News Release
| Release Number: | 01-051 |
| Dated: | 4/18/2001 |
| Contact: | Heidi Y. Helwig, 503-808-4510 |
Portland, Ore.- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating a permit application from Lakeside Industries, which is requesting authority to dredge the Willamette River at river mile 8.5 in Portland, Ore.
The applicant is requesting a 5-year permit to allow maintenance dredging within an area that is 150 feet long by 120 feet wide to a depth of -8 feet Columbia River Datum to recover crushed aggregate that has spilled during the normal material off-loading process. An estimated 1,500 cubic yards of material would be removed from the river via clamshell dredge each year. The Corps will require sediment testing of the area to be dredged as part of its permit evaluation.
The dredged material would be stockpiled on shore until dry. Then, it will be loaded into an aggregate feeder of the applicant's asphalt plant and will be used for asphalt concrete pavement mix.
As part of its permit evaluation process, the Corps is requesting public review and comment on the proposed project prior to making its permitting decision for the work.
For a copy of the Corps' Public Notice 2001-00085, which describes the proposed project in detail, please write to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENWP-OP-GP, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946. A copy of the public notice is posted on the Corps' Internet site at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200100085.pdf. Photocopies of drawings supporting the proposed project are included in the public notice.
Written comments must reach the Corps by April 30, 2001, and should be mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENWP-OP-GP (Judy Linton), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, Ore., 97208-2946. Send e-mail comments to judy.l.linton@usace.army.mil.
The Corps also is soliciting input from federal, state and local agencies and officials, Indian tribes, and other interested parties to help permit reviewers consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed project on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental effects, and other public interest factors.
The Corps will issue or deny the permit under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. Also, because the proposed work may affect an endangered or threatened species or its critical habitat, the Corps has entered into consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service. A permit will not be issued or denied until the consultation process is completed.