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-2013-596

Published March 6, 2017
Expiration date: 4/9/2017

ODOT proposes to replace two narrow and structurally deficient bridges and widen US 62. Bridge A is a 31-foot wide reinforced concrete box on the unnamed tributary (S-1) and Bridge B is a 26-foot wide span pier supported bridge over Cane Creek. The proposed replacement bridges would be two 40-foot wide span pier supported bridges on the existing alignment. The proposed roadway is wider due to the higher vertical profile to meet Federal highway design safety standards . During the final grading for the permanent road , approximately 916 linear feet of S-1 would be relocated 60 feet west from the current location to protect the highway and associated bridge from erosion and ma inta in safe side slopes on the road embankment. The new approach roadway would have two 12-foot wide paved driving lanes and 8-foot wide paved shoulders. US 62 would remain open to traffic during construction with the use of a "shoo-fly" detour to divert traffic. A 121-foot temporary culvert will be used under the detour and removed once construction is complete.