Tulsa District News (From DVIDS)

  1. Tulsa District awards services contract to Kansas City company for AFSC

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a services contract to Tukuh Technologies, Limited Liability Company of Kansas City, July 9. Of the $5.6 million awarded, $1.08 million has been obligated on the contract which provides for the Air Force Sustainment Center’s, Decision Support Systems master planning support.
    7/10/2025
  2. Healing the land: USACE, Quapaw Nation take first steps toward comprehensive assessment for land restoration

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District and the Quapaw Nation cohosted a multi-faceted, multi-government, and multiagency planning and visioning meeting to address restoration goals for Quapaw Nation lands restoration, at the Quapaw Nation, June 23-24. Quapaw Nation lands comprise about 70 percent of the Tar Creek Superfund Site. The Environmental Protection Agency added the site to its priority list in 1983. The Quapaw Nation has been working with the Environmental Protection Agency and Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to remediate contamination left behind from nearly 100 years of mining operations. The USACE Planning Assistance to States program was authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 as amended and allows the Corps of Engineers to provide technical and planning assistance to states, tribes, and other non-federal entities for water resources and land resources development. Assistance under PAS covers all USACE mission areas to include flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and navigation, as well as water supply and water resilience.
    7/10/2025
  3. Tulsa District awards contract for Appalachia Bay, Walnut Creek Roads at Keystone Lake

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a construction contract to ACU Construction, Limited Liability Company of Carrollton, Texas, July 9.
    7/10/2025
  4. Hands-on wildlife lessons with Ranger Tori Haggard

    PONCA CITY, Okla. —Lions and tigers and bears, ok, maybe not. How about coyotes and turtles and snakes? Those were just some of the animals Kaw Lake Ranger Tori Haggard talked about during a recent visit with campers at Camp McFadden.
    7/9/2025
  5. From forecasting to floodgates: tabletop exercise emphasizes the importance of preparedness

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Emergency Management team held a tabletop exercise near Lake Arcadia in collaboration with local agencies and stakeholders June 25.
    7/8/2025
  6. Fort Sill Resident Office gets inspection support from Fort Worth District UAS pilots

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District's Fort Sill Resident Office received support from the Fort Worth District's Geospatial Section in the form of uncrewed aircraft system support for roof inspections Fort Worth District sent two pilots to operate and observe flying operations on 12 buildings at the historic installation in Oklahoma.
    6/30/2025
  7. USACE, N. Texas water improvement district partner to maintain Kemp Dam

    Engineering technicians from the Tulsa District Infrastructure Branch performed periodic inspections and maintenance at Kemp Dam near Seymour, Texas, in early June. The City of Wichita Falls and Wichita County Water Improvement District 2 own Lake Kemp. Passage of the Flood Control Act of 1962 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to redesign and reconstruct Kemp Dam. The USACE completed the project in the early 1970s, raising the top of the flood pool to elevation 1156 and increasing flood pool storage to 478,270 acre-feet.
    6/24/2025
  8. Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Army Corps of Engineers’ Birthday and Juneteenth Celebration

    TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that it will waive day use fees at its more than 2,600 USACE-operated recreation areas nationwide in observance of the USACE birthday, June 16, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19.
    6/16/2025
  9. New commander gains insight into vital missions

    TULSA, Okla. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District’s new commander, Col. Jessica Goffena, visited two key projects as part of her introduction to the district’s diverse missions June 9.
    6/11/2025
  10. Tulsa District awards service contract to Tekpro Support Services

    The Tulsa District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a service contract to Tekpro Support Services, LLC., June 3. The contract calls for the San Antonio, Texas company to provide environmental resource information management services to the U.S. Air Force.
    6/5/2025
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Unite Private Network LLC, Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project

Tulsa District, USACE
Published May 13, 2021
Expiration date: 5/28/2021

Unite Private Network LLC, Project

Unite Private Network, LLC (UPN, Requester) in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, is proposing to relocate a segment of its existing fiber optic communication line from to the U.S. Route 62 bridge at the Arkansas River to under the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) and within US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE-SWT) administered fee lands at the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project (Figure 1). The two 2-inch diameter conduits will carry fiber optic communication cables serving Northeastern Oklahoma east of the Arkansas River. The proposed relocation would be installed via horizontal direction drill (HDD). The proposed conduits will be 1,288 feet long with the directional drilling entry point on the westside of the river and an exit point on the east side of the river south of the U.S. Route 62 bridge. The HDD will be at a minimum of 15 feet under the deepest point of the river channel at 460 msl. As such, UPN is requesting 33 U.S.C Section 408 approval from USACE-SWT to occupy and alter a portion of the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project to accomplish the proposed project. Proposed alterations and modifications related to the proposed project are the operation and maintenance responsibilities of the non-federal sponsor, UPN, and would be implemented at no cost to the federal government.

Authorized purposes of the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project include hydropower and navigation. The Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project was authorized by McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in the River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946; Project Document HD 758, 79th Congress, 2d Session. Located on the Arkansas River at navigation mile 366.6, about 5 miles northwest of Webbers Falls in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

This request will be reviewed pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 408).  A requestor has the responsibility to acquire other authorizations required by federal, state, and local laws or regulations, including any required permits from the USACE Regulatory Program. An approval under Section 408 does not grant any property rights or exclusive privileges nor does it authorize any injury to the property or rights of others.

 

The decision whether to grant the request for the alteration under Section 408 is based on several factors which are outlined in Engineer Circular 1165-2-220. The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposed alteration must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. Review of the proposed alteration will be reviewed by a USACE technical review team considering the following factors:

 

Impacts to the Usefulness of the USACE Project Determination.  The review team will determine if the proposed alteration would limit the ability of the federally authorized project to function as authorized, or would compromise or change any authorized project conditions, purposes, or outputs.

 

Injurious to the Public Interest Determination.  The review team will determine the probable impacts of the proposed alteration, including cumulative impacts, on the public interest.  Factors that may be relevant to the public interest may include, but are not limited to, such things as conservation, economic development, historic properties, cultural resources, environmental impacts, water quality, flood hazards, floodplains, residual risk, induced damages, shoreline erosion or accretion, and recreation.

 

Environmental Compliance.  A decision on a Section 408 request is a federal action subject to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other applicable federal environmental and cultural resources compliance requirements.

 

Technical Analysis.  The Tulsa District will work with the requestor to ensure all required technical plans, maps, drawings, and specifications are provided and complete.  The SWT Dam and Levee Safety Section has reviewed submitted plans and specifications.

 

SOLICITATION OF COMMENTS:  The USACE is soliciting comments from the public; federal, state, and local agencies and officials; Indian Tribes; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of the proposed alteration. Comments received will be considered by the USACE to determine whether to issue, modify, condition, or deny a permission for this proposed alteration.

Please provide any comments you may have to Mike Abate, Chief, Civil Works Branch, PPMD by email (Mike.R.Abate@usace.army.mil) by May 28th, 2021.  Please direct any questions or requests for additional information to Mr. Abate by email or telephone at 918-669-7527.

Public Notice Document