GBRA UPDATE ON DAM AND SPILL GATE REPLACEMENT

All necessary permits have been procurred except for the final permit from the army corp of engineers Corp of engineers additional permit requirements Wetlands mitigation – gbra has conducted a biological assessment at the lake placid dam and presented the wetlands mitigation requirements to the corp. Gbra has received unofficial clearance of the wetlands mitigation requirements. Environmental review – has been done in conjunction with the wetlands mitigation and has also been provided to the corp. Gbra has received unofficial clearance of the envoronmental review requirements. Cultural resources review – dam is eligible to be registered on the national historical registy. As such gbra has done the field studies for the achetecturual and archeological requirements. Additional review requirements will be determined by the texas historical commission in connection with the local historical review board who will determine what type of historical remidiation will be required to obtain the army corp permit. Timing will be at least 90 plus days as the corp has to request from the texas board and local remediation stakeholders, activities which will then be formalized in an agreement which will be reviewd by each of the intersted parties before approved by the corp. As of today, the lake placid wcid board estimates the earliest the spill gate project could be completed is april 2024, however the current timeline slippage as well as other risks factors, such as those described above could make it slide to january 2025. This schedule is published on the lake placid wcid website and can be found directly at http:/www.lakeplacidwcid1.com. When on the website, click on the more information tab and then click on the project schedule tab. Pay specific attention to the yellow schedule risk dates in each of the date boxes.

Charles Hickman Update - GBRA