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-2012-93

Published Dec. 16, 2015
Expiration date: 1/16/2016

The applicant proposes the placement of fill materi al into jurisdictional waters and would permanently eliminate 1.78 ac of wetlands (1.75 ac of forested wetlands and 0.03 ac of emergent wetlands) located within the floodplain of Muddy Boggy Creek. Fill material would consist of approximately 1,354 cys of riprap for bank stabilization, 5,744 cys of clay for road construction, 392 cys of concrete for a
RCB, 64 cys of concrete for a RCP, and 42 cys for construction of seven concrete piers. The total project length is 6,466 If for approximately 1.2 miles. The work performed in the wetlands and uplands would be completed using conventional earthmoving
equipment. The fill material may consist of concrete, gravel, sand, and earthen material.

 
The existing structurally deficient bridge would remain open during construction provided that the bridge inspections continue to allow the bridge to remain open (the construction detour would be over 30 miles).