Comment EI-33851
Received or sent (printed as 4/2/2025)
Thank you for allowing me to comment. My concerns follow. The proposed route makes numerous water crossings: Sulphur Creek (a spring fed creek that feeds the Lampasas river) The Lampasas river is the main source of water for Stillhouse Hollow Lake. Stillhouse Hollow Lake supplies most residential water for Lampasas County. Any hazardous spill will be devastating to our water supply. Cooksey Creek Denson Branch Adams Spring Numerous surface livestock tanks Burnet and Lampasas Counties are located in the Texas Hill Country. The proposed route is along Central Flyway. Species utilizing this flyway include: Purple Martins Painted Buntings Cedar Waxwings Indigo Buntings Black Chinned and Ruby Throated Hummingbirds Other species include: Golden -cheeked warblers (endangered and found only in the Texas Hill Country) Bald eagles (threatened) Black-capped Vireo (endangered) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher The proposed route affects wildlife habitat including: old growth Ashe juniper (nesting material for Golden -cheeked warblers) caves (bats) wetlands springs seeps Historical and cultural sites are on the proposed route and will also be affected. Sites include: Native American sites with artifacts documented to be dated from the Early Archaic Period (8,500 to 6,000 BC) will be destroyed. This artifacts likely are from the Comanche and/or Tonkawa Nations. Battle Branch site of the Horrell-Higgings feud 1877, Texas historic marker number 13134 Historic Thornal Cemetery Historic stagecoach roads Following are general concerns. ground and surface water degradation reduction of impervious cover potential fuel spills runoff (much of the proposed route is over the 100 year flood plain) noise air quality I am a potentially affected property owner and strongly oppose this project. Additional options/routes, if even needed, are available with less impact to the community
Submitted by: John Kofman · Lampasas, TX
The Board publishes this comment in its environmental-comment table for this proceeding. It is quoted here as printed; nothing is inferred from it, and it states the commenter's own position in their own words, not this record's.
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