Regulatory Branch

  • P-2032

    Expiration date: 1/23/2017

    P-2032 authorized the city of Chesterfield, Missouri to impact approximately 85 acres of wetlands and waterbodies within the Chesterfield Valley. The impacts resulted from implementation of an improvements plan for infrastructure and development. P-2032 expired on January 31, 2015. While the Chesterfield Valley has largely been developed, portions of the project area which were permitted for impacts (and for which the city is providing compensatory mitigation) remain undeveloped. The city of Chesterfield has requested reauthorization of P-2032 under the previous permit terms and conditions, to allow development in these remaining areas. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District solicits comments from the public; Federal, state, and local agencies and officials; Native American tribes; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate this request. Please submit comments no later than January 23, 2017.

  • P-2980

    Expiration date: 1/11/2017

    J.D. Street & Company, Inc. is proposing to modify their existing War Department Permit to increase the size of their existing captive barge fleeting area, from 40’ (width) x 195’ (length) to 54’ x 225’. The existing barge is reaching the end of its service life and will need to be replaced. A barge measuring 54’ x 225’ is a common, commercially available, barge size. A larger captive barge will also prevent the need for a spacer barge during low water conditions. The captive barge was originally authorized as a mooring and terminal facility by a War Department Permit on January 9, 1950. The facility will be reauthorized using permit number P-2980 and file number MVS 2016-976. Written comments must be submitted by replying by electronic mail or written mail to the address in the notice. The Public Notice comment period opens today and closes on January 11, 2017.

  • P-2978

    Expiration date: 12/23/2016

    The purpose of the project is to relieve flooding, alleviate erosion and improve water quality in the area of Blackwood Lane and Parkdale Lane in St. Peters. This project is referred to as the P-20 Blackwood-Parkdale Stormwater Channel Improvement. The City desires to construct these improvements to provide flooding relief as recommended in the City’s Stormwater Master Plan. This project includes channel improvements to two reaches, which include: removal of existing concrete flume, installation of rock grade controls, improvements to existing storm water pipe discharges into channels, creation of low flow channels, regraded stable banks, increased and creation of riparian corridor buffers and perpetual stewardship by the City. The notice opens December 2 and closes December 23, 2016.

  • P2979

    Expiration date: 12/22/2016

    Bunge North America, Inc., seeks authorization, under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, to continue maintenance dredging operations at its’ Grand Tower facility in Jackson County, Illinois. This proposal is for the re-authorization of the same permit issued to the applicant in July of 2006 (P-2506 Public Notice Issued March 21, 2006). Yearly low water flows and increased sedimentation/siltation, fleeting operations have caused dredging operations to become increasingly more difficult. The applicant has elected to utilize the services of Luhr Bros, Inc., who would conduct the dredging of approximately 3,500 cubic yards of sandy material with a back hoe perched atop a spud barge. The backhoe will fill awaiting barges for transfer to a disposal site. The disposal site is an existing quarry owned by Luhr Bros., Inc., located in their Tower Rock Stone Company quarry, Missouri, at approximate Mississippi River mile 46. Once at the site, the material will be unloaded from the vessels with a backhoe, and transported by truck to the quarry. The proposed project does not involve a Section 404 Clean Water Act permit, and therefore does not trigger the need for a Section 401 water quality certification from the State of Missouri or Illinois. The project is located on the left descending bank of Mississippi River mile 82.5, Jackson County, Illinois. Specifically, the project is located on the Altenburg USGS quadrangle map, latitude 37:39:52.1481, longitude -89:30:49.4181. The Public Notice comment period opens on December 01, 2016, and closes on December 22, 2016.

  • Regworks DSEIS Extension

    Expiration date: 1/18/2017

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a 30-day extension to the public comment period for the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) for the Middle Mississippi River Regulating Works Project. The DSEIS is now available for public review and comment through January 18, 2017, extended from the previously announced date of December 19, 2016. An Amended Notice of Availability announcing the extension appeared in the Federal Register on November 25, 2016.