Regulatory and Section 408 Programs

10 Apr 2025

Special Public Notice: Emergency Processing for Energy Activities Subject to Executive Order 14156

The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the United States (U.S.) Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque and Omaha Districts have received approval from the South Pacific Division to use special emergency processing procedures, available at: Emergency Processing for Energy Activities Subject to Executive Order 14156, in the states of Colorado and New Mexico, and in Navajo Nation in accordance with 33 CFR § 325.2(e)(4) for the National Energy Emergency established by Executive Order (E.O.) 14156, which was issued on January 20, 2025 under the President’s legal authorities, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq) and Section 301 of Title 3, United States Code. If you have any questions concerning these special emergency processing procedures, please visit our contacts webpages at: https://www.spa.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory-Program-and-Permits/Regulatory-Contacts/ for contact information in Albuquerque District, Regulatory Division. or: https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory-Program/Colorado/State-Contacts/ for contact information in Omaha District, Denver Regulatory Office.

10 Apr 2025

NWO-2024-01915-PIE

Expiration date: 4/30/2025

The District Engineer, Omaha District is evaluating a proposal by the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota to construct a 4-lane urban arterial road system with public/private utilities to support anticipated growth in Sioux Falls, north of I-90. The project would be constructed in two phases, with the first reconstructing approximately 0.7-mile of E 72nd Street N west of 476th Avenue as an interim, two-lane paved road on an alignment that matches ROW acquired for Phase 2 of the project. The intersection would be moved approximately 100 feet north. Construction would require fill material to be placed in 1.58 acres of wetlands. Phase 2 of the project would upgrade the Phase 1 to 4 lanes and construction of approximately 0.6-mile of 4-lane urban arterial road east of 476th Avenue from the intersection north and east to intersect with Slipup Creek Road. An additional 0.33-acre of wetland would be filled to complete Phase 2. The project would affect waters of the United States associated with Slipup Creek in Sections 22 and 27, Township 102 North, Range 49 West, centered on Latitude 43.6162° North, Longitude -96.6962° West, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.

9 Apr 2025

NWO-2017-02184-PIE

Expiration date: 4/30/2025

The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application from Good Samaritan Society for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344). The project would affect waters of the United States associated with wetlands abutting a relatively permanent tributary of the Big Sioux River. The project/review area is located northeast of the intersection of 57th street and Powder House Road/North Veterans Parkway in Section 31, Township 101N, Range 48W; at Latitude 43.5030 and Longitude -96.6455; in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. As provided by the applicant, ‘the purpose of the project is to provide a senior living campus in southeast Sioux Falls that offers a range of housing options, including twin homes and tri-plex units, along with comprehensive wellness services.’

7 Apr 2025

Special Public Notice for Special Emergency Processing Procedures under E.O. 14156 in Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming for Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 Clean Water Action Permits

The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Northwestern Division has approved the use of special emergency processing procedures by the Omaha District in accordance with 33 CFR § 325.2(e)(4) for activities covered by the National Energy Emergency declared in Executive Order (EO) 14156. That EO was issued on January 20, 2025, under the President’s legal authorities, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.) and 3 USC § 301. For the reasons stated in Section 1 of EO 14156, the President has found that insufficient energy production, transportation, refining, and generation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to our Nation’s economy, national security, and foreign policy and declared a national emergency on the basis of those findings. The President has directed agencies to use, to the fullest extent possible and consistent with applicable law, emergency USACE permitting provisions to facilitate the Nation’s energy supply.

26 Mar 2025

NWO-2013-00278-BIS

Expiration date: 4/25/2025

The District Engineer, Omaha District, is evaluating a proposal by Mountrail County to reconstruct approximately 9 miles of County Route 10 beginning at the intersection of County Road 10 (51st St NW) and 74th Ave NW and continues for approximately 9-miles to the intersection of County Road 11 (67th Ave NW) and goes north on County Road 11 until it reaches the intersection of 67th Ave NW and 53rd Street NW. Construction activities would increase the footprint from a 26-foot road top to a 34-foot road top with 4:1 inslopes, breaking to a 3:1 inslope at wetland locations. Finished typical section of 12-foot driving lanes with 5-foot shoulders. To accomplish this goal, permanent fill would discharge into 1.97-acres of wetlands and temporarily fill into approximately 1.0-acres of wetlands. The project site is located in Sections 13, 14, 23, & 24, Township 154 North, Range 90 West, and Sections 11-24, Township 154 North, Range 89 West, Mountrail County, North Dakota.