News Release
| Release Number: | 00-035 |
| Dated: | 3/10/2000 |
| Contact: | Public Affairs Office, 503-808-4510 |
Portland, Ore. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating a permit application from the Warrenton/Hammond School District in Warrenton, Ore., to place fill in a wetland to connect a new bus barn to the sanitary sewer system. As part of its permit evaluation process, the Corps is requesting public comments on the proposed project prior to making its determination on whether to issue or deny a permit for the work.
The slope of the site requires that an area about 80 feet long, 8 feet wide and 4 feet in height be filled instead of trenched to allow the pipe the elevation it needs to be gravity fed into the main sewer line. The site is next to a high school located at 1700 SE Main. The affected wetland is located adjacent to the Skipanon River.
The Corps will consider whether the proposed project meets standards of the Clean Water, Endangered Species and Coastal Zone Management acts and will look at the overall impact of the project on the affected area.
For a copy of the Corps’ Public Notice, which describes the proposed project in detail, please call Teena Monical at (503) 808-4384, or access the notice on the Corps’ Internet site at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200000040.pdf. Photocopies of drawings supporting the proposed project are included in the public notice.
Written comments must reach the Corps by March 29, 2000, and should be mailed to
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENWP-OP-GP (Teena Monical), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946, or e-mailed to teena.g.monical@usace.army.mil.
The Corps also is soliciting comments from federal, state and local agencies and officials, Native American tribes, and other interested parties.