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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY _ U.S. ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT, SACRAMENTO CORPS OF ENGINEERS 1• 1325 J STREET SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814-2922 REPLY TO ATTENTION OF June 23, 2005 Regulatory Branch (200500285) Gillian Hayes San Joaquin County Community Development Department Development Services Division 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton, California 95205 Dear Ms. Hayes: I am responding to your request for recommendations or comments for the Collett Minor Subdivision project. Your identification number is PA -0500184. The Corps of Engineers' jurisdiction within the study area is under the authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. Waters of the United States include, but are not limited to, rivers, perennial or intermittent streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, vernal pools, marshes, wet meadows, and seeps. Project features that result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States may require Department of the Army authorization prior to starting work. To ascertain the extent of waters on the project site, the applicant should prepare a wetland delineation, in accordance with the "Minimum Standards for Acceptance of Preliminary Wetland Delineations", under "Jurisdiction" on our website at the address below, and submit it to this office for verification. The range of alternatives considered in any project design should include alternatives that avoid impacts to wetlands or other waters of the United States. Every effort should be made to avoid project features which require the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. In the event it can be clearly demonstrated there are no practicable alternatives to filling waters of the United States, mitigation plans should be developed to compensate for the unavoidable losses resulting from project implementation.