16 Dec 2015

GP-4

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District HAS RE-ISSUED general permit CEMVS-GP-4 for construction, placement and maintenance of small fixed or floating boat docks, associated dock structures, and minor discharges up to 25 cubic yards, including excavation within the navigable and historically navigable rivers in the State of Missouri, including the Missouri River, Mississippi River and Navigable/Historically Navigable portions of The Meramec, Femme Osage and Salt Rivers within the St. Louis District Regulatory Boundary.

6 Aug 2015

MO GP 4

Expiration date: 9/5/2015

The St. Louis District Corps of Engineers proposes to reauthorize Missouri General Permit Number 4 for the installation of private boat docks in specific navigable waters under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

17 Apr 2015

Duck Club

Expiration date: 5/8/2015

The applicant, Duck Club Condominium Association, Inc., requests a reauthorization to contract the services of a hydraulic dredge vessel to remove approximately 40,000 to 50,000 cubic yards of accumulated sediments from the Duck Club Harbor. A 2005 permit authorized dredged materials to be placed into the Mississippi River at an open water disposal site, approximately 300 to 600 yards downstream of the harbor’s mouth, on the riverward side of Perry Island. The dredge material would be placed just outside of the designated navigation channel of the Mississippi River, in waters located in the State of Missouri. This action was previously permitted under permit number P-2006 on August 30, 1996. To this date, only 19,000 cubic yards (approximately) of material have been dredged. Maintenance dredging activities would take place within the Duck harbor, located at 6257 Highway V, in the Northeast ¼ of Section 8, Township 48 North, Range 5 East, near the right descending bank of the Mississippi River, approximately 221 miles above the Ohio River confluence, near Portage Des Sioux, St. Charles County, Missouri.

2 Feb 2015

Withdrawal for Interpretive Rule

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) are announcing the withdrawal of an interpretive rule addressing the exemption from permitting provided under section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The agencies want to make clear that the statutory exemption of 404(f)(1)(A) still remains available for use when applicable for discharges of dredged and/or fill material associated with normal farming, silviculture, and ranching activities that are part of an established operation and that do not have as their purpose bringing an area of waters of the U.S. into a use to which it was not previously subject, where the flow or circulation of the waters of the U.S. may be impaired or the reach of such waters be reduced (see 33 CFR 323.4 for more information). On March 25, 2014, the Agencies signed an interpretive rule, “Interpretive Rule Regarding Applicability of the Exemption from Permitting under Section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Clean Water Act to Certain Agricultural Conservation Practices,” that addressed applicability of the permitting exemption provided under section 404(f)(1)(A) of the CWA to discharges of dredged or fill material associated with certain agricultural conservation practices. Congress subsequently directed the agencies to withdraw this interpretive rule. See, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 2015, Division D, section 112, Pub. L. No. 113-235. On January 29, 2015, the agencies signed a memorandum withdrawing the interpretive rule and this action is effective immediately. The Memorandum of Understanding signed on March 25, 2014, by EPA, Army, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, concerning the interpretive rule is also withdrawn.