Pacific Ocean Division News Releases

Army Corps of Engineers announces proposal to renew and revise nationwide permits

Press Operations — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:56:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that it has prepared its proposal to renew and revise 52 nationwide permits for work in wetlands and other waters that are regulated by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899. The proposal includes five new nationwide permits that pertain to authorizing seaweed mariculture activities, finfish mariculture activities, electric utility line and telecommunications activities, utility line activities for water and other substances, and water reclamation and reuse facilities. A pre-publication copy of the proposal has been posted on the USACE web site at: https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Regulatory-Program-and-Permits/National-Notices-and-Program-Initiatives/.

Corps will use Final Environmental Impact Statement to inform permit decision

Press Operations — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 21:40:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District published the final environmental impact statement for the Pebble Limited Partnership’s application to discharge fill material into waters of the United States for the purpose of developing a copper-molybdenum-gold mine project in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska on July 24.

Corps releases Pebble final environmental impact statement

Press Operations — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:47:00 GMT