Rock Island District Public Notices

  • Bob Durand, Village of Pontoosuc (CEMVR-RD-2024-0070)

    Expiration date: 4/13/2024

    The Village of Pontoosuc, IL is proposing construction to realign a new bridge androadway approaches over Spillman Creek. As part of the earthwork activities associated with the proposedbridge replacement and roadway approach construction (see attached plan exhibits), approximately 1.257 acres of permanent impact to jurisdictional wetland features are anticipated.

  • Merschman Fertilizer Mississippi River Terminal Encroachment Improvements to Burlington North Bottoms Levee (Public Notice ID #2022-0001)

    Expiration date: 4/5/2024

    In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), Merschman Fertilizer, LLC has requested permission for encroachments modifying the Burlington North Bottoms Levee, an existing federally-authorized flood risk management project.

  • Rathbun Land & Water Alliance (CEMVR-RD-2022-1208)

    Expiration date: 4/3/2024

    This project will construct an earthen dam across an intermittent stream to create a sediment basin in effort to improve water quality by reducing sediment loads from entering Rathbun Lake.

  • NESP Upper Mississippi River Mooring Facilities

    Expiration date: 4/6/2024

    The Corps is seeking public input on the locations, construction, and future barge use of the proposed mooring facilities. Specifically, the Corps is seeking information on existing significant resources or other environmental, historical, and cultural concerns associated with the Project. The Corps will use the public input to help guide Project decision making. To fulfill the National Environmental Policy Act requirements, the Corps will document and address the public input in an environmental assessment (EA). When the draft EA is complete it will be made available for another public input opportunity.

  • Proposed Renewal of Regional Permit 7 for Linear Transportation Project (CEMVR-RD-2024-0035)

    Expiration date: 2/27/2024

    The Corps proposes to renew Regional Permit 7 for Linear Transportation Project and increase impacts from the previous impact threshold from 1-acre of waters of the U.S. (WUS) to 2.0-acres of WUS, including the loss of up to 1,000 linear feet of stream bed in the state of Iowa.

  • New Melleray Abbey Stream Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2024-0130)

    Expiration date: 3/6/2024

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete the project in two phases on nearby pieces of property in Dubuque County, Iowa. Both phases of the project will entail the construction of Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs). A BDA is a human-made complex that is designed to mimic the structure and function of a naturally created beaver dam.

  • Iowa Department of Transportation (CEMVR-RD-2023-1426)

    Expiration date: 2/24/2024

    The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is proposing to make safetyimprovements to the existing intersection of US Highway 30 (US 30) and County Road R18/L Avenue (Co. Rd. R18/L Avenue), in Boone County, IA. The project will convert the existing at-grade, four-legged intersection into an at-grade offset-T intersection.

  • Ponderosa Wetland Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2024-0030)

    Expiration date: 2/14/2024

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on approximately 33 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of wetland mitigation credits. The bank proposes to enhance 2 acres of emergent wetland, restore 23 acres of emergent wetland, restore 8 acres of emergent wetland buffer to generate approximately 26 wetland credits.

  • City of Cedar Rapids (CEMVR-RD-2023-0377)

    Expiration date: 2/3/2024

    The City of Cedar Rapids Seeks to improve public use areas and amenities in proximity to Cedar Lake. The current Cedar Lake Trail configuration requires cyclists to use Shaver Road. Due to the private property and existing structures in the area, the proposed project would place fill to extend the shoreline into Cedar Lake for the construction of the trail, a fishing pier, and a jetty.

  • BNSF Railway Company (CEMVR-RD-2023-0585)

    Expiration date: 1/12/2024

    The applicant proposes to replace an existing 1,020-foot-long double track railroad bridge consisting of a multi-span Pratt deck truss style fixed metal bridge supported on concrete piers and abutments over the Skunk River.