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. These special emergency processing procedures have been established pursuant to Sec. 4 of E.O. 14156 for activities associated with the identification, siting, production, transportation, refining, and generation of domestic energy sources, including energy infrastructure, that require Department of the Army authorization under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, as amended.

For the reasons stated in Sec. 1 of E.O. 14156, the President has found that these activities would result in an unacceptable hazard to life, a significant loss of property, or an immediate, unforeseen, and significant economic hardship if corrective action requiring a federal permit is not undertaken within a time period less than the normal time needed to process the application under standard permitting procedures.

The purpose of this public notice is to announce the establishment of the special emergency processing procedures for the purposes of E.O. 14156 and provide information to the public about those special emergency processing procedures.

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.