26 Jul 2021

SPN-2010-00246 Schnitzer Steel Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 8/30/2021

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. 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 the Schnitzer Steel Oakland Terminal. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to maintain navigable depths for vessel loading and unloading at stages of the tide for commercial vessels. The applicant proposes to dispose of the dredged sediment at either the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS), the Port of Oakland’s Berth 10, or beneficially reused at the Montezuma Wetlands Restoration Project site (MWRP)

19 Jul 2021

SPN-2020-00087 State Route (SR) 156 and Castroville Boulevard Interchange Project

Expiration date: 8/18/2021

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), District 5, 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 an overpass and a series of roundabout intersections to replace the existing Castroville Boulevard signalized, at-grade intersection with State Route 156 (SR-156).

28 Jun 2021

SPN-2014-00434 San Lorenzo River Culvert Project

Expiration date: 7/25/2021

The City of Santa Cruz has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to conduct work and place fill/structures into navigable waters of the United States associated with the installation of a passive, head-driven culvert (pipe drain) system and other actions to manage lagoon water levels at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River. The City has also requested permission from the Corps to alter the San Lorenzo River federal flood risk management project, pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended (33 U.S.C. § 408 et seq.).

7 Jun 2021

SPN-2003-279850 Klamath River Dam Removal Project

Expiration date: 7/8/2021

Klamath River Renewal Corporation (Renewal Corporation) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit, Clean Water Act 404(a) for the placement of approximately 212,000 cubic yards of fill (permanent and/or temporary) within 20 acres of jurisdictional waters in the Klamath River. The Proposed Action under consideration by the USACE describes the Department of the Army’s jurisdictional portion of a broader action, Proposed License Surrender (License Surrender Project) under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The License Surrender Project before the FERC is the Renewal Corporation’s comprehensive plan to physically remove the Lower Klamath Project (FERC nos. 2082-063, 14803-001) and achieve a free-flowing condition and volitional fish passage, site remediation and restoration, and avoidance of adverse downstream impacts. The License Surrender Project stems from the Application for Surrender of License for Major Project and Removal of Project Works, FERC Project Nos. 2082-063 & 14803-001 (License Surrender), originally submitted to the FERC in September of 2016, and is described in detail in the Definite Decommissioning Plan (DDP), submitted to the FERC in November of 2020 as Exhibits A-1 and A-2 to the Renewal Corporation’s amended License Surrender application.

24 May 2021

Mitigation Bank BEI, Sale Agreements, and Checklists

The Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California Resources Agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as potential participants in Interagency Review Teams (IRT) have updated the standard Mitigation Bank Enabling Instrument (BEI) template, Bank Proposal Guidelines, Bank Proposal Checklists, and developed Sales Agreement Templates, for use with mitigation banks that are established within the State of California. This notice is to inform interested parties of the availability of the completed templates, checklists, and guidance.

14 May 2021

SPN-2021-00071 Sonoma Water Stream Maintenance Program (SMP)

Expiration date: 6/16/2021

Sonoma County Water Agency has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Regional General Permit to conduct routine stream maintenance activities in stream channels and banks managed by Sonoma Water in Sonoma County, California.

14 May 2021

SPN-2017-00062 Laguna Sequoia Apartment Development

Expiration date: 6/14/2021

Laguna Sequoia Land Company, LLC has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to fill wetlands and other waters and conduct other work in jurisdictional navigable waters of the United States associated with a proposed apartment development in Redwood City, San Mateo County, California.

12 Apr 2021

SPN-2021-00063 Redwood National And State Park Visitor Center And Restoration Project

Expiration date: 5/13/2021

Save the Redwoods League has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to construct a new visitor center for the Redwood National and State Park, establish a Yurok Demonstration Site, construct new recreational trails, and perform onsite stream and wetland restoration in Prairie, Skunk Cabbage, and Libby Creeks.

7 Apr 2021

SPN-2021-00065 Santa Cruz Harbor Routine Maintenance

Expiration date: 5/7/2021

The Santa Cruz Port District (Port District) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to develop a Regional General Permit (RGP) with the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for routine maintenance activities in the Santa Cruz Harbor (project). The proposed RGP would authorize routine maintenance activities occurring at the Port District-maintained facilities over a five-year period. The RGP would replace the Nationwide Permit Program as the primary permitting instrument for the Port District’s routine maintenance activities with no more than minimal adverse effects on waters of the U.S. Similar to the Nationwide Permit Program, prior to conducting any given maintenance activity regulated by USACE, the Port District would be required to receive written verification from USACE that the activity is authorized under the RGP.

