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DNR, Army Corps close wetland violation at pond; village told trail work would require permits
Summary
State and federal agencies reviewed grading and clearing at a pond in Salem Lakes, found a small wetland disturbance and told the village the matter is closed but that any future trail work would require state review and a wetland exemption.
Vince Mosca, a wetland practitioner with Hay and Associates, told the Village Board that the state Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviewed recent work at a pond and determined the disturbance was a small, state-level wetland violation that is now closed.
Mosca said the Army Corps issued a response saying the federal government would not take jurisdiction over the pond area and that the DNR later issued a letter on Sept. 22 saying the violation was closed but that the village “should have got a permit from…
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