Tulsa District Regulatory Permits for Public Comment

PURPOSE:  The purpose of these public notices are to inform you of a proposal for work in which you might be interested and to solicit your comments and information to better enable us to make a reasonable decision on factors affecting the public interest.

SECTION 10: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is directed by Congress through Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 403) to regulate all work or structures in or affecting the course, condition, or capacity of navigable waters of the United States.  The intent of this law is to protect the navigable capacity of waters important to interstate commerce.

SECTION 404: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is directed by Congress through Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) to regulate the discharges of dredged and fill material into all waters of the United States.  These waters include lakes, rivers, streams, mudflats, sandflats, sloughs, wet meadows, natural ponds, and wetlands adjacent to other waters.  The intent of the law is to protect these waters from the indiscriminate discharge of material capable of causing pollution and to restore and maintain their chemical, physical, and biological integrity.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District

Regulatory Office, Chief

918-669-7400

 

SWT-2016-386

Published Nov. 9, 2016
Expiration date: 12/5/2016

Location:  The proposed project is in portions of Sections 8 and 9, Township 11 North, Range 4 West, near the intersection of Interstate Highway 40 and Council Road, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.  The project site can be found on the Mustang, Oklahoma 7.5 Minute USGS Quadrangle map at North Latitude 35.44405 and West Longitude 97.63623.

Description of Work:  The applicant proposes to place fill material within 6.35 ac of jurisdictional emergent wetland and 477 lf of an unnamed tributary to the North Canadian River.  The combined fill below the OHWM is approximately 20,700 cys.  Fill material for the proposed project would consist of weathered clay, silt, sand sediment, various shale and sandstone.  The fill material that would be placed in waters of the United States would come from on-site excavation associated with the development of the landfill and associated infrastructure in accordance with the ODEQ, FEMA, and this DA permit proposal.  The fill material would be excavated, hauled, and placed utilizing standard earthwork equipment.  

Other:  The applicant provided the following information:  Oklahoma City Waste Disposal, Inc. is the owner of the Oklahoma City Landfill and holder of ODEQ Permit No. 35555018.  The facility accepts municipal solid waste and non-hazardous industrial solid waste in accordance with OAC 252:515.  Oklahoma City Waste Disposal is a subsidiary of Waste Connections, Inc.

In April 1993, the Corps issued a permit (OKR2003030) for this site that involved the rerouting of an unnamed tributary that was originally located parallel to Campbell Creek.  The work authorized by this permit has been completed, and this permit expired in March 1996.  

In December 2010, the Corps issued a permit (SWT-2008-657) for this site that involved the relocation of Campbell Creek on the southeast, south, and east side of the site.  

In May 2015, the Corps issued a modification to permit (SWT-2008-657) that included minimal revisions to permitted mitigation activities on the southwest and south portions of the site.  The work authorized by this permit has been initiated, including the completion of Phase I.  The Campbell Creek relocation and other additional work is ongoing, in accordance with permit (SWT-2008-657).