News Release
| Release Number: | 02-143 |
| Dated: | 8/27/2002 |
| Contact: | Public Affairs Office, 503-808-4510 |
Portland, Ore.-The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is evaluating a permit application from Tyee Yacht Club to remove 20,000 cubic yards of sediment from the applicant's facility on the Columbia River in Portland, Ore.
The proposed work would maintain and restore water depths at the yacht club's facility.
The work would be performed using a hydraulic dredge, and material would be loaded onto a barge and transported to the Ross Island Lagoon for disposal.
Testing of the dredge material will be completed before a Section 10 permit can be issued.
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 2002-00413, which describes the proposed project in detail, please write to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENWP-OP-GP (Daniel Gresham), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946 or call (503) 808-4393. 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/200200413.pdf.
Written comments must reach the Corps by Sept. 23, 2002, and should be mailed to the above address. Send e-mail comments to Daniel.Gresham.III@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
A permit will not be issued until the state has concurred with the applicant's certification that the described activity complies with Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
Also, because the proposed project may affect an endangered or threatened species or its critical habitat, the Corps will initiate consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. 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.