13 Feb 2025

SPN-2014-00271 U.S. Coast Guard Station Golden Gate Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 3/15/2025

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) (POC: Timothy Stott, (206) 815-5112), 1301 Clay Street, Suite 700N, Oakland, CA 94612, 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 Station Golden Gate using mechanical dredging, via clamshell or excavator. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return Station Golden Gate to its originally permitted depth to maintain authorized design depths which allow adequate access for USCG mission activities. 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.).

12 Feb 2025

SPN-2010-00371 USCG Sector San Francisco Boat Basin and Pier

Expiration date: 3/15/2025

The United States Coast Guard, through its agent, Arcadis has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to conduct maintenance dredging at Sector San Francisco Boat Basin and Pier using mechanical dredging, via clamshell or excavator. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return SF Boat Basin to its originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for USCG emergency response 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.).

12 Feb 2025

SPN-2003-276250 TransMontaigne Terminal Berth Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 3/14/2025

The TransMontaigne Operating Company through its agent, Pacific EcoRisk 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 of the TransMontaigne Martinez Terminal Berth. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to maintain safe, navigable depths for tankers taken into the berth. This application is being processed pursuant to the provisions of 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).

13 Jan 2025

Request for Input on California Interagency Mitigation Bank Checklist

Expiration date: 2/10/2025

he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) South Pacific Division, including its Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), 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), collectively known as IRT agencies, are evaluating the need to update the April 2024, Interagency Mitigation Bank checklists (Checklists). The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from interested parties to support revision of the Checklists.

10 Jan 2025

SPN-2024-00097 Union Pacific Railroad Bahia Yard Expansion Project

Expiration date: 2/8/2025

Union Pacific Railroad, through its agent, Jacobs Engineering, has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill material in Suisun Marsh, located in Solano 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.).

9 Dec 2024

SPN-2009-00244 California State University Maritime Academy Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 1/9/2025

The California State University Maritime Academy, through its agent, WRA, Inc. has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the California Maritime Academy boat basin located in the city of Vallejo, Solano County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the boat basin to the original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigation for CMA training ships. 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.).

27 Nov 2024

SPN-2012-00259 Suisun Marsh Dredging Letter of Permission Procedure

Expiration date: 12/31/2024

Suisun Resource Conservation District; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; California Department of Water Resources; and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation have applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for renewal of the Department of the Army Letter of Permission procedure to dredge material from tidal areas of Suisun Marsh in Solano County, California. The material would be used for exterior levee repairs and stabilization and would be dredged from adjacent tidal sloughs, bays, and dredger cuts. This Department of the Army LOP program 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). The prior LOP procured (LOP 2014) was issued in 2014 and expires December 31, 2024.

22 Nov 2024

SPN-2015-00216 Cemex Eliot Facility Maintenance, Lake B Bank Stabilization Project

Expiration date: 12/23/2024

Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to implement the Lake B Long-Term Bank Stabilization Project.

21 Nov 2024

SPN-2002-267760 Peyton Slough Remediation Maintenance Project

Expiration date: 12/21/2024

Eco Services Operations Corporation has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Regional General Permit to authorize fill material and work within jurisdictional waters of the United States, for maintenance and adaptive management to maintain the integrity of the completed Peyton Slough Remediation Project (Remediation Project) over the next 5 years. The Remediation Project was implemented to remediate legacy copper and zinc contamination by-products of prior industrial processes at the site per Regional Water Quality Control Board order..

12 Nov 2024

SPN-2014-00105 Availability of Prospectus: Petaluma River Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 12/12/2024

The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, through their agent Environmental Science Associates , has submitted a Prospectus to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and other members of the Interagency Review Team for the establishment of the Petaluma River Mitigation Bank. If authorized, this mitigation bank would receive money from individuals or entities 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, and impacts to state and federally listed species under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

5 Nov 2024

Public Notice of Mitigation Bank Enabling Instrument (BEI) Template Availability

Expiration date: 12/5/2024

On September 22, 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ South Pacific Division's 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 entered into the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Mitigation and Conservation Banking and In-Lieu Fee Programs in California. In accordance with the MOU, the California Banking Agency Management Team has approved the attached Bank Enabling Instrument for use in the development of mitigation and conservation banks within, or that propose service areas, within the State of California. The BEI replaces the May 2021, BEI template. The California Interagency Project Delivery Team, in coordination with the BAMT, developed this template, following the consideration of comments received in response to the December 2023, public notice, subsequent public meetings, and following input from the BAMT.

