(ACEC DNR Committee)

MEETING MINUTES

August 8, 2016

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PROJECT: / ACEC IDNR Committee Meeting
DATE: / August 8, 2016, 12:00-1:30pm at BF&S office

I.  List of Attendees (attached)

a.  Mr. Neal Bennett called the meeting to order at approximately 12pm

b.  Minutes recorded by Ms. Summer O’Brien

II.  ACEC Mission Statement

III.  ACEC upcoming events

IV.  Discussion of DNR Committee purpose

V.  Meeting minutes from November 10, 2015

VI.  Update from Subcommittees

a.  Floodplain Modeling Guidelines

i.  Chair: Siavash Beik

ii.  Guidelines updated and published except Chapter 7, which is pending completion

b.  Mitigation

i.  Chair: Neal Bennett

ii.  Mitigation Matrix – no update needed for now

iii.  In-Lieu Fee program – delayed, possibly rolled out in January 2017.

1.  Prequal with IDOA for consultants/contractors

2.  Fee schedule available online

3.  Instrument under revision based on IRT comments

VII.  DNR Discussion Topics and 2016-2017 Priorities/Goals

a.  Low Head Dam removal

i.  Modeling requirements

ii.  Regulatory pathway

b.  DNR vs INDOT Hydraulic Model reviews; inconsistencies on MOU

c.  SHPO requirements for railroad corridors; project area determination

d.  Stream Flow tool; feedback

e.  In-Lieu Fee; continue updates

f.  Mussels; mitigation guidance, earlier discovery

g.  DNR training schedule; planning