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Rock Island District Public Notices

  • Special Public Notice: Rock Island District Illinois Regional Permit 16: Fill Material Placed in Waters of the United States for Bank Stabilization Activities in the State of Illinois (Reissuance)

    Expiration date: 3/3/2026

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Rock Island District have updated and reissued Regional General Permit 16 for bank stabilization activities within Rock Island, St Louis, and Memphis Districts in Illinois pursuant to 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403).

  • Special Public Notice: Rock Island District Iowa Regional Permit 40: Fill Material Placed in Water of the United States for Bank Stabilization Activities in the State of Iowa (Reissuance)

    Expiration date: 3/3/2026

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Rock Island District has updated and reissued Regional General Permit 40 for bank stabilization activities within Rock Island District in Iowa pursuant to 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403).

  • Rock Island District Iowa Regional Permit 48: Residential Developments (Reissuance)

    Expiration date: 2/14/2026

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Rock Island District have updated and reissued Regional General Permit 48 for activities required for the construction, expansion, modification, protection, or improvement of residential developments within Rock Island District in Iowa pursuant to 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403).

  • Rock Island District Iowa Regional Permit 41: Commercial and Institutional Developments (Reissuance)

    Expiration date: 2/14/2026

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Rock Island District have updated and reissued Regional General Permit 41 for activities required for the construction, expansion, modification, protection, or improvement of commercial and institutional developments within Rock Island District in Iowa pursuant to 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403).

  • City of Waterloo c/o Mr. Quentin Hart (CEMVR-RD-2023-0706)

    Expiration date: 2/10/2026

    The applicant requests authorization to construct the Waterloo Whitewater Park that includes a six-step bypass channel around the Park Avenue Dam in the Cedar River in downtown Waterloo.

    CEMVR-RD-2023-0706

  • Announcing Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits (NWPs) - Illinois

    REISSUANCE OF NWPs: On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final action in the Federal Register (91 FR 768) announcing the reissuance of 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and one new NWP, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 57 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2026, and will expire on March 15, 2031. One NWP was not reissued.

  • Announcing Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits (NWPs) - Iowa

    REISSUANCE OF NWPs: On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final action in the Federal Register (91 FR 768) announcing the reissuance of 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and one new NWP, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 57 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2026, and will expire on March 15, 2031. One NWP was not reissued. 

  • Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District (CEMVR-RD-2025-0999)

    Expiration date: 12/24/2025

    Rock Island District proposes to re-authorize a regional permit for dredging projects and/or maintenance dredging (channels and basins) for certain navigation-related dredging projects using either mechanical or hydraulic methods within Section 10 Waterways.

    CEMVR-RD-2025-0999

  • Rick McDowell, Pops Plot Spot, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2020-0582)

    Expiration date: 11/1/2025

    The sponsor proposes to complete activities on 47.66 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of both stream and wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to restore 5,140 linear feet of North Beaver Creek to generate 53,822 stream credits and restore/enhance onsite wetlands to generate 11.82 wetland credits.

    CEMVR-RD-2020-0582

  • Larry Anderson, White Fox Farms, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2022-0577)

    Expiration date: 10/30/2025

    The Sponsor would develop credits on 58.22 acres of property they own by creating wetland habitat, wetland and stream buffers, and in-stream features such as installing stone toe protection, shaping streambanks, re-meandering the stream channel, creating floodplain benches, restoration/enhancement of riffle structures, and removal of sediment to reconnect oxbows along a 5,462 linear foot reach of White Fox Creek.

    CEMVR-RD-2022-0577

  • Brad Erickson, ISPD, Inc. (CEMVR-RD-2025-0875)

    Expiration date: 11/11/2025

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 51.97 acres of privately owned property that would result in the enhancement of both emergent and forested wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to enhance emergent and forested wetlands and upland herbaceous buffer to generate 25.18 total credits (24.44 emergent wetland credits and 0.74 forested wetland credits).

    CEMVR-RD-2025-0875

  • Tyler Olson, City of Iowa City (CEMVR-RD-2021-748)

    Expiration date: 10/29/2025

    The applicant requests authorization to construct a new 24-acre stormwater management pond. The proposed project will result in the construction of an earthen berm across the tributary with a new lake outlet structure.

    CEMVR-RD-2021-748

  • Thomas Hilbert, Waste Connections (CEMVR-RD-2025-734)

    Expiration date: 10/28/2025

    Applicant proposes to expand its existing landfill in Ogle County, Illinois. The proposed horizontal expansion consists of a 105.51-acre increase in the landfill footprint. The horizontal expansion is needed to provide continued and uninterrupted solid waste services to the City of Rochelle and surrounding communities in an environmentally safe manner in a permitted solid waste facility.

    CEMVR-RD-2025-734

  • John Arter, Honest Assets, LLC (CEMVR-OD-P-2019-1198)

    Expiration date: 10/11/2025

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 74.35 acres of privately owned property that would result in the restoration and enhancement of both forested and emergent wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to enhance/restore emergent and forested wetlands and upland buffer to generate 32.01 total credits.

    CEMVR-OD-P-2019-1198

  • Special Public Notice: Rock Island District Illinois Regional Permit 49: Commercial and Institutional Developments

    Expiration date: 10/10/2025

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Rock Island District have developed a new Regional General Permit for activities required for the construction, expansion, modification, protection, or improvement of commercial and institutional developments within Rock Island District in Illinois pursuant to 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403).

  • Special Public Notice: Rock Island District Illinois Regional Permit 48: Residential Developments

    Expiration date: 10/10/2025

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Rock Island District have developed a new Regional General Permit for activities required for the construction, expansion, modification, or improvement of residential developments within Rock Island District in Illinois pursuant to 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 USC 403).

  • Rock Island District Mitigation Banking/ILF Guidance Version 2.0 (Revision)

    Expiration date: 10/9/2025

    The U.S Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District, with the assistance of both the Iowa and Illinois interagency review teams (IRT), including Illinois DNR, and USEPA (Regions 5 & 7) have revised the original mitigation banking guidance last updated in July of 2019. The revised guidance provides direction to prospective mitigation bankers within the Rock Island District boundary (Iowa and Illinois).

  • Magellan Pipeline Company – Fuel Pipeline Replacement Crossing Bettendorf, IA, Local Flood Protection Project (Public Notice ID #2025-0029)

    Expiration date: 10/6/2025

    The proposed project would replace a segment of an existing 8.625-inch pipeline, which transports gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to Magellan Pipeline Company’s Bettendorf terminal in Scott County, Iowa. Due to scouring around the existing pipeline within Duck Creek, the pipeline requires replacement.

    Figure 1 - Site Viciniy Map
    Figure 2 - National Levee Database Map

  • Programmatic Agreement regarding USACE Rock Island District Navigation Channel Operations and Maintenance Program

    Expiration date: 9/5/2025

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District (District) is developing a Programmatic Agreement (PA) in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs) of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and Tribes regarding management plan implementation and routine operations and maintenance activities for the 9-foot navigation channel on the portions of the Upper Mississippi River and the Illinois Waterway within the District.

  • M. Gray Stevens, SCP Prairie Creek, LLC (CEMVR-2025-0605)

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on approximately 77.63 acres along Prairie Creek. The project would result in the generation of stream compensatory mitigation credits. The goal of the project is to restore 5,681 linear feet of stream with buffers to generate an initial estimate of 71,864.65 stream credits.

    CEMVR-2025-0605

  • Spring Creek Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-2020-0776)

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 39.29 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of stream mitigation credits.  The goal of the bank is to restore 5,440 linear feet of Spring Creek to generate 66,349.01 stream credits.

    CEMVR-2020-0776

  • State of Iowa, Iowa Department of Transportation (CEMVR-2025-0212)

    Expiration date: 7/26/2025

    The Iowa DOT proposes to develop an UMBI to establish a framework and eliminate redundancy in administration as individual bank sites are added facilitating the focus of review on technical issues related to the development, implementation and success of individual mitigation bank sites as they are added.

    CEMVR-2025-0212

  • Jeffrey Myers, Illinois DOT - District 6 (CEMVR-RD-2022-1617)

    Expiration date: 7/22/2025

    The purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide a transportation facility between Jacksonville and Macomb, Illinois that provides improved transportation continuity, enhanced economic stability and development, upgraded rural access, and improved travel efficiency while connecting the project area to other major transportation systems and communities in western Illinois.

    CEMVR-RD-2022-1617

  • Cory Hoffmann, Hoffmann Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-2025-0369)

    Expiration date: 7/22/2025

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on approximately 115.85-acres of property owned by the bank sponsor. The goal of this project is to restore 17.27-acres of emergent wetland, enhance 61.68-acres of emergent wetland, and establish 25.27-acres of buffer to generate an initial estimate of 54.44 wetland credits.

    CEMVR-2025-0369

  • Joshua Sage, Boone County Conservation District (CEMVR-RD-2024-1078)

    Expiration date: 7/18/2025

    The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 82.6-acres of property along Piscasaw Creek that would result in the establishment of wetland mitigation credits. The mitigation plan for the project will focus on enhancing existing degraded wetland communities across the site.

    CEMVR-RD-2024-1078