An application to build dozens of homes near the Boise River in Eagle may have been pulled, but earthwork on the large riverfront property still prompted concern from federal regulators.
In late September, staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Walla Walla reached out to Jake Centers, the principal for Meridian-based Blackrock Homes, inquiring about construction on a piece of land he once eyed for building single-family homes. Staff from the federal agency asked why aerial photography of two parcels at 1811 Mace Road, west of the Two Rivers subdivision, showed evidence of large-scale land clearing, even though Centers withdrew his application asking the agency for permission to disturb wetlands in the area in September.
“A preliminary review indicates that one or more drainage features may have been filled or piped, and wetlands delineated along the southern perimeter of the project may have been filled,” Tracy Peak, deputy chief for the U.S. Army Corps Walla Walla District, wrote in an email to Centers on September 26…