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 in relation to Section 10 and Section 404.

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.

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
CESWT-RO
2488 E 81st Street
Tulsa, OK  74137-4290

 

SWT-2016-00254

CESWT-RO
Published Oct. 29, 2021
Expiration date: 11/29/2021

The application is for the redistribution of fill, clearing and grubbing, within existing forested wetland areas and unnamed tributaries of Coal Creek for the construction of three new open water green tree units, install 2,084 linear feet of 18-inch waterline, and install an 18-inch water intake pipeline extending 80 feet from the bank of the Neosho River. Each green tree unit and waterline installation includes the following impacts (please see the attached Summary of Impacts Table):

Unit 1: 25.66 acres of wetland impacts due to altered hydrology (impoundment), 1.09- acre wetland impacts and 78.8 linear feet of stream impacts from levee construction, 2.35 wetland impacts and 13.88 linear feet of stream impacts from clearing activities.

Unit 3: 4.04 acres of wetlands impacts for altered hydrology (impoundment), 0.02-acre wetland impacts and 4.56 linear feet of stream impacts from levee construction, 19.9 linear feet of stream impacts from clearing activities.

Unit 4: 0.51 acres of wetlands impacts and 376.42 linear feet of stream impacts for altered hydrology (impoundment), 168.30 linear feet of stream impacts from levee construction.

Unit 5: 20.8 acres of wetlands impacts and 1,600.89 linear feel of stream impacts for altered hydrology (impoundment), 80.68 linear feet of stream impacts from levee construction.