The proposed work would take place along 250 feet of the right descending bank of Shunganunga Creek, and fill materials would consist of 2,209 cubic yards of limestone, shot rock, and soil fill. Approximately 250 trees will be planted on the north bank of the creek, and the south bank of the creek will be replanted with small trees on each layer of geo-reinforced soil. An engineered rock riffle will be constructed upstream of the project, along with extending an existing floodplain bench another 50 linear feet. All disturbed areas will be planted with a mixture of native trees, shrubs and grasses.

The draft certification and additional information containing the link to the USACE Public Notice will be posted on the KDHE website at https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1095/Section-401-Water-Quality-Certification. Persons wishing to comment on the referenced draft document must submit their comments in writing by email to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment at KDHE.NPS@ks.gov by June 6, 2026, if they wish to have their comments considered in the formulation of final determinations for 401 regarding this public notice. 

For more information, contact Scott Satterthwaite, Watershed Management Section, Bureau of Environmental Field Services, KDHE at Scott.Satterthwaite@ks.gov.

Janet Stanek
Secretary
Kansas Department of Health and Environment

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