Waterloo Recreation Area - Aggregate Industries
Land Transaction
The Recreation Division has created this web page to provide updated information, maps, and project status on a land transaction between the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Aggregate Industries, Inc. of Kalamazoo, Michigan.
PROJECT OVERVIEW: The transaction is located in Jackson County and includes a 324-acre gift of land and agreement to enter into a ten year lease to allow the mining of sand and gravel on 72.44 acres of state land at the Waterloo Recreation Area.
Aggregate Industries will reclaim the gift parcel and lease area to a plan approved by the DNR. The Phased plan restoration will follow the rolling topography, perched wetlands, and native vegetation indicative of historic cover at this recreation area.
Depending on market demand, an estimated eight to nine million tons of non-metallic minerals could be mined from state land. Aggregate Industries will pay a market rate royalty for the minerals, with all royalties accruing to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund.
This acquisition will contribute to the DNR's Land Consolidation Strategy by adding to state-owned land in the area, and eliminating nearly three miles of public/private boundary interface in the Waterloo Recreation Area.
The following overview of the completed 10 step federal conversion process contains links to maps, drawings, public meeting data and other pertinent information.
Please note: Hovering the mouse cursor on the link will display the document name. Some of the documents are quite large.
The Completed 10 Step Federal Conversion Process:
| Steps |
Date of Completion |
Document |
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Step 1: Description of Conversion
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12-7-2009
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See documents # 2,
16
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Step 2: Public Review, Public Comments
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1-7-2010, 1-19-2010, 3-13-2010, 9-27-2010
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See documents # 3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
22,
25
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Step 3: Alternative Analysis
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1-27-2011
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See document # 33
chapters 2.2, 2.3, 2.4
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Step 4: Before and After
Plans (Conversion)
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9-20-2010
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See documents # 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
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Step 5: Map and Site Plan
(Mitigation)
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9-20-2010
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See documents # 11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
19,
20,
21
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Step 6: Recreational Usefulness Analysis
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1-27-2011
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See document # 33
chapters 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4
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Step 7: Local Recreation Plan
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1-27-2011
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See documents # 26,
27,
28,
29,
30,
31
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Step 8: Appraisal Process (Converted and Mitigation Properties)
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1-27-2011
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See document # 32
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Step 9: Environmental Assessments (Converted and Mitigation Properties)
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1-27-2011
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See documents # 33,
34, 35
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Step 10: SHPO, Archeological Assessment
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9-20-2010, 9-24-2010
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See documents # 17,
18
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As of February 7, 2011, the ten step federal conversion process is complete. Public comment will be taken until March 15, 2011. Concurrently the conversion proposal will be submitted to the State and Regional Planning Clearinghouses:
Planning Region 1 (State Planning Clearinghouse)
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
535 Griswold St., Suite 300
Detroit, MI 48226-3602
Region II Planning Commission
Jackson County Tower Building, 9th Floor
120 W. Michigan Avenue
Jackson, MI 49201
The State and Regional Planning Clearinghouses will respond to this conversion request, and their responses will be added to the completed conversion packet that will be forwarded to the National Park Service.
Please direct questions and/or comments to Paul Yauk, Land Programs Manager, DNR Parks & Recreation Division, P.O. Box 30257, Lansing, Michigan 48909 or by e-mail to yaukp@michigan.gov.
Phone: (517)335-4824