5 Apr 2021

SPN-2019-00188 Palo Alto Tide Gate Replacement Project

Expiration date: 5/5/2021

The Santa Clara Valley Water District has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to replace an aging tide gate structure with a new structure that would have expanded capacity for protection against flooding and anticipated sea level rise.

29 Mar 2021

National Wetland Plant List for 2020

Expiration date: 5/24/2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as part of an interagency effort is accepting comments on draft changes to the 2020 National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) for 27 species and their draft 2020 wetland ratings by region.

15 Mar 2021

SPN-2011-00065 Hunter's Point Natural Gas Well Drilling Project

Expiration date: 4/2/2021

Sunset Exploration has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill into jurisdictional wetlands for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of a natural gas well drilling project. Phase 1 would require 1.05 acres of fill in jurisdictional wetlands to explore the potential of natural gas production in a new well (Phase 1). Phase 2 of the project would be development of the well for production resulting in an additional 0.31 acres of fill for a total of 3,800 cubic yards of fill impacts to 1.36 acres of jurisdictional wetlands from both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the project.

10 Mar 2021

SPN-2002-273010 Vacation Beach Summer Crossing

Expiration date: 4/10/2021

Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to continue the installation and removal of a seasonal road crossing on the lower reach of the Russian River, via an extension of Vacation Beach Avenue at Vacation Beach, near the Town of Guerneville, in Sonoma County, California. The road crossing was previously authorized under Department of the Army Permit No. 273010N that expired on December 31, 2020.

10 Mar 2021

SPN-2002-272520 Asti Summer Crossing at Washington School Road

Expiration date: 4/10/2021

Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to continue the installation and removal of a seasonal road crossing of the Russian River, via an extension of Washington School Road, near the Town of Asti, in Sonoma County, California. The road crossing was previously authorized under Department of the Army Permit No. 272520N that expired on December 31, 2020.

8 Mar 2021

Final 2021 Nationwide Permit Regional Conditions For The State Of California

On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published the notice in the Federal Register announcing the reissuance of 12 existing nationwide permits (NWPs), general conditions, and definitions with some modifications. The Corps also issued four new NWPs, one new general condition, and five new definitions. These 16 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2021, and will expire on March 14, 2026.

16 Feb 2021

SPN-2020-00346 Availability of Prospectus: Kelly Farm Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 3/14/2021

The City of Santa Rosa has submitted a Prospectus to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and other members of the Interagency Review Team (IRT) for the establishment of the Kelly Farm Mitigation Bank. If authorized, this mitigation bank would receive money from individuals or entities (“project proponent”) receiving Corps authorization under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972, when appropriate, to provide compensatory mitigation credit as part of Section 404 permits or enforcement actions within the proposed service area. Additionally, the proposed mitigation bank may be utilized to offset unavoidable impacts to waters of the State that are regulated by the Regional Water Quality Control Board under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act or Section 13260 of the Porter-Cologne Act.

16 Feb 2021

SPN-2003-275640 Santa Cruz Countywide Partners in Restoration Permit Coordination Program Regional General Permit 13 Reauthorization

Expiration date: 3/18/2021

The Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County has applied to renew U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Regional General Permit (RGP) 13 for a program to assist landowners in implementing and maintaining conservation practices on private lands in Santa Cruz County, California.

26 Jan 2021

SPN-2011-00065 Hunter's Point Natural Gas Well Drilling Project

Expiration date: 2/26/2021

Sunset Exploration has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill into 1.05 acres of jurisdictional wetlands to explore the potential of natural gas production in an existing well, which has been plugged (Phase 1). Phase 2 of the project would be development of the well for production resulting in a total of 3,800 cubic yards of fill impacts to 1.36 acres of jurisdictional wetlands.

13 Jan 2021

SPN-2018-00345 Ducks Unlimited San Francisco Bay In-Lieu Fee Program

Expiration date: 2/12/2021

Ducks Unlimited, Inc. has submitted an In-Lieu Fee Prospectus to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, and other members of the Interagency Review Team (IRT) for the establishment of the Ducks Unlimited San Francisco Bay In-Lieu Fee Program. If approved, this In-Lieu Fee Program would receive money from permittees receiving USACE authorization under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, to provide compensatory mitigation credit as part of Section 404, Section 10, or enforcement actions within the proposed service area. Additionally, the proposed In-Lieu Fee Program may be utilized to offset unavoidable impacts to waters of the State that are regulated by the Regional Water Quality Control Board under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act or Section 13260 of the Porter-Cologne Act.

13 Jan 2021

Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits

On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final rule in the Federal Register (86 FR 2744) announcing the reissuance of 12 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and four new NWPs, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 16 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2021, and will expire on March 14, 2026: