Remedy work continues in Wallace, Mullan areas

MULLAN — EPA Crews have began working on the Tiger Creek and Printer’s Creek remedy protection projects in the Mullan and Wallace areas.

The projects are designed to protect the areas from potential erosion damages and are designed to protect the area should a 50-year rain-on-snow event occur.

The Tiger Creek Remedy Protection Project, on the northeastern side of Mullan, should reduce erosion and re-contamination from stormwater runoff, tributary flooding, and heavy rain and snowfall.

Crews will also be installing a pipe system to route water along Fir, Eighth and River streets.

“The project will replace the Tiger Creek inlet structure to create capacity for a 50-year rain-on-snow event,” project manager Jim Finlay said. “Crews will install storm drain pipe, catch basins, manholes, perforated rock drain, curbs and gutters. Impacted roadways will be restored.

On the south side of downtown Wallace, the Printer’s Creek project will see the modification of an existing inlet structure that will create the capacity to handle a 50-year event.

“We are installing a weir (low dam), sediment pond and trash rack just upstream of the intake structure, to limit the amount of debris that enters the pipe network in the future,” Finlay said. “When complete, the project will help protect people and the environment by reducing erosion and re-contamination from stormwater runoff, tributary flooding, and heavy rain and snowfall.”

The Printer’s Creek project is set to end later this month.

In Mullan, the Tiger Creek project will be taking place in two phases, starting this month and running through October.