18 Mar 2025

408-NWO-2024-0008

Expiration date: 4/1/2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is soliciting comments regarding the proposed Nemont Fiber Optic Telecommunications Cable Installation project at Garrison Dam, Lake Sakakawea. USACE Omaha District has determined that the project would entail an alteration to the federal project, and therefore requires permission under Section 408.

14 Mar 2025

NWO-2010-01522-WEH

Expiration date: 4/14/2025

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). This public notice is issued jointly with 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. For purposes of NDEE, this public notice will expire 30 days from the issue date shown above. The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding the work described below: WATERWAY AND LOCATION: The project will affect waters of the United States associated with the Elkhorn River and adjacent wetlands. The project/review area is located on Road 6, approximately ½ mile S of the intersection of HWY 275 and Road 6 in Section 11, Township 23 North, Range 4 East; at Latitude 41.983589 and Longitude -96.922969; in Wisner, Cuming County, Nebraska.

28 Jan 2025

NWO-2024-01960-WEH

Expiration date: 2/26/2025

The District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, Nebraska is evaluating a mitigation banking site plan (Elkhorn River Mitigation Bank) under Westervelt Ecological Services, LLC. Mitigation banks are used to satisfy compensatory mitigation requirements for permits issued under the authority of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, which regulates the discharge of dredged or fill material in the nation’s waters. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed mitigation bank and to solicit comments. Participation is encouraged, so that the U.S. Corps of Engineers is better able to complete a more thorough public interest review. Comments assist the District Engineer to make a reasonable decision based on public interest factors. The proposed Elkhorn River Mitigation Bank site is located at 41.643964, -96.629270, in Section 4, Township 19 North, Range 7 East in Dodge County, Nebraska. Currently, the proposed Elkhorn River Mitigation Bank site is approximately 240 acres. The elevation of the site is approximately 1,250 feet above mean sea level. This project aims to restore (re-establish and rehabilitate) and enhance wetlands and restore stream reaches for use as a compensatory mitigation bank for unavoidable impacts to waters of the United States. The Bank would provide stream and wetland compensatory mitigation credits 2 for impacts to regulated wetlands and streams under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. For over a century, most of the project area has been used for mixed agricultural (non-irrigated cropland) and recreational purposes. Anthropogenic manipulation of the site has resulted in the surficial detachment of the floodplain from the historical meandering floodplain and river system. The proposed Bank would restore 98.5 acres of historical PFO wetlands, enhance/rehabilitate 102.3 acres of PFO and PSS wetlands, and restore approximately 2,770 linear feet of stream in Pebble Creek. Historical PFO, PSS, and PEM wetlands would be re-established, rehabilitated, and enhanced through earthworks, grading, drill- or broadcast-seeding, and noxious species eradication and management. Stream restoration would be done be addressing floodplain dysconnectivity and by re-establishing native vegetation along the banks of the stream.