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Under the Corps' Regulatory Program, a public notice is the primary method for advising all interested parties of a proposed activity for which a permit is sought. Public notices are also published to inform the public about new or proposed regulations, policies, guidance or permit procedures.

We are requesting public comments on many Public Notices (PNs) concurrently; please pay careful attention to the file number and the comments Due Date.

Email comments are preferred.  To submit comments in writing, send them to the attention of the Project Manager listed in the Public Notice title block.  All comments should reference the PN file number and be submitted by the Response Required Date on the PN.


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  • SPN-2019-00151 City of Monterey’s Municipal Wharves I and II Structural Maintenance Program

    Expiration date: 1/18/2026

    TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The San Francisco District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application to renew Department of the Army Regional General Permit (RGP) 32 pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding the work described below: APPLICANT: Max J. Rieser City of Monterey 580 Pacific Street, Room 7 Monterey, CA 93923 Email: rieser@monterey.org

  • SPN-2025-00362 Green Diamond/California Redwood Company-Chip Export Facility Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 1/15/2026

    TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The San Francisco District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding the work described below: APPLICANT: Colin Campbell Green Diamond/California Redwood Company PO Box 68 Korbel, CA, 95550 AGENT: Erik Nielson SHN consulting Engineers and Geologists 812 W. Wabash Ave Eureka, CA, 95501

  • SPN-2023-00412 San Francisco International Airport Shoreline Structures Repair Program

    Expiration date: 1/17/2026

    The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) San Francisco District to modify the existing Regional General Permit (RGP) 44 Shoreline Structures Repair Program at SFO in San Mateo County, California. The purpose of the RGP is to maintain 13 pier- and pile-supported structures around the perimeter of SFO. The proposed modification would allow the removal/replacement of damaged piles and would increase the number of maintenance projects allowed per year and over the life of the program. The San Francisco District will receive written comments on the proposed work, as outlined above, until January 17, 2026. Comments should be submitted electronically via the Regulatory Request System (RRS) at https://rrs.usace.army.mil/rrs or to Sarah M. Firestone at Sarah.M.Firestone@usace.army.mil. Alternatively, you may submit comments in writing to the Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, Attention: Sarah M. Firestone, Regulatory Permit Manager, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, California 94102-3404. Please refer to the permit application number in your comments.

  • SPN-2010-00117 Marina Bay Yacht Harbor Channel and Basin Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 11/21/2025

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Regulatory Public Notice SPN-2010-00117, Marina Bay Yacht Harbor Channel and Basin Maintenance Dredging

  • SPN-2024-00321 Ranch Estrellita Mitigation Bank

    Expiration date: 12/14/2025

    TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Dieguito Asset Management, Inc. (POC: Charles Salas), through its agent

  • SPN-2022-00301 Elk River Estuary

    Expiration date: 11/30/2025

    California Trout has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) San Francisco District, for a 5-year Department of the Army Permit to conduct a watershed-scale effort in the Elk River Estuary to restore beneficial uses of water; improve water quality conditions; reduce nuisance flooding; rehabilitate habitat for focal fish species, including Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, steelhead, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Tidewater Goby, and Longfin Smelt; expand riparian habitat; and improve overall ecosystem health in the Elk River, in Eureka, Humboldt County, California

  • SPN-2012-00106 Tesoro Avon Marine Terminal

    Expiration date: 11/7/2025

    Tesoro Logistics Operations LLC has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to conduct maintenance dredging at their existing marine terminal, in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. The purpose of the project is to maintain safe navigational depths at the Tesoro Avon Marine Terminal.
  • SPN-2025-00228 Bay Ship and Yacht Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 11/15/2025

    Remove approximately 40,000 cubic yards (cys) of sediment from the 1.675-acre (approximately) harbor in a single dredge episode. Existing depths range from -12 to -37 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) in the Harbor. The design depth for the Habor is -20 to -50 feet MLLW plus an additional 2-foot overdredge allowance. The material would be removed using a clamshell or hydraulic dredge and removed by barge to a permitted beneficial reuse site.

  • SPN-2024-00084 Watsonville Slough System Managed Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Project

    Expiration date: 11/8/2025

    The primary purpose of the project is to meet water supply needs in the PV Water’s service area. PV Water would balance the groundwater basin, prevent further seawater intrusion, and help achieve sustainable groundwater resources in the critically over drafted Pajaro Valley Groundwater Basin.

  • Cancellation of Banking Agency Management Team Public Meeting

    Cancellation of Banking Agency Management Team Public Meeting
  • SPN-2019-00239 Regional General Permit - RGP 30 - Greater Mill Creek Restoration Project

    Expiration date: 10/23/2025

    The applicant requests reissuance of RGP 30 to authorize restoration efforts in the Greater Mill Creek Ecosystem Restoration Program area through a combination of forest and aquatic restoration as well as road removal activities.

  • Request for Input on California Interagency Mitigation Bank Conservation Easement Template

    Expiration date: 9/25/2025

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Pacific Division, including its Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Natural Resources Agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, as potential participants in Interagency Review Teams (IRT), collectively known as IRT agencies, are evaluating the need to update the March 17, 2017, California Interagency Conservation Easement template. The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from interested parties to support revision of the template.
  • SPN-2012-00196 Regional General Permit 25

    Expiration date: 9/20/2025

    The City of Livermore has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) San Francisco District, for a 5-year Department of the Army Regional General Permit to streamline the permitting of routine, minimal-impact maintenance activities in creeks maintained by the City of Livermore, Alameda County, California. The purpose of the project is to streamline the authorization of structures or work, including discharges of dredged or fill material, in waters of the U.S. to reduce the risk of flooding within the City of Livermore through routine maintenance.

  • SPN-2014-00431 Phillips 66 Renewable Energy Terminal

    Expiration date: 8/27/2025

    The applicant plans to remove approximately 900,000 cubic yards (cys) of sediment from the 50.5-acre (approximately) Phillips 66 Renewable Energy Terminal over the life of the 10-year permit. Additionally, the proposed project includes performing knock-down dredging or grading of underwater shoals to supplement maintenance dredging. Existing depths range from -20 to -50 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) at the Terminal. The design depth for the Terminal varies between -22 feet to -44 feet MLLW plus an additional 2-foot overdredge allowance. The material would be removed using a mechanical dredge and removed by barge to a designated dredged material placement site, permitted beneficial reuse site, or he SF Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS).

  • Public Notice of CA Interagency Mitigation and Conservation Banking Draft Prospectus, Prospectus, and Draft Bank Enabling Instrument (BEI)

    Expiration date: 9/11/2025

    The Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the California Natural Resources Agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the State Water Resources Control Board, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service as potential participants in Interagency Review Teams (IRT) have updated the California Interagency Mitigation and Conservation Banking Checklists for use with mitigation banks that are established within the State of California or mitigation banks with service areas that extend into the state of California. This notice is to inform interested parties of the availability of the updated checklists.
  • USACE seeks public comments on new NEPA implementing procedures for the Corps Regulatory Program and Section 408 Program

    Expiration date: 7/23/2025

    3 July 2025 – USACE seeks public comments on new NEPA implementing procedures for the Corps Regulatory Program and Section 408 Program: The Department of the Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced we are seeking comments on an interim final rule that establishes new National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations at Title 33 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 333 for the USACE Regulatory Program and the USACE Section 408 Program.

  • SPN-2023-00293 Pond A4 Resilient Habitat Restoration Project

    Expiration date: 7/20/2025

    The applicant proposes to enhance the aquatic environment within Pond A4, a former salt pond, for foraging shorebirds and aquatic species, and to increase tidal habitat resiliency by reducing the sediment deficit in the South San Francisco Bay

  • Nationwide Permits Reissuance

    Expiration date: 8/2/2025

    Rhe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published in the Federal Register its proposal to reissue 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and issue one new NWP

  • SPN-2014-00061 Benicia Marina Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 7/17/2025

    The City of Benicia has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to conduct maintenance dredging of approximately 400,000 cubic yards of sediment from the Benicia Marina (Marina) over 10 years. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the Marina to its originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for recreational boats.

  • SPN-2017-000281 Sunnyvale East and West Channels Flood Protection

    Expiration date: 6/20/2025

    Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water, POC: Nick Mascarello, (408) 630-3147), 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, California 95118, has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to implement bridge/culvert improvements, channel improvements, levee modifications, floodwall installation, and modifications to existing maintenance roads adjacent to the Sunnyvale Channels, located in Santa Clara County, California. This Department of the Army permit application is being processed pursuant to the provisions of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 1344 et seq.) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 403 et seq.).

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Department of the Army
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Regulatory Division
450 Golden Gate Ave., 4th Floor
San Francisco, California 94102-3404

Phone Number: (415) 503-6795
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