14 Mar 2024

NWO-2012-00140-BIS, Ducks Unlimited Crowder In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Site

Expiration date: 4/11/2024

The District Engineer (Omaha) is evaluating a site plan submitted by Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU) to add as an addendum to their North Dakota Aquatic Resource In-Lieu Fee Program Instrument approved on March 5, 2014. The Crowder In-Lieu Fee Mitigation Site (Site) is located 6 miles south of the Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge and northeast of Stanley in Section 25, Township 157 North, Range 92 West at Latitude 48.398741° North, Longitude -102.509168° West, Mountrail County, North Dakota. DU estimates that the Site would generate 29.41 credits. Credits would be achieved primarily through restoration and enhancement of wetlands with minimal credits for surrounding uplands. The Regional Service Area for the Site would be the Missouri North Zone.

6 Mar 2024

NWO-2010-02756-BIS, NDDOT Ward County 1 Mitigation Bank Site

Expiration date: 4/8/2024

The District Engineer (Omaha) is evaluating a request by North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) to add the Ward County I Wetland Mitigation Bank Site (Site) to their Program Instrument approved in June 2013. The Site consists of 38.1 acres located approximately 11.8 miles south and 2.2 miles east of Minot, North Dakota in SW¼ of Section 32, Township 153 North, Range 82 West, Latitude 48.024280° North, Longitude -101.245730° West, Ward County, North Dakota. NDDOT estimates that the Site would generate 25.6 credits. Credits would be achieved primarily through restoration, with added credit for buffers, and uplands. The Regional Service Area for the Site would be the Souris River Basin Southern Zone.

6 Mar 2024

Regional General Permit 9601-09

Expiration date: 4/5/2024

The District Engineer (Omaha) is proposing to reissue Regional General Permit 96-01. The current version authorizes work undertaken in response to flooding. The reissuance would expand coverage to include work undertaken in response to any natural disaster. Authorized activities would include, but are not limited to: Repair or reconstruction of existing roads, including grade raises; temporary levee construction; levee repair; breach closures; bridge embankment repair; protection and/or repair of utility structures; placement of suitable rock and/or dirt fill for bank stabilization that does not include construction of jetties, hardpoints or other flow deflection structures or fills; construction of temporary drainage ditches to facilitate the removal of flood water, sheetwater, or excess water; repair or reconstruction of previously authorized drainage ditches with minor modifications that do not facilitate additional drainage; channel restoration limited to areas damaged by the disaster; and dredging/excavation necessary to restore water flow to existing intake systems or recreational access to existing marinas or bays with no associated discharge of dredged spoils. The RGP would cover work requiring authorization under either Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act or Section 404 of the Clean Water Act anywhere in North Dakota.