7 Feb 2025

NAP-2024-00027-85

This notice finalizes the reissuance of the Department of the Army Delaware State Programmatic General Permit-20 (SPGP-20), initially issued on March 23, 1984. This general permit authorizes certain existing and proposed piers, docks, mooring piles, boat lifts, breakwaters, and the replacement of existing serviceable bulkhead structures in navigable waters of the United States within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District Corps of Engineers in the State of Delaware. This general permit has been developed for certain clearly described categories of minor projects involving structures and fill that require Department of the Army and State of Delaware authorizations. The reissuance and modification of SPGP-20 was coordinated with other interested Federal agencies, the State of Delaware, and the general public. The reissuance of SPGP-20 includes minor language changes and additional conditions to address the EFH provisions of Magnuson Stevens Act, EPA comments and National Park Service comments. The full text of the reauthorization of SPGP-20 is in the notice and General Permit.

7 Feb 2025

NAP-2023-01074-85

Expiration date: 3/10/2025

The proposed activity involves performing hydraulic maintenance dredging of approximately 6 miles of the Indian River Federal Navigation Channel in Sussex County, Delaware, from the Indian River Bay confluence with the Indian River to Cupola Park in the town of Millsboro. Approximately 360,000 cubic yards of material will be dredged from the waterways and used for wetland restoration and thin layer placement along the Indian River shoreline. The proposal identifies 3 wetland restoration sites and 3 thin layer placement sites. The material will be contained at the placement sites utilizing coir logs, armored sand containment dikes or geotubes. More details are available in Public Notice & Plan documents. Public comments are requested by March 10, 2025.

29 Jan 2025

NAP-2019-00288

Expiration date: 2/28/2025

Desert Diamond 34, L.P.,c/o Ensemble Investments, LLC, is seeking Department of the Army authorization to construct a 22-story residential building (Tower) with mixed use space on the ground floor, a parking garage (Garage) within a portion of the existing footprint of Pier 34, and a public access park and walkway (Park) on Pier 35. The project includes aquatic resource enhancements associated with Piers 40 North and 56 South for compensatory mitigation. All work