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FLORISSANT, Mo. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is sampling its third house this week in the Cades Cove subdivision in Florissant, along Coldwater Creek.

FUSRAP’s Senior Lead Engineer Robin Parks has been with the USACE for 32 years and specifically with FUSRAP since 1998-1999.

Parks said the agency has been sampling and investigating in and around the 14-mile Coldwater Creek since 2014.

Parks explained the very first samples adjacent to the Cades Cove subdivision were in 2016 and then some of the yards had sampling events later in 2018. 

Since then, FUSRAP have done delineation attempts over the last few years, in which they grab additional samples more in depth.

“By the time you get to the field, that equates to months, not days or weeks,” he added.

The U.S. Army …