DNR accepting comments on environmental documents for proposed Lake Bronson Dam rehab

Grand Forks Herald
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Sep. 19—ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is accepting comments through Thursday, Oct. 19, on an Environmental Assessment Worksheet related to the rehabilitation of the Lake Bronson Dam, located within Lake Bronson State Park in Kittson County.

The purpose of the project is to improve the safety of the Lake Bronson Dam, which is in poor condition, the DNR said in a news release. The project includes the removal and replacement of the 85-year-old concrete spillway and associated Kittson County Highway 28 Bridge. (Note: The DNR is actively monitoring conditions at the current structure in an effort to ensure public safety before completion of the project.)

A copy of the EAW is available on the

project page of the DNR website

at

mndnr.gov/input/environmentalreview/lake-bronson-dam-rehabilitation.html

. A hard copy may be requested by calling (651) 259-5122.

The EAW is also available for public review at the following locations:

* Hallock Public Library, 163 Third St. S., Hallock, MN 56728.

* Lake Bronson State Park, 793 230th St., Box 9, Lake Bronson, MN 56734

The EAW was published in the Sept. 19 Environmental Quality Board Monitor, available online at

eqb.state.mn.us/eqb-monitor-volume-47-number-38

.

Comments must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19.

Mailed comments should be sent to the attention of Becky Horton, EAW project manager, Ecological and Water Resources Division, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 500 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN 55155.

Email comments should be sent to

environmentalrev.dnr@state.mn.us

with "Lake Bronson Dam Rehabilitation" in the subject line.

Anyone providing a mailing address or submitting comments via email will receive a copy of the decision document, which includes responses to comments. Because all comments and related information are part of the public record for this environmental review, commenters' names and email or postal addresses will be published and publicly available as they appear in the materials they submit.