24 Apr 2025

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

Expiration date: 5/24/2025

Merschman Fertilizer, LLC altered the Burlington North Bottoms Levee for repairs and improvements to their River Terminal Facility. Following repairs and improvements, Merschman Fertilizer, LLC requested Section 408 permission for modifications to the levee. These modifications included repairing the existing Mississippi River dock and building a new elevator, creating a new walkway, and constructing new mooring dolphins for their terminal facility.

4 Feb 2025

Metrolink Ferry East Moline (Public Notice ID #2024-0032)

Expiration date: 2/19/2025

The proposed Project would entail construction of a dock with access ramps and pier modifying the East Moline, IL, Levee near The Bend Development. The dock would be 90’ long by 6’ wide, with an aluminum gangway spanning from the fixed landside hinge to a 32-foot by 16-foot floating dock platform, providing access to Channel Cat passenger ferryboat services.

4 Feb 2025

MidAmerican Gas Line Replacement under Black Hawk Creek, Waterloo, Iowa (Public Notice ID #2022-0032)

Expiration date: 2/19/2025

The proposed project would construct a replacement 12-inch natural gas pipeline under Black Hawk Creek. The replacement is needed because the City of Waterloo intends to remove the Falls Avenue bridge which the existing gas pipeline is attached to. The proposed relocation will require alteration to both the Waterloo, IA – NW – Cedar River RDB/Black Hawk Creek LDB levee and the Waterloo, IA – SW – Cedar River RDB/Black Hawk Creek RDB levee.

20 May 2024

East Peoria Drainage and Levee District – Ameren Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Crossing the Illinois River, East Peoria, Illinois (Public Notice ID #2023-0001)

Expiration date: 6/21/2024

The proposed action would include installing a new 20-inch natural gas transmission pipeline under the Illinois River between Peoria and East Peoria, Illinois. Ameren proposes installing a new 20-inch natural gas main that would parallel an existing 1974 vintage 18-inch natural gas main.

24 Apr 2024

City of Des Moines replacing floodwall closure on the Raccoon River levee system (RR-1) (Public Notice ID #2023-0059)

Expiration date: 5/10/2024

The existing stoplog style closure structure was constructed around 1995. Recent inspections of the floodwall on the Raccoon River Levee System (RR-1) adjacent to the road closure revealed some deficiencies, and the City of Des Moines is seeking to replace the current closure and adjacent floodwall.

7 Mar 2024

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.

6 Oct 2023

Des Moines County replacing H-14 Bridge along County Road X99 over Hawkeye Creek (Public Notice ID #2023-0042)

Expiration date: 10/21/2023

Interested parties are hereby notified the U.S. 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 (FRMP) of the United States, as described below and shown on the attached figures. Written comments are being solicited from anyone having an interest in the requested alteration. Comments will become part of the 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 District in its decision to 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. REQUESTER: In compliance with 33 U.S.C. 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), Des Moines County has requested permission to modify the Two Rivers Levee and Drainage District -Upper Unit, an existing federally authorized FRMP.

6 Sep 2023

Illinois Department of Transportation replacing of bridge along IL 100 over Kerton Creek, Seahorn Drainage and Levee District, Bath, Fulton County, IL (Public Notice ID #2023-0038)

Expiration date: 9/21/2023

In compliance with 33 U.S.C 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), The Illinois Department of Transportation (IL DOT) has requested permission to modify the Seahorn Drainage and Levee District (D&LD) Levee, an existing federally authorized flood risk management project in Fulton County, Illinois. The proposed project involves the Seahorn D&LD located on the right descending (west) bank of Otter Creek about 0.7 miles upstream from its confluence with the Illinois River. The proposed project location is the bridge carrying IL 100 over Kerton Creek and the Seahorn D&LD, approximately 7 miles south of U.S. Route 136.

24 Aug 2023

Proposed Change to Categorical Permissions For Requests To Alter U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Civil Works Projects in the Rock Island District

Expiration date: 9/22/2023

The USACE Rock Island District is soliciting comments from the public, federal, state, and local agencies and officials, Indian Tribes, and other interested parties about a proposed modification to Categorical Permission #5 described herein and in the 2018 PEA. To make this decision, comments are used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental effects, and other public interest factors listed above. The District will use the comments to determine the need for a public hearing and the overall public interest in the proposed activity.

14 Aug 2023

Des Moines Water Reclamation Authority Effluent Pump Station (Public Notice ID #2023-0005)

Expiration date: 8/29/2023

In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority has requested permission to modify the Des Moines I Levee, an existing federally-authorized FRMP.

18 Jul 2023

Dubuque Maus Lake Culvert Repair Modifications to the Iowa Flood Control Works Levee, Dubuque, Iowa (Public Notice ID #2023-0002)

Expiration date: 8/2/2023

In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), The City of Dubuque is requested permission to modify the Dubuque, Iowa Flood Control Works Levee, an existing federally authorized flood risk management project in Dubuque County, Iowa. The proposed project involves the Dubuque, Iowa Flood Control Works Levee and is located near Maus Park Lake along the Mississippi River at approximate River Mile 578.7 in Dubuque, Iowa. 

17 Apr 2023

Muscatine Island Levee District–Economic Development Administration Funded Levee Superiority–Muscatine, IA Funded Hardened Controlled Overtopping Structure (Public Notice ID #2021-0014)

Expiration date: 5/17/2023

In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), Economic Development Administration and Klingner & Associates PC request permission on behalf of Muscatine Island Levee District to modify the Muscatine Island Levee, an existing federally authorized FRMP. The existing Muscatine Island Levee District FRMP consists of approximately fourteen miles of earthen embankment, mainstem, and tie-back levees. Muscatine Island Levee District proposes a Levee Improvement Project on a three-mile reach of the mainstem levee (Feature 1, Figure 1), to be funded by the Economic Development Administration, and a Hardened Controlled Overtopping Structure at the downstream end of the levee (Feature 2, Figure 1).

3 Apr 2023

Illinois Department of Transportation - District 6 (CEMVR-RD-2022-1617)

Expiration date: 5/3/2023

This project consists of removing and replacing the structure (SN 009-0001) that spans over the Illinois River and Curry Lake as well as the reconstruction of the roadway approaches and the 6th Street/US 67 intersection near Beardstown, IL. The proposed structure (SN 0090504) will be built approximately 162 feet west (downstream) from the existing bridge and will be 16 spans consisting of 4 units and will use steel web plate girders. Unit 1 will be 64 inches web plate girders, Unit 2 will be 128 inches web plate girders, and Unit 3 & 4 will be 82 inches web plate girders. The substructure will be drilled shafts. The total length of the structure will be 3,563 feet to 9 inches. The existing structure will be demolished after the proposed roadway and structure are constructed and open to traffic. Riprap will be placed for erosion control and scour protection.

3 Apr 2023

Davenport Flood Mitigation at 3rd St and Carey Ave. Bettendorf Local Flood Protection Project Levee (Public Notice ID #2022-0037)

Expiration date: 4/12/2023

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 in the 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 USACE administrative record and will be considered in determining whether to approve the request.

3 Apr 2023

40th Avenue Bridge Replacement Over Hawkeye-Dolbee Diversion Channel. Two Rivers Levee and Drainage District (L&DD) Middle and Upper Levees, Des Moines County, Iowa (Public Notice ID #2023-0007)

Expiration date: 4/14/2023

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 decision makings process are welcome. Comments will become part of the USACE administrative record and will be considered in determining whether to approve the request.

23 Mar 2023

Lee County Horizontal Directional Drill Anhydrous Ammonia Pipeline (Public Notice ID #2022-0038)

Expiration date: 4/22/2023

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 USACE administrative record and will be considered in determining whether to approve the request.

20 Jan 2023

Martin Marietta Sand and Gravel Quarry (Public Notice ID #2021-0032)

Expiration date: 2/4/2023

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.

3 Jan 2023

Utility Poles, Flagpoles, and Gas Station Retaining Wall Encroachment Modifications along the Bettendorf, IA, Flood Risk Management Project (Public Notice ID #2022-0004)

Expiration date: 1/18/2023

In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), IMEG, Corp., on behalf of the City of Bettendorf, Iowa, has requested permission for encroachment modifications to the Bettendorf, IA, Flood Risk Management Project, an existing federally-authorized flood risk management project along the Mississippi River.

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. 

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.

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.

4 May 2022

Ingersoll Run Outlet Sewer (Public Notice ID #2021-0039)

Expiration date: 6/3/2022

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. Click the link below to view the full notice. REQUESTER: In compliance with 33 USC 408 (Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899; hereinafter Section 408), the City of Des Moines, Iowa requested permission to modify the Des Moines II - Right Descending Bank Des Moines River/ Left Descending bank Raccoon River Levee, an existing federally authorized flood risk management project situated along the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. LOCATION: The proposed project is located near MLK Jr. Parkway at Southwest Second Street, in Des Moines, Iowa. Click the link below to view the full public notice.

15 Feb 2022

Walnut Street Bridge Replacement over Des Moines I and Des Moines II Levees (Public Notice ID #2021-0033)

Expiration date: 3/18/2022

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 decision process are all welcome. Comments providing substantive information or a rationale for the commenter’s position are the most helpful. In compliance with Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 408), the City of Des Moines (City) requests permission to replace the Walnut Street Bridge crossing the Des Moines River and add shoreline stabilization. The Walnut Street Bridge crosses the Des Moines I Levee and Des Moines II Levee, two existing federally-authorized flood risk management projects.

14 Jan 2022

Manufacturing Drive Mill Creek Bridge Replacement, Clinton, IA (Public Notice ID #2021-0028)

Expiration date: 2/14/2022

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. All comments supporting, opposing, or identifying concerns that should be considered by the USACE in its decisions process are welcome. Comments providing substantive information or a rationale for the commenter’s position are the most helpful.

18 Nov 2021

South River Industrial Levee Subdistrict (CEMVR-RD-2020-1454 & 408-MVR-2021-009)

Expiration date: 12/17/2021

The purpose of the project is bank stabilization. High water and flooding have caused continued bank erosion along the Mississippi River (MR) and South River (SR). Bank migration is encroaching on the SIRLS levee systems, mainly the MR levee and the SR levee. Continued migration could drastically impact levee stability and functionality.