tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4734678912848933670.post-3031714900418277462008-05-16T18:56:00.000-07:002008-05-27T21:44:15.469-07:00<span style="font-size:130%;">H</span>aving spent the past year flattening the hills on either side of a Dumplin Creek tributary, Kodak Land Partners, LLC of Knoxville proposes to restore the stream as mitigation for burying another. The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will hold a public hearing at the Sevierville Civic Center on June 6 at 7 p.m. to explain the Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit. Comments will be accepted until June 16. A 665-foot stream will be buried and replaced by underground drains for the parking lot and stores built on top of it, if the permit is granted. A 1,770-foot stream with an earthen-dam farm pond will be restored to more natural conditions. The dam will be removed, and riparian vegetation will be established along the stream, which is currently partially forested. The stream will accept runoff from some of the surrounding development. TDEC has ruled the project will not degrade water quality. Dumplin Creek joins the French Broad River near Kodak and carries runoff from several miles of Interstate 40.Hellbender Staffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03293038834381512060noreply@blogger.com