Vistra Energy says it expects it will take one year to complete a bank stabilization project along the National Scenic Middle Fork River once the project begins. Vistra is currently working through the regulatory process on the plan submitted earlier this summer to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. It is the agency that would issue the necessary permit. The company says ‘’the wild card is the timing of regulatory approvals combined with ongoing intervention by outside groups intent on slowing it down for their own agenda.’’
The company worked with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to get its input on the plan before presenting it to the National Park Service for its review and recommendation to the Corps, according to a statement released by Vistra Energy.
Vistra says the riverbank stabilization technology it proposes using near some coal ash pits has already proven successful. The company notes it is the same technology used when Dynegy worked along a 485-foot stretch of the riverbank that abuts the company’s property in 2016.
The area where the work is proposed along the riverbank is located north of Kickapoo State Park.
