News Release
| Release Number: | 05-033 |
| Dated: | 3/2/2005 |
| Contact: | Diana J. Fredlund, 503-808-4510 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing three permit applications requesting a Department of the Army permit for certain work in waters of the United States. The public notices regarding the permit applications listed here were issued during the week of Feb. 14, 2005.
Public Notice 200400559. The project is located in a wetland adjacent to a tributary of the Pacific Ocean in Manzanita, Ore. The project’s purpose is to construct a single family, part-time residence, which would require filling about a total of 0.7 acre of wetland. Comments must be received by March 23, 2005. A copy of the public notice may be found at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200400559.pdf
Public Notice 200500053, requested by Boise White Paper. The project is located in the Columbia River at river mile 86.9, on the western end of Sauvie Island. The purposed project would satisfy the company’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit and fish agency requests to relocate the existing outfall diffuser to deeper water offshore. Comments must be received by March 21, 2005. A copy of the public notice may be found at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200500053.pdf.
Public Notice 200400700, requested by Nedonna Meadows. The project is located adjacent to McMillan Creek in Rockaway Beach, Ore. The company proposes to fill 0.19 acre of forested wetland to create 10 buildable lots within a 40-lot development. Comments must be received by March 18, 2005. A copy of the public notice may be found at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/200400700.pdf.
The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public, federal, state and local agencies, Indian Tribes and other interested parties on these permit requests.
The Corps of Engineers will issue or deny any permit under authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, for discharge of dredged or fill material into U.S. waters, and/or under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 for work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States.
If the applicants have submitted a mitigation plan with the permit request, it will be considered. If a permit is issued, the Corps will decide on the appropriate and practicable compensatory mitigation for each proposed project.
For more information on any public notice under consideration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, please visit the permit section on the Portland District’s website at https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil.