20081319 Ver 1_Staff Comments_20100301

Hill, Tamm
From: Kulz, Eric
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:27 PM
To: Hodge, Al
Cc: Dorney, John; Karoly, Cyndi; Hill, Tammy
Subject: FW: Rutman Creek
Al;
Do you see any reason to do any more on our part? I'have checked with John and Cyndi, and
gone over our GC, and we really don't have any language that gives us any responsibility to
address this issue. Although it appears that PCS is addressing it.
Anecdotally, we have been discussing for a while that the last several months have been very
wet, and it is possible that between the blockage in the Moony Canal and the precipitation,
the landowners land may have flooded even if'th'e Rutman Creek project was never done.
Let me know what you think our next step should be, and if there is anything you want from us
here in the CO.
Eric
-----Original Message-----
From: Lekson, David M SAW [mailto:David.;[e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:37 AM
To: Kulz, Eric
Cc: Hill, Tammy; Dorney, John; Hodge, Al; Walker,, William T SAW; Lekson, David M SAW
Subject: Rutman Creek
Eric, 5r s:
See below for intel... I suspect6d that the lake was supercharged from all the
precipitation and Jeff confirms it with numbers. I also concur with his assessment and.
handling of the matter. My schedule is.suchithat I will not be able to conduct an onsite
inspection for a while. D
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From: [e-mail] [mailt64'][e-mail]]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:50 AM
To: Lekson, David M SAW
Subject: Re: FW: Rutman Creek
David
We have been out and met on-site with the lahdowner on 2 separate occasions.
The land in question has free drainage all the way down New Lake canal, which
runs down New Lake Road. That canal is not blocked. Last year Mooney canal
was blocked, which runs down the middle of the project (is not part of the
drainage system for the landowner's property) which was one of the outlets
for New Lake itself. We didn't have any problems with that last year, but
this year the lake is high, and may be high enough to get onto this person's
land. We are partnering with the USFWS'"refd'' aff to clean out Everett
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canal, which is a boundary between our respective properties, which takes off
90 degrees from Mooney Canal, and goes out to the Intracoastal Waterway.
David Kitts, the drainage person for the FWS at the refuge, is coordinating
with us. Hopefully, that work will start within 2 weeks, and that should
take some pressure off the lake.
We have done a November, December, January rainfall.analysis using data from
the Belhaven station, going back 12 years. The long-term average total for
those 3 months is 10.38 inches. This year, we have had 23.32 inches, 225% of
average. The next two highest totals in the last 12 years for the three
months was 14.13 inches in 2006-07 and 14.28 inches in 2003-04, so we are
almost 10 inches over that.
I have told the landowner that we will do what,is:necessatly to not have water
on his land, if we are the cause. We are not convinced that the project is
the cause, and we have asked him to see what happens after Everett canal is
cleaned out.
Jeff
Jeff Furness
Senior Scientist
PCS Phosphate Co., Inc.
1530 NC Hwy 306 S
Aurora, NC 27806
Ph: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
"Lekson, David M
SAW"
<David.M.Lekson@u
sace.army.mil>
03/01/2010 08:11
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FW: Rutman Creek
Morning Jeff ...word on the street is that the Rutman project is flooding out
a neighbor ...you have any intel on this?? D
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