Regulatory and Permitting Program

7 Nov 2023

NWO-2021-00187-PIE

Expiration date: 11/28/2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps), is evaluating a permit application submitted by South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) to construct Phase-II of the South Veterans Parkway (SVP) including improvements to two intersecting City Arterials. The project is located between Interstate-29 and Western Avenue (PCN 01V9) and includes work at Tallgrass Avenue (PCN 08DA) and Louise Avenue (PCN 08DC). The proposed work would result in the permanent discharge of approximately 80,127 cubic yards of fill material into 24.88 acres of waters of the United States, including tributaries forming the headwaters of Nine-Mile Creek and adjacent wetlands. The project site is located at Latitude 43.471547°, Longitude -96.727939°; Sections 19/20/21/29/30, Township 100 North, Range 50 West, Lincoln County, South Dakota.

7 Nov 2023

NWO-2022-00381-MT

Expiration date: 12/7/2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, (Corps) is evaluating a permit application, which would result in permanent and temporary impacts to approximately 0.69 acre(s) of emergent wetlands and approximately 60 linear feet (LF) of stream and ditch waters of the United States. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments.

16 Oct 2023

NWO-2022-01415-RWY

Expiration date: 11/15/2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, (Corps) is evaluating a permit application to construct the Seminoe Pumped Storage project, which would result in the discharge of fill material into approximately 3.64 acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands, in Seminoe and Kortes Reservoirs, along the North Platte River. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments. The applicant is proposing to construct the Seminoe Pumped Storage project. Based on the available information, the overall project purpose is to produce and deliver energy to market. The applicant’s project purpose, as stated in the application, is to provide energy storage and grid stabilization in the western United States through the operation of two reservoirs utilizing variable-speed pump-turbines to store energy and generate power, as well as up to two transmission corridors for grid connection purposes. The project site is located at Latitude 42.163°, Longitude -106.874°; Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, Township 25 North, Range 84 West, Carbon County, Wyoming. This site is at and near the existing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Seminoe Reservoir, 35 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyoming, on the North Platte River, and just east and north from the Seminoe Dam.

16 Oct 2023

NWO-2017-00703-WEH

Expiration date: 11/6/2023

This public notice is issued jointly by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE), 245 Fallbrook Blvd, Lincoln, NE 68521. NDEE will review the proposed project for state certification in accordance with the provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. NDEE hereby incorporates this public notice as its own public notice and procedures by reference thereto. LRC is proposing to amend their current standard permit to include expansion of the active sand and gravel mine at their Plant 40 site to a newly acquired 77-acre parcel. Approximately 36 acres of the new parcel would be mined in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The project is located in Douglas County, adjacent to the east bank (left descending bank) of the Platte River, approximately two miles south of Valley, Nebraska.

5 Oct 2023

NWO-2023-00737-PIE

Expiration date: 10/26/2023

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps), is evaluating a permit application submitted by West River Electric Association to build an electrical substation in a tributary to Box Elder Creek. The proposed project would place fill material into 0.66 acres of wetland in order to build the substation pad. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments. The project site is located at Latitude 44.124953°, Longitude -103.219799°; near the intersection of Haines Avenue and Country Road in Pennington County.