12 Jan 2026

MVS-2024-697

Expiration date: 2/11/2026

Interested parties are hereby notified that the Land Learning Foundation (LLF)(Sponsor) has requested under their In-Lieu-Fee (ILF) Program Instrument and corresponding amendment; approval for an ILF mitigation project pursuant to 33 CFR 332 and 40 CFR 230 Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resource; Final Rule (Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 70 Pages 19594-19705, April 10, 2008). The Land Learning Foundation (LLF) is seeking approval to establish the Twin Hollow Site, a 64.55-acre wetland mitigation project. This project is proposed under the approved LLF In-Lieu-Fee (ILF) Program. The Sponsor is formally requesting approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (St. Louis District) and the Interagency Review Team (IRT), which includes representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Missouri Department of Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Once approved, the project will provide certified wetland mitigation credits for permittees who need to offset unavoidable impacts to aquatic resources within the Apple/Joachim Ecological Drainage Unit (EDU). The primary goal is to transform a 64.55-acre agricultural field into a thriving wetland ecosystem. The restored site will consist of 43.46 acres of emergent wetland and 21.09 acres of upland buffer to protect the wetland and provide diverse habitat for wildlife. Based on the Missouri Wetland Mitigation Method (MWMM), this restoration plan is projected to generate 221.42 wetland credits. Coordinates for the center of the site are Latitude: 38.43784 Longitude: -90.29719.

8 Jan 2026

Announcing Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits (NWPs)

On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 768) announcing the reissuance of 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and one new NWP, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 57 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2026, and will expire on March 15, 2031. One NWP was not reissued.