News Release
| Release Number: | 04-004 |
| Dated: | 1/5/2004 |
| Contact: | Public Affairs Office, 503-808-4510 |
Portland, Ore.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating a permit application from Salmon Harbor Marina to repair an existing revetment at the marina on the Umpqua River in Winchester Bay, Ore.
The applicant has requested authorization to place 9,800 cubic yards of fill material around the perimeter of the marina. The fill would be for maintenance and rehabilitation of the existing marina shoreline revetment. The total area of the existing revetment that requires rehabilitation is 4,200 linear feet in length to a typical depth of about 14 feet below the high water mark, and roughly 40 feet wide. The design will incorporate filter cloth, gravel and rock riprap with the toe keyed in below the mean high water mark.
As part of its permit evaluation process, the Corps is requesting public review and comment on the proposed project prior to making its permit decision.
For a copy of the Corps’ Public Notice 2003-00006, which describes the proposed project in detail, please write to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENWP-OP-GP (Merina Christoffersen), 1600 Executive Parkway, Suite 210, Eugene, OR 97401-2156 or call (541) 465-6882. A copy of the public notice, including photocopies of supporting drawings, is posted on the Corps’ Internet site at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200300006.pdf.
Written comments must reach the Corps by Jan. 31, 2004, and should be mailed to the above address. Send e-mail comments to Merina.E.Christoffersen@usace.army.mil. Comments must reference the public notice number.
The Corps also is soliciting input from federal, state and local agencies and officials, Indian Tribes, and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity on endangered species, cultural resources, water quality, general environmental effects, and other public interest factors.
The Corps will evaluate the permit request under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 for work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States.
A permit will not be issued until the state has concurred with the applicant’s certification that the described activity affecting land or water uses in the Coastal Zone complies with State Coastal Zone Management Program, Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Also, because the proposed project may affect an endangered or threatened species or its critical habitat and/or essential fish habitat for groundfish, coastal pelagic, coho salmon and chinook salmon, the Corps will initiate consultation with the NOAA Fisheries, under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and Section 305 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. A permit for the proposed activity will not be issued or denied until the consultation process is complete.
The proposed project is not located on property registered in the latest version of the National Register of Historic Places. This notice has been provided to the State Historic Preservation Office.