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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.

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  • SPN-2017-00264 Port of San Francisco Mission Bay Ferry Landing and Water Taxi Landing

    Expiration date: 12/16/2018

    The Port of San Francisco has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to construct a single float two berth ferry landing, a single float two berth water taxi landing, and to carry out navigational dredging of accumulated sediment to safe navigational depths in the San Francisco Bay in the Mission Bay / Central Basin area, in the City of San Francisco, California. Disposal of the dredged sediment would involve placement of dredged material at dredge material placement sites such as San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS), an upland beneficial reuse site, and/or a landfill.

  • SPN-2000-252600S Reissuance of Regional General Permit 17

    Expiration date: 12/14/2018

    The Port of Oakland has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Reissuance of Regional General Permit (RGP) 17 for maintenance activities at the Oakland International Airport located in the City of Oakland, Alameda County, California. The RGP 17 reissuance would authorize the aforementioned currently implemented activities for another five years.

  • SPN-2015-00391 Foster City Levee Improvement Project

    Expiration date: 11/5/2018

    The City of Foster City 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 and conduct work in jurisdictional waters of the United States in association with raising the elevation of the levee surrounding the City of Foster City in San Mateo County, California.

  • SPN-2004-285120 Trans-Bay Cable Maintenance Regional General Permit

    Expiration date: 11/1/2018

    Trans Bay Cable LLC has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to authorize maintenance activities in the San Francisco Bay, over a 5-year period, to protect the Trans-Bay Cable (Cable). The Cable is a 53-mile-long 400 megawatt high-voltage direct current submarine cable that connects the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Pittsburg substation in Contra Costa County with the PG&E Potrero substation in San Francisco. The Cable bundle, which consists of 2 transmission cables and a fiber-optic cable for communication between the converter stations, is approximately 10-inches in diameter.

  • SPN-2018-00411 Blu Harbor Dredging

    Expiration date: 10/19/2018

    RWC Harbor Communities, 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 dredging of accumulated sediment within the Blu Harbor in Redwood City, San Mateo County, California. Disposal of the dredged sediment from the proposed project would involve placement of dredged material at the Alcatraz Island Dredged Material Disposal Site (SF-11), at the San Francisco Deep Ocean Disposal Site (SF-DODS), or at a beneficial reuse site. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to remove accumulated sediment to allow safe navigational depths for recreational boats.

  • SPN-2018-00204N Proposal to Accept Funds from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority

    This Public Notice announces the preliminary intent of the San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accept and expend funds contributed by the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (Restoration Authority). The San Francisco District, Regulatory Division would allocate funds internally in order to expedite processing of the Restoration Authority's Department of the Army pre-application project list and permit applications, subject to a series of limitations specified below in this Public Notice.

  • SPN-2006-29693 Belvedere Access Channel Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 10/15/2018

    Marcel Houtzager has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to dredge the Belvedere Access Channel and dispose of the dredged material at the Alcatraz Disposal Site (SF-11). The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the channel to its -6 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) to allow safe navigational depths for recreational boats. The Belvedere Access Channel is in Belvedere, Marin County, California.

  • SPN-2004-28452 Belvedere Land Company Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 10/15/2018

    The Belvedere Land Company, 80 Beach Road, Belvedere, California 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 dredge approximately 25,000 cubic over ten years from the Belvedere Land Company’s facility. The facility is located in Belvedere, Marin County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the facility to its originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for recreational boats.

  • SPN-1996-22476 Field’s Landing Boat Yard Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 9/28/2018

    The Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation District has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to dredge approximately 25,150 cubic yards of sediment from the Fields Landing Boat Yard over a ten-year period. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to regain and maintain use of the Boatyard Travel Lift.

  • SPN-2014-00310N Austin Creek Aggregate Harvest

    Expiration date: 10/1/2018

    Canyon Rock, Inc. has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to harvest in stream gravel using a method that will enhance fisheries habitat within the lower reach of Austin Creek, tributary to the Russian River in the Town of Cazadero, Sonoma County, California.

  • SPN-1996-222150 - City of Eureka Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 9/5/2018

    The City of Eureka has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, has requested to modify their 10-year Department of the Army Permit to dredge an additional six facilities in Humboldt Bay: the Somoa Boat Launch, Bonnie Gool Dock, Adorni Dock, J Street Dock, F Street Dock and Fisherman’s Terminal. The permit currently authorizes dredging in the Small Boat Basin, the Commercial Street Dock and Coast Guard Boat Slip in Woodley Island Marina. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return these facilities to safe navigable depths to ensure safe operations for vessels using these facilities. The dredged material would be disposed of at the Humboldt Open Ocean Disposal Site (HOODS).

  • SPN-2015-00308

    Expiration date: 8/26/2018

    The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Central Federal Lands Highway Division (CFLHD) 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 roadway improvements to Sir Francis Drake Boulevard (SFDB). The FHWA-CFLHD, in cooperation with Marin County and the National Park Service, have applied for a five-year Department of the Army permit to complete roadway improvements to approximately 12 miles of SFDB within Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS). The intent is to restore the structural integrity of SFDB and enhance safety.

  • SPN-2017-00478 Halo Ranch Mitigation Bank

    Expiration date: 8/4/2018

    Halo Ranch, LLC has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to establish the Halo Ranch Mitigation Bank in unincorporated Sonoma County, California. The Bank will focus on the re-establishment, enhancement, and establishment of wetland and riverine habitats.

  • SPN-2006-400061 Oyster Point Marina – South San Francisco Ferry Terminal

    Expiration date: 7/21/2018

    San Francisco Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and the San Mateo Harbor District have applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to carry out maintenance dredging of accumulated sediment at the Oyster Point Marina and South San Francisco Ferry Terminal.  The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the marina and ferry terminal basin to its originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for recreational and commercial boats.

  • SPN-2017-00369 DECISION TO ACCEPT FUNDS FROM THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

    The District Commander of the San Francisco District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) has decided to accept and expend funds contributed by the Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District pursuant to Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for priority evaluation of its Department of the Army (DA) permit applications.

  • SPN-2018-00138N - Lower Mattole River Restoration Project

    Expiration date: 7/7/2018

    United States Bureau of Land Management has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill material into jurisdictional waters of the United States associated with the restoration of aquatic habitat in the Lower Mattole River.

  • SPN-2005-290200 Paradise Cay Homeowners Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 6/28/2018

    Marin County Department of Public Works has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to carry out maintenance dredging of accumulated sediment at the Paradise Cay residential development in Tiburon, Marin County, California. Disposal of the dredged sediment from the proposed dredging project would involve placement of dredged material at the Alcatraz Island Dredged Material Disposal Site. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the Paradise Cay south entrance channel and waterways to their originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for recreational boats.

  • SPN 2017-00477N S. Jacoby Creek Wetland and Riparian Habitat Enhancement Project

    Expiration date: 6/16/2018

    City of Arcata has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill material into jurisdictional waters of the United States associated with the restoration of an approximately 10-acre wetland complex.

  • SPN-1997-230130: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Seismic Safety Project Permit Modification

    Expiration date: 5/4/2018

    The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, for a modification to a Department of the Army Individual Permit for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (SFOBB) East Span Seismic Safety Project (SFOBB Project), which consists of replacing the SFOBB original east span with a new bridge immediately to the north and demolition of the original east span. This modification would allow for the retention of Pier E2 and Piers E21 to E23, to support new public access structures, and removal of Piers E19 and E20 via controlled blasting. The original Department of the Army permit authorization was issued on December 4, 2001, 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-2013-00102: Schneider Dock Maintenance Dredging

    Expiration date: 5/30/2018

    Schneider Dock Industrial Park, 990 West Waterfront Drive 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 accumulated sediment, with ocean disposal at the Humboldt Open Ocean Disposal Site (HOODS), in the area immediately surrounding the Schneider Dock (formerly Dock A) in Eureka, Humboldt County, California. The purpose of the proposed dredging is to return the Schneider Dock to its originally permitted depth to allow safe navigational depths for commercial vessels.

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