29 Oct 2024

Notice of Availability of the Regional Streamflow Duration Assessment Methods for the Arid West, Western Mountains, and Great Plains

Expiration date: 11/29/2024

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Albuquerque, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Worth, Galveston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Omaha, Rock Island, Sacramento, San Francisco, St. Louis, St. Paul, and Tulsa Districts, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Regions 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 jointly announce the availability of the Regional Streamflow Duration Assessment Methods for the Arid West, Western Mountains and Great Plains. The methods are rapid assessment tools for distinguishing between ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial streamflow at the reach scale for the Arid West, Western Mountains and Great Plains regions.

24 Oct 2024

SPN-2015-00058 Port of Redwood City Wharves Maintenance Dredging

Expiration date: 11/23/2024

The Port of Redwood City Harbor District, through its agent, Haley & Aldrich has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the Port of Redwood City’s Wharves 1-4, the multi-use boat basin, and multi-use boat basin boatyard area located within in Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the Port to the original design depths in order to facilitate safe navigation for recreational boats. 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.).

21 Oct 2024

NWP-2023-604 Oregon Department of Transportation Umbrella Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 11/17/2024

Joint Public Notice Intent to Create a Mitigation Bank Oregon Department of Transportation Umbrella Mitigation Bank

18 Oct 2024

SPN-2020-00450 Restore Hayward Marsh Project

Expiration date: 11/18/2024

The East Bay Regional Park District, 2950 Peralta Oaks Ct, Oakland, California 94605, through its agent, WRA, Inc., San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill material into jurisdictional waters of the U.S. associated with the restoration and enhancement of the Hayward Marsh. The project is located on the Hayward shoreline, in Alameda 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 and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended.

7 Oct 2024

SPN-2013-00333 Port of San Francisco Maintenance Dredging Project

Expiration date: 11/6/2024

The Port of San Francisco has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the Port of San Francisco’s various berths and approach areas located within in the city and county of San Francisco, California. The purpose of the proposed maintenance dredging project is to maintain safe navigational depths by restoring the original project design depths in the deepwater berths at the Port. The proposed maintenance dredging under this permit includes an overall reduction in surface area in the permitted boundary from 402 acres to 376 acres, and a reduction in authorized dredging from 4.4 million cubic yards to 2.66 million cy compared to the authorized project in the previous maintenance permit issued in 2013. This application is being processed pursuant to the provisions of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) and Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1413).

2 Oct 2024

SPK-2024-00011 Regional Section 404 Clean Water Act Letter of Permission Abbreviated Processing Procedure

Expiration date: 11/2/2024

Public Notice Announcing the United States (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco Districts (Districts) Regional Section 404 Clean Water Act Letter of Permission Abbreviated Processing Procedure.

26 Sep 2024

SPN-2019-00237 Greater Prairie Creek Ecosystem Restoration Project

Expiration date: 10/26/2024

Redwood National and State Parks through its agent, Save the Redwoods League, have applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for reissuance of Regional General Permit (RGP) 29 for continuation of the rehabilitation of the Greater Prairie Creek Ecosystem, located near the town of Orick, Humboldt 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.).

15 Aug 2024

SPN-2019-00066 Russian River - River Road Bank Stabilization

Expiration date: 9/14/2024

The Sonoma County Department of Public Infrastructure, 2300 County Center Drive, Suite B100, Santa Rosa, California 95403, through its agent, Sonoma County, 2550 Ventura Avenue, Santa Rosa, California 95403, has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to stabilize a section of bank along the Russian River at River Road, located in Geyserville, Sonoma 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.).

11 Jul 2024

SPN-2013-00327 Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit

Expiration date: 9/9/2024

Santa Clara Valley Water District, through its agent, H. T. Harvey & Associates has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to complete the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project, 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.). The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will serve as the lead federal agency with respect to compliance with federal laws. Valley Water submitted an Application for Surrender of Exemption to FERC on February 20, 2024 (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_Number=20240220-5207). On April 23, 2024, USACE requested that FERC grant USACE cooperating agency status under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project.