News Release
| Release Number: | 07-081 |
| Dated: | 6/27/2007 |
| Contact: | Diana J. Fredlund, 503-808-4510 |
Corps reviews permit application from Union, Ore.
PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing one application 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 June 22, 2007.
Public Notice NWP-2007-471, requested by Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation. The project is located on Catherine Creek near the city of Union, Ore. The applicant proposes to construct a new fish ladder. An existing water diversion doe not allow fish passage for juvenile steelhead, migration of Chinook salmon, resident rainbow trout and bull trout. Overall permanent impacts to waters of the United States would involve discharge of about 71 cubic yards of fill or dredged material within an area measuring 0.02 acre. Comments must be received by July 23, 2007. A copy of the public notice may be found at http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/public.asp.
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 http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil.