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Regulatory Public Notices

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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27 Jan 2023
SPN-2010-00160 Marina Vista Improvement Canal Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 2/26/2023
The Marina Vista Improvement Club (MVIC) has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the Marina Vista Canal located on the northern side of the San Rafael Canal in the City of San Rafael, Marin County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the Marina Vista Canal to the original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigation for recreational boats.

SPN-2010-00160 Public Notice & Figures
24 Jan 2023
SPN-2016-00109S Regional General Permit 24 - Los Gatos Creek Watershed Maintenance Program

Expiration date: 2/23/2023
The San Jose Water Company has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit for the reauthorization of Regional General Permit (RGP) 24 to implement the Los Gatos Creek Watershed Maintenance Program, a long-term and ongoing SJWC program directed to identify and improve facility maintenance and land management in the upper Los Gatos Creek Watershed, located in unincorporated Santa Clara County, California.

ENCLOSURE, PROJECT LOCATIONS.PDF

ENCLOSURE, MAINTENANCE MANUAL.PDF

SPN-2016-00109_PUBLIC NOTICE_2023.01.26.PDF
20 Jan 2023
SPN-2021-00422 Maritime Administration (MARAD) Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet (SBRF) Pier and Pass Channel Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 2/19/2023
The US DOT Maritime Administration, through its agent, The US Army Corps of Engineers has applied for a Department of the Army permit to conduct a single episode maintenance dredging event within the Suisun Float Pier located in Benicia, Solano County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to restore safe navigation depths in Area 1 and the Pass Channel for operational and mission.

PN ATTACHMENTS.PDF

SPN-2021-00422_MARAD PN_20230119.PDF
11 Jan 2023
SPN-2018-00508 AMENDMENT TO RESTRICTED AREA: Military Ocean Terminal, Concord

Expiration date: 2/11/2023
The U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command has requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers revise the restricted area boundaries of the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO). The MOTCO restricted area is located along the south shore of Suisun Bay, north of the City of Concord, Contra Costa County, California.

SPN-2018-00508 MOTCO Public Notice

SPN-2018-00508 MOTCO PN FIGURES
10 Jan 2023
SPN-2003-286620 MAD RIVER MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES

Expiration date: 2/11/2023
The Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District has applied for a Department of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) individual permit to conduct on-going maintenance of the Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District's water supply and diversion operations at two locations on the Mad River.

SPN-2003-286620_PUBLICNOTICE_01102023.PDF

SPN-2003-286620_FIGURES.PDF
4 Jan 2023
SPN-2021-00075 Tiscornia Marsh Habitat Restoration and Sea Level Rise Adaptation Project

Expiration date: 2/4/2023
The Marin Audubon Society, have applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to excavate and discharge fill material into jurisdictional waters of the United States associated with the construction of the Tiscornia Marsh Habitat Restoration and Sea Level Rise Adaptation Project.

SPN-2021-00075_PN.2022.01.04.PDF

SPN-2021-00075_PN_FIGURES.PDF
16 Dec 2022
SPN-2003-289020S East Bay Regional Park District Routine Maintenance and Restoration Program Regional General Permit 15 Reauthorization

Expiration date: 1/16/2023
The East Bay Regional Park District has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for reauthorization of their U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers (Corps) Regional General Permit (RGP) 15 which allows for routine maintenance activities and certain restoration activities within District-managed lands within Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

2003-289020-PN SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE.PDF

VICINITY MAP.PDF

TABLE 1-2018-2022_IMPACTS BY ACTIVITY TYPE.PDF

ENCLOSURE A-ACTIVITIES.PDF
6 Dec 2022
SPN-2022-00095 30300 Union City Boulevard Construction Project

Expiration date: 1/5/2023
Woodstock Development, Inc. has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill material into jurisdictional waters of the United States associated with the construction of a commercial development located in the City of Union City, Alameda County, California.

SPN-2022-00095_PUBLIC NOTICE_2022.12.06.PDF

PN FIGURES.PDF
22 Nov 2022
SPN-2003-279850 SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE Lower Klamath Dam Removal Project
Availability of Record of Decision for Section 404 Clean Water Act (CWA) Permit for the Lower Klamath Dam Removal Project, Siskiyou County, California and Klamath County, Oregon

SPN-2003-279850_INDIVIDUAL PERMIT_21NOV2022_SIGNED.PDF

SPN-2003-279850 Final Rod 2022.11.21

SPN-2003-279850 Special Public Notice
18 Nov 2022
SPN-2022-00147 Corona Del Mar Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 12/2/2022
The Corona Del Mar Homeowners Association has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the Oakland-Alameda Estuary at residential docks, located in city of Alameda, Alameda County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the harbor to its original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigational depths for recreational vessels.

SPN-2022-00147 CORONA DEL MAR PUBLIC NOTICE 2022.11.18
27 Sep 2022
SPN-2004-290290 Aeolian Yacht Harbor Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 10/12/2022
Aeolian Yacht Harbor 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 within the Aeolian Yacht Harbor. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the yacht harbor basin to its originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for recreational boats.

Aeolian Public Notice and Figures
13 Sep 2022
SPN-2021-00056 Stewart Bar Gravel Extraction

Expiration date: 10/12/2022
Wylatti Resource Management has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill material into jurisdiction waters of the United States associated with gravel extraction from the Middle Fork Eel River near the city of Dos Rios, California.

SPN-2021-00056 Public Notice 2022.09.13

SPN-2021-00056 Figures
30 Aug 2022
SPN-2018-00371 West Bay Sanitary District Flow Equalization and Resource Recovery Facility Protection Project

Expiration date: 10/3/2022
West Bay Sanitary District has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to install the Flow Equalization and Resource Recovery Facility Levee Improvements Project, located in San Mateo County, California.

SPN-2018-00371 Public Notice Revised

Figures SPN-2018-00371
25 Aug 2022
SPN-2022-00295 San Rafael Creek Non-Federal Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 9/10/2022
The City of San Rafael has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the San Rafael Creek adjacent to San Rafael Creek federal navigation channel at residential and commercial docks and harbors, located in San Rafael, Marin County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the creek to its original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigational depths for recreational vessels.

SPN-2022-00295 SAN RAFAEL CREEK NON-FED PUBLIC NOTICE
25 Aug 2022
SPN-2022-00294 San Rafael Yacht Harbor Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 9/10/2022
The San Rafael Yacht Harbor has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the San Rafael Yacht Harbor located in San Rafael, Marin County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the yacht harbor to its original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigational depths for recreational vessels.

SPN-2022-00294 SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR PUBLIC NOTICE
25 Aug 2022
SPN-2009-00245 Lowrie Yacht Harbor Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 9/10/2022
The Lowrie Yacht Harbor has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the Lowrie Yacht Harbor located in San Rafael, Marin County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the yacht harbor to its original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigational depths for recreational vessels.

SPN-2009-00245 LOWRIE YACHT HARBOR PUBLIC NOTICE
23 Aug 2022
SPN-1996-223090 RGP20 Reissuance

Expiration date: 8/23/2022
The Monterey County Water Resources Agency (MCWRA) and Monterey County Resource Conservation District (RCD) have applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), San Francisco District, for reissuance of Department of the Army Regional General Permit 20 (RGP 20) for continuing implementation of Monterey County’s Salinas River Stream Maintenance Program (SMP). RGP 20 authorizes the permittees to conduct annual sediment and vegetation removal from predetermined maintenance areas on sediment bars outside the low flow channel of the Salinas River. Reissuance of the RGP for an additional 5 years would allow continued annual authorization of maintenance activities subject to Corps jurisdiction. With this reissuance, primary responsibility for implementation of the SMP would be transferred from MCWRA to the RCD.

RGP20 2022 Reissuance Public Notice

RGP20 FIGURES
15 Aug 2022
SPN-2022-00208 Wildfire Prevention, Protection, Response, Clean-up, and Restoration Regional General Permit

Expiration date: 9/15/2022
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco Districts (Districts) are proposing to issue Regional General Permits (RGP) authorizing activities involving the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States, including wetlands, and/or work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States for wildfire protection, prevention, response, clean-up, and restoration in the State of California.

SPN-2022-00208 Public Notice

SPN-2022-00208_PN_TABLE1.PDF
11 Aug 2022
SPN-2012-00070-Martinez Marina Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 8/26/2022
The City of Martinez (Contact: Kara Dewhurst, Anchor QEA LLC, 33 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105) has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the Martinez Marina located in Martinez, Contra Costa County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the marina to its original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigational depths for recreational vessels. 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.).

SPN-2012-00070_PN_2022.08.11.PDF
21 Jul 2022
SPN-2012-00207 Pillar Point Harbor Dredging & Surfers Beach Pilot Restoration Project

Expiration date: 8/21/2022
The San Mateo County Harbor District has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to complete maintenance dredging and a pilot beach restoration project at the Pillar Point Harbor and adjacent Surfers Beach. The proposed project includes dredging sand in order to restore safe navigational depths in the Harbor then using the sand for construction of a berm and opportunistic placement of sand along Surfers Beach. Additionally, the Harbor District plans to mitigate for eelgrass impacts caused by the proposed dredging.

SPN 2012 00207 PILLAR POINT PUBLIC NOTICE

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