12 Jan 2018

SPN-2007-00635 Dinsmore Bar Gravel Extraction

Expiration date: 2/13/2018

Mercer Fraser Company has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to discharge fill below the Ordinary High Water Mark of the Van Duzen River in connection with the extraction of gravel (in-stream gravel mining) from the river. The applicant requests a permit for a ten-year period to remove up to 50,000 cubic yards of gravel, sand and other aggregate products annually from the river by bar skimming and trench excavation with heavy equipment.

11 Jan 2018

SPN-2017-00462N Elk River Estuary Enhancement and Waterfront Trail Extension Project

Expiration date: 2/16/2018

The City of Eureka Parks and Recreation Department has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to restore and enhance estuary and inter-tidal habitats on Elk River, and increase public access to the Elk River Spit, Elk River and Humboldt Bay by extending an existing recreational trail.

10 Jan 2018

SPN-2017-00589 Port of Redwood City Berths 1 – 4 Dredging

Expiration date: 2/9/2018

The Port of Redwood City (Port) has applied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District, for a Department of the Army Permit to carry out new work dredging of at the Port’s Berths 1-4 located at the Port on the tidal portion of Redwood Creek on the western shoreline of south San Francisco Bay, San Mateo County, California. Disposal of the dredged sediment from the proposed dredging project would involve aquatic disposal, beneficial reuse, and upland placement as appropriate. The purpose of the proposed new-work dredging is to expand the Port’s Berths 1-4 existing 5.14-acre maintenance dredging footprint by 1.26 acre to a total area of approximately 6.4 acres in order to facilitate safer and more efficient approaches and berthing for current Panama-size vessels.