8 Nov 2022

Osceola County Rural Water System, Inc. (CEMVR-RD-2021-0918)

Expiration date: 12/9/2022

This is a Supplemental Public Notice to correct an error in the initial Public Notice’s location. The initial Public Notice expired 9/31/21. The applicant proposes to construct a rock-riffle low head dam structure within the channel of the Ocheyedan River. An estimated 0.05 acres of riverbed will be filled as a result and the applicant plans to allow water to flow over the top of the dam structure during times of normal flow. The purpose of this project is to increase drought resiliency for the alluvial aquifer that supplies drinking water to the local populace. Wetland impacts are not anticipated, and stream mitigation has not been proposed due to the overall low impact total.

31 Oct 2022

Three Mile Lake Restoration Project (CEMVR-RD-2021-1512)

Expiration date: 11/29/2022

The applicant proposes the Three Mile Lake Restoration Project to include in-lake sediment retention forebays, Best Management Practices (BMP’s) 1, 2, and 12, and bank stabilization along Three Mile Lake at 12 locations, including jetties, riprap, and wind breaks. Cumulatively these projects will impact 6.540 acres of open water, 7.328 acres of wetland (1.740 acres of emergent and 5.588 acres of forested), inundate 2,254 linear feet (LF) of steam (858 LF of perennial, 1,232 LF of intermittent, and 164 LF of ephemeral), and 13,025 linear feet of bank stabilization. The applicants stated purpose and need for BMP’s 1, 2, and 12 are to reduce sediment within Three Mile Lake to improve the quality of the Lake for recreational areas and to provide drinking water to 30,000 residents. Three Mile Lake has experienced decreased water quality, increased algae blooms, and impairments to fish populations in recent years. The existing silt dike has silted in, settled, and is experiencing more frequent overtopping’s. The applicants stated purpose and need for the bank stabilization is for shoreline stabilization and improved angler access due to the existing eroding shorelines. The bank stabilization efforts will provide for protection measures and angler access to existing shoreline erosion and areas in need of wind protection, angler access, and along shorelines near known sensitive cultural resources threatened from impending shoreline degradation.

25 Oct 2022

Mar-Ops South LLC (CEMVR-RD-2022-0863)

Expiration date: 11/24/2022

The proposed project is located on the Illinois River approximately 1.2 miles north of Hennepin, Illinois, near the intersection of IL Highway 1 and 1150 N Road. On the Illinois River, left descending bank, mile marker 208.8 in Section 4, Township 32 North, Range 2 West, Putnam County. Datum NAD-83. UTM Zone 16. The applicant is proposing to install a replacement dock and one dolphin along the east bank of the Illinois River. The dock will be approximately 700’ long (wall facing river) with a wing on the south end and a wing going back into the bank on the north end. Approximately 6,500 cubic yards of clean aggregate fill will be placed behind river facing wall. The dolphin will be installed approximately 155’ south of the replacement dock. Mechanical dredging, excavating with a crane and clam shell bucket, will remove approximately 30,000 cubic yards of material which will be trucked to upland area. Roads to the existing dock will remain the same but new gravel or pavement will be placed prior to operation. The project will impact approximately 0.13 acres of forested wetland, trees will be removed on the southern end of the bank where the replacement dock will be located. The purpose of the project is to provide an area to facilitate loading and unloading of dry and liquid commodities on the Illinois River near Hennepin, Illinois.

18 Oct 2022

Raccoon Valley Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2022-1343)

Expiration date: 11/16/2022

Project Location: The proposed site is located within Section 36, Township 86 North, Range 36 West, Sac County, Iowa.  Bank Objectives: The fundamental objective of compensatory mitigation is to offset environmental losses resulting from unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States (WOTUS) authorized by Department of Army Permits. Other Objectives include: providing economically efficient and flexible mitigation opportunities, enhance or create additional wildlife and aquatic habitat, provide additional flood retention and reduce the impacts of downstream flooding by capturing and storing high flow events, and improve water quality by reducing sediment loading and nutrients. Project Description/Bank Establishment: The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 79.48 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of wetland and stream mitigation credits. The goal of this project is to create approximately 31.13 acres of emergent wetlands and create/enhance approximately 8.68 acres of forested wetlands by constructing earthen berms and shallow excavation that would allow water to pool in the wetlands, creating scalloped edges and an undulating bottom to ensure diverse wetland habitat. The shallow excavations will receive hydrology from disabled tile intakes, overland flow, direct precipitation, and overbank flooding from the North Raccoon River. Approximately 24.64 acres of wetlands buffer would be established around the wetland areas. The sponsor anticipates that approximately 42 wetland credits will be generated. The bank sponsor also is proposing to complete restoration work along the Raccoon River that includes creating floodplain benches and stabilizing highly eroded areas. The sponsor anticipates that approximately 21,314 stream credits will be generated. A wetland delineation was completed in the summer of 2022 and will be provided the Corps during the review process.

18 Oct 2022

Bunker Stream Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2022-1342)

Expiration date: 11/16/2022

Project Location: The proposed site is located within Section 9, Township 77 North, Range 24 West, Warren County, Iowa.  Bank Objectives: The fundamental objective of compensatory mitigation is to offset environmental losses resulting from unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States (WOTUS) authorized by Department of Army Permits. Other Objectives include: stabilize streambanks, improve floodplain connection, reduce erosion; enhance and create additional wildlife habitat; restore native vegetation with riparian buffer; sell stream mitigation credits for projects developed by other entities. Project Description/Bank Establishment: The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 15.14 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of stream mitigation credits. The goal of this project is to restore 2,333 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Middle Creek to generate an initial estimate of 31,448 stream credits. The bank sponsor proposes to use many different in-stream methods to aid in restoring these portions of stream, including re-meandering it to restore natural sinuosity to the channel and decrease the slopes. The sponsor also proposes to improve floodplain connectivity, install floodplain benches, and improve habitat by creating rock riffles within the stream. Improvements to the riparian buffer include vegetation management to remove invasive species and promote native species diversity. A wetland delineation was completed in August of 2022. One perennial stream, one emergent wetland, one forested wetland, and one drainageway were identified within the project area.

14 Oct 2022

City of Davenport, IA (CEMVR-RD-2022-1296)

Expiration date: 11/12/2022

The proposed project is located at the Davenport Compost Facility, 2606 S. Concord Street in Davenport, Iowa. Section 9, Township 77 North, Range 3 East, Scott County, Iowa. The Applicant proposes to construct a 4,355 linear foot levee with a 10-foot top width and 3:1 side slopes to protect the City of Davenport’s Compost Facility and the Davenport Water Pollution and Control Plant from flood waters. Approximately 104,344 cubic yards of fill material will be required to complete the project. As part of this project, a new storm water detention basin and pump station (for storm water only) will be constructed inside the levee and the pump station will have a 493-linear foot, 18-inch diameter outlet pipe that will discharge to the Mississippi River.  

5 Oct 2022

U.S. Silica Company (CEMVR-RD-2022-1270)

Expiration date: 11/4/2022

The proposed project is located approximately 4 miles west of Ottawa, Illinois on the southeast side of the intersection of 1251st Road and IL Route 71. The project is in LaSalle County, Sections 19, 20, and 29, Township 33 North, Range 3 East. Datum NAD-83. UTM Zone 16. Latitude:41.311859, Longitude: -88.908690. Project Description and Purpose. The applicant is proposing to expand the existing U.S. Silica surface mining operations to the west. The project area is approximately 300 acres, of which approximately 186 acres will be mined. The primary purpose of the project is to expand mining operations to mine below ground sand reserves on U.S. Silica owned property. Previous authorizations include the U.S. Silica South Ottawa project CEMVR-OD-P-404220-2.

27 Sep 2022

Notice of Availability of the Beta Streamflow Duration Assessment Method for the Great Plains

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Albuquerque, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Worth, Galveston, Kansas City, Omaha, Rock Island, St. Louis, St. Paul, and Tulsa Districts, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Regions 5, 6, 7, and 8, jointly announce the availability of the Beta Streamflow Duration Assessment Method (SDAM) for the Great Plains (dated September 2022). The method is a rapid assessment tool to help distinguish between ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial streamflow at the reach scale for the Northern and Southern Great Plains SDAM Regions. The beta SDAM may help provide technical guidance for identifying waters that may be subject to regulatory jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act; however, this method does not alter or change the definition of “Waters of the U.S.” Click the link below to view the full notice.

27 Sep 2022

Zuma Woods Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2022-0976)

Expiration date: 10/27/2022

This notice is issued in accordance with the Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources; Final Rule (the Mitigation Rule) described in the Federal Register dated April 10, 2008 (33 CFR Parts 325 and 332).

21 Sep 2022

Special Public Notice for the Issuance of Regional Permit 48 for Residential Developments

Regional Permit 48 for Residential Developments has been issued and is available on our website at the following location: https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/.

19 Sep 2022

Special Public Notice for the Issuance of Regional Permit 34 (Iowa Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) and Regional Permit 39 (IDALS Targeted Water Quality Improvement Constructed/Restored Wetlands in Waters of the United States)

Regional Permits 34 (Iowa Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program) and Regional Permit 39 (IDALS Targeted Water Quality Improvement Constructed/Restored Wetlands in Waters of the United States) have been issued and are available on our website at the following location: https://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/.

13 Sep 2022

Ameren Illinois gas main replacement above East Peoria Drainage and Levee District and East Peoria Sanitary District Levees (Public Notice ID #2022-0024)

Expiration date: 9/28/2022

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army Section 408 permission for certain work at or near a federally authorized flood risk management project of the United States, as described below and shown on attached figures. Written comments are being solicited from anyone having an interest in the requested alteration. Comments providing substantive information or a rationale for the commenter’s position are the most helpful. All comments supporting, opposing, or identifying concerns the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) should consider in its decisions process are welcome. Comments will become part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) administrative record and will be considered in determining whether to approve the request. This public notice is not a paid advertisement and is for public information only. Issuance of this notice does not imply USACE endorsement of the project as described. REQUESTER: In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), Ameren Illinois requested permission to modify the East Peoria Drainage and Levee District (D&LD) and East Peoria Sanitary District Levees, two existing federally authorized flood risk management projects. LOCATION: The proposed project is located at the Main Street Bridge crossing Farm Creek in East Peoria, Illinois. REQUESTER’S PROPOSED ACTION: Ameren Illinois owns a 4-inch steel natural gas main hanging beneath the Main Street Bridge, crossing both the East Peoria D&LD and East Peoria Sanitary District Levees, two existing federally-authorized flood risk management projects. The gas main is supported by hangers on the underside of the bridge and is inserted through sleeves in the bridge abutments on each side. A section of the coating on the steel natural gas main intended to prevent corrosion became disbanded from the pipe near the sleeve in the northern abutment. Ameren Illinois plans to replace approximately 15 feet of the 4-inch diameter steel gas main through the existing sleeve in the northern abutment. Work will require a singular excavation within the sidewalk and roadway on the northern abutment. Work will occur within the levee right-of-way but should not impact the levees. Click the link below to view the full notice. 

8 Sep 2022

Dowd Creek Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2022-1226)

Expiration date: 10/7/2022

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 39.5 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of stream mitigation credits. The goal of this project is to restore 7,808 linear feet of Dowd Creek and 1,510 linear feet of two intermittent streams within the bank boundary to generate an initial estimate of 88,956.30 stream credits.

30 Aug 2022

City of Clinton, IA (CEMVR-RD-2021-1076)

Expiration date: 9/28/2022

In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), the Clinton Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility currently discharges to Beaver Slough and, requested permission to modify the Clinton Levee, an existing federally-authorized flood risk management project situated along Beaver Slough part of the Mississippi River. The proposal includes adding a 30-inch discharge pipe to the Mississippi River. Modifications to the USACE levee are located at the old municipal sewage treatment plant.

24 Aug 2022

Invitation for Bid No. DACW25-9-22-4005, Bunker Chute, Iowa, Timber Sale

Expiration date: 9/27/2022

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE TIMBER BIDDERS: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District is offering timber for sale at Bunker Chute, Iowa, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, 10 a.m., at the Mississippi River Project Office, 25549 182nd Street, Pleasant Valley, Iowa 52767. Click the link below to view full details for the bid package. If you have questions concerning this timber sale, contact the Rock Island District's Real Estate office at 309-794-5056. 

17 Aug 2022

Bowman Property, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2022-0252)

Expiration date: 9/7/2022

The applicant proposes to construct a new 109-acre mixed use residential and commercial development, Forevergreen Estates, in North Liberty. The development concept is to provide medium to high density housing ranging from 36-plexes to duplexes in additional to commercial space, to provide a minimum of 640 dwelling units across the development. The applicants stated purpose and need for the project is to provide stormwater quality and quantity treatment for the upland residential and commercial developments. The majority, 94 percent of the stormwater basin is necessary to meet the upland residential development and 6 percent of the basin will be utilized to meet a proposed commercial development. To meet stormwater requirements, a wet bottom detention basin was designed to provide 24-hour detention of the 1-year, 24-hour event for the project area. The applicant has stated that as a result of the sizing calculations and to comply with stormwater management standards, it was determined that a 5.5-acre basin with 1.3-million cubic feet of storage was required. The project will permanently impact 1.74 acres of emergent wetland for the construction of a dam and for the basin itself. The applicant has proposed to purchase 1.74 acres of wetland mitigation credits.

6 Jul 2022

New Regional General Permit 48 Residential Developments in the State of Iowa (CEMVR-RD-2022-0884)

Expiration date: 8/6/2022

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposes the new Regional General Permit (RP)for the activities required for the construction, expansion, modification, or improvement of residential developments of a single residence, a multiple unit residential development, or a residential subdivision, which result in a total loss of up to 2.0 acre of waters of the United States, including the loss of up to 1,000 linear feet of stream bed. The loss of stream bed plus any other losses of jurisdictional wetlands and waters caused by the activity cannot exceed 2.0 acre, which includes no more than 1,000 linear feet of stream bed loss. Activities may include (but are not limited to) construction of building foundations and building pads and attendant features that are necessary for the use of the residence or residential development. Attendant features include (but are not limited to) roads, parking lots, garages, yards, utility lines, storm water management facilities, septic fields, and recreational facilities such as playgrounds, playing fields, and golf courses (provided the golf course is an integral part of the residential development).

27 Jun 2022

MODOT MO-79 Bridge Replacement over Bear Creek (Public Notice ID #2022-0008)

Expiration date: 7/11/2022

Interested parties are hereby notified the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Rock Island District (District) received an application for a Department of the Army Section 408 permission for certain work at or near a federally-authorized flood risk management project of the United States as described below and shown on attached figures. Written comments are being solicited from anyone having an interest in the requested alteration. Comments will become part of the District’s administrative record and will be considered in determining whether to approve the request. Comments supporting, opposing, or identifying concerns that should be considered by the District in its decisions process are all welcome. Comments providing substantive information or a rationale for the commenter’s position are the most helpful. This public notice is not a paid advertisement and is for public information only. Issuance of this notice does not imply District endorsement of the project as described. REQUESTOR: In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), requested permission to modify the Hannibal, Missouri, floodwall, an existing federally-authorized flood risk management project situated along Bear Creek and the Mississippi River.

21 Jun 2022

River Development Holdings, LLC (CEMVR-RD-2021-1206)

Expiration date: 7/5/2022

The purpose of this proposed project is to provide an area for the William E. Lawson towboat to anchor outside of Island City Harbor, creation of two fleeting areas, and an area to complete tow work.

21 Jun 2022

County Line Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2022-0456)

Expiration date: 7/20/2022

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 133.7 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of stream, forested wetland, and emergent wetland mitigation credits. Establishment of the Bank will occur in two phases. Phase 1 will involve restoring floodplain wetland function through levee removal and improvement of associated wetlands and buffers in the east portion of the Bank. Phase 2 includes restoring the sediment filled floodplain wetlands and channels in the west portion of the Bank by grading low-lying areas and generating stream credits through the construction of bank protection and buffer establishment along the right descending bank of the Des Moines River. An off-site wetland delineation was completed in January 2021, in accordance with the1987 Wetland Delineation Manual and 2010 Midwest Regional Supplement. The off-site delineation found four potential agricultural wetlands currently used in commodity-crop production and a fifth potential wetland that includes a mix of agricultural and palustrine forested and possibly emergent wetlands. Of the 133.7 acres (52.4 acres west of the BSNF Railroad and 81.3 acres east of the BSNF Railroad) of the Bank, 32.6 acres were preliminarily assessed as either potentially jurisdictional palustrine forested wetland (7.9 acres) and/or agricultural wetland (24.7 acres). An on-site wetland delineation will be completed to help determine current conditions and the determination of credits prior to the submission of the draft mitigation banking instrument.

21 Jun 2022

INHF Pearey Mitigation Bank (CEMVR-RD-2022-0757)

Expiration date: 7/20/2022

The bank sponsor proposes to complete activities on 180 acres of privately owned property that would result in the establishment of emergent wetland mitigation credits. The goal of the bank is to enhance/create wetlands to generate approximately109 wetland credits. Wetland enhancement/creation will include the following: grading of farmed upland areas, plugging culverts and/or installing stoplog/weir structures to restore hydrology, removal and management of invasive species and seeding with native wetland vegetation. A wetland delineation will be completed in 2022 to help determine current conditions and the determination of credits prior to the submission of the draft mitigation banking instrument.

6 Jun 2022

Public Comment for Section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, Definition of Economically Disadvantaged Community

Expiration date: 8/2/2022

In accordance with Section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works is conducting a 60-day public comment period to gather public comments on the definition of the term “economically disadvantaged community” and other terms listed below.

16 May 2022

City of Perry, Iowa (CEMVR-RD-2020-610)

Expiration date: 6/15/2022

The applicant proposes to expand the Perry Municipal Airport by the relocation and construction of Runway 14/32, 400 feet west, to a length of 4,000 feet and a width of 100 feet. Construction will occur in two phases. Phase 1 will also include a new airfield lighting system consisting of medium intensity runway edge lights, navigational aids, and an electrical vault building. Phase 2 will incorporate a 1,500- foot extension for a Runway 14/32 length of 5,500 feet and converting the existing runway to a full-length taxiway. As proposed Phase 2 will require closure and realignment of approximately ¾ mile of 150th Street south of the airport. Click the link below to view the full notice.

16 May 2022

Lafarge-Holcim, LLC. (CEMVR-RD-2021-1478)

Expiration date: 6/14/2022

The purpose of the project is barge mooring and fleeting. Install concrete dead-men anchorages at locations along the RDB of the Illinois River to fleet strings of empty and or loaded inland waterway product barges. The upriver dead-men will be located approximately 100 feet inland (northerly) of the RDB shoreline and the down-river dead-men located approximately 210 feet inland (northerly) of the RDB shoreline. Each dead-man would be excavated into the shoreline sediment and or bedrock and filled with cast-in-place concrete. A length of heavy anchor chain would be embedded into each dead-man allowing for the attachment of a length of large diameter wire rope extending to the river and secured to the floating product barge string(s). Two fleeting areas are proposed, with the downriver fleet anticipated to be no larger than l05 feet wide by 400 feet long, with a maximum of 6 barges in a 3-barges wide by 2-barges long configuration, and the upriver fleet anticipated to be no larger than 70 feet wide by 1,200 feet long, with a maximum of 12 barges in a 2-barges wide by 6-barges long configuration. The number of barges would vary based on the scheduled demand of empty or loaded product barges. The down-river fleet is anticipated to extend from approximate River miles 229.15 to 229.23, and the up-river from approximate River miles 229.35 to 229.58. Any areas disturbed will be restored after work is completed. Click the link below to view the full notice. 

10 May 2022

Sny Island Levee Drainage District – Reach 1 Seepage Berm (Public Notice ID #2020-0033)

Expiration date: 6/9/2022

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army Section 408 permission for certain work at or near a federally-authorized flood risk management project of the United States, as described below and shown on attached figures. Written comments are being solicited from anyone having an interest in the requested alteration. Comments will become part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) administrative record and will be considered in determining whether to approve the request. Comments supporting, opposing, or identifying concerns that should be considered by the USACE in its decisions process are all welcome. Comments providing substantive information or a rationale for the commenter’s position are the most helpful. This public notice is not a paid advertisement and is for public information only. Issuance of this notice does not imply USACE endorsement of the project as described. REQUESTER: In compliance with 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), Sny Island Levee Drainage District requested permission to modify a portion of their Reach 1 Levee, an existing federally-authorized flood risk management project. LOCATION: The proposed project is located along the mainstem portion of the Reach 1 Levee in Pike County, Illinois. LOCATION MAP(S)/DRAWING(S): See Figures 1 and 2. REQUESTER’S PROPOSED ACTION: The proposed project would construct a seepage berm along approximately 2.6 linear miles of the mainstem portions of the Sny Island Levee Drainage District Reach 1 Levee in Pike County, Illinois from levee stations 424+00 to 555+00. Seepage and large boils formed in this area during the 2019 Flood. The proposed seepage berm would reduce seepage rates and improve levee slope stability, thus reducing pumping rates. Material to construct this project would come from the existing Cave Hollow Dredged Material Placement Site near River Mile 305.6 within Reach 1 of the Sny Island Drainage Levee District. No additional dredge, borrow, or excavation would be required as this site contains enough material.