News Release
| Release Number: | 01-083 |
| Dated: | 5/31/2001 |
| Contact: | Heidi Y. Helwig, 503-808-4510 |
Portland, Ore.- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating a permit application from an individual seeking authority to install seven rafts on the south channel of Tillamook Bay in Tillamook County, Ore.
The applicant is proposing to install one 25-foot by 75-foot raft each year during a 7-year period, depending upon market conditions. The rafts would be used to cultivate oysters for the Portland market.
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 2001-00213, 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 http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200100213.pdf. Photocopies of drawings supporting the proposed project are included in the public notice.
Written comments must reach the Corps by June 26, 2001, and should be mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENWP-OP-GP (Teena Monical), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, Ore., 97208-2946. Send e-mail comments to teena.g.monical@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 evaluate the permit request under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. 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 Marines Fisheries Service to comply with section 7 of the Endangered Species Act. A permit will not be issued or denied until the consultation process is completed.