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  • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe virtual meeting - Dakota Access Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement

    OMAHA, Neb. – Staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District will be available Dec. 6, 2023, from 12-3 p.m. Mountain Time or 1-4 p.m. Central Standard Time for a virtual meeting with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe communities regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Dakota Access, LLC’s request for an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act for the Dakota Access Pipeline.

  • Public meeting announcement; Offutt AFB former missile site

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District will be hosting a public informational meeting on November 30, 2023, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (CST) at the Rand Community Center, in Missouri Valley, Iowa, regarding the environmental remediation of the former Offutt Air Force Base Atlas “D” Missile Site 3, located near Missouri Valley.

  • Media Availability - Dakota Access Pipeline Draft Environmental Impact Statement

    Staff from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District will be available Oct. 31, 2023, from 10-11 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel located at 605 E Broadway Ave. in Bismarck, North Dakota to answer questions from the media regarding the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Dakota Access, LLC’s request for an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act for the Dakota Access Pipeline.

  • Halligan Water Supply Project Final Environmental Impact Statement published

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has published the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed City of Fort Collins Halligan Water Supply Project. The Final Conceptual Mitigation Plan and its state approved Fish and Wildlife Mitigation and Enhancement Plan are included in the EIS as appendices.

  • Omaha District awards contract for phase four development of Lake Zorinsky maintenance corridor

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Contracting Division recently awarded a contract to

  • USACE seeks public comments on DAPL Draft Environmental Impact Statement

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers –Omaha District is seeking public comments on the recently published Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Dakota Access, LLC’s request for an easement under the Mineral Leasing Act for the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Dakota Access Pipeline crosses the Corps-managed federal land at Lake Oahe, North Dakota. The DEIS is not a decision and does not authorize the easement. This milestone is the second step in the National Environmental Policy Act environmental review process and will be followed by a Final Environmental Impact Statement. The Final Environmental Impact Statement will include public comments that were received during the Draft Environmental Impact Statement public review period.

  • Vegetation control to begin on Missouri River sandbars between Garrison Dam and Huff, N.D.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities during August and September on sandbars in the Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Huff, N.D. to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by the threatened Piping Plover for nesting.

  • Vegetation control to begin on Missouri River sandbars between Yankton and Vermillion, S.D.

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities during the month of September on sandbars in the Missouri River between Yankton and Vermillion, S.D., the upper portion of Lewis and Clark Lake near Springfield S.D. and Niobrara, N.E., and as far upstream as Pickstown, S.D. to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by the threatened Piping Plover for nesting as well as to control invasive common reed that has become prevalent in the lake area.

  • Final Feasibility Report and Integrated Environmental Assessment for Lower Brule North (NE Shoreline) Ecosystem Restoration, Lyman County, South Dakota Available

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Corps) has conducted an environmental analysis in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended. The final Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) dated July 2022 for the Lower Brule North Ecosystem Restoration Project addresses ecosystem restoration and cultural and natural resource preservation opportunities in Lyman County, South Dakota adjacent to and north of the town of Lower Brule. The study and assessment were conducted under the Tribal Partnership Program (TPP). The resulting report proposes a Recommended Plan that will restore critical riparian and wetland habitats to be implemented as two separable projects under Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (WRDA 2000), as amended (33 U.S.C. § 2269).

  • USACE seeks public comment on Draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment for Willow Creek Section 205 Feasibility Study, Missouri Valley, Iowa

    A draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA) has been prepared for the Willow Creek, Missouri Valley, IA Section 205 Feasibility Study is available for public comment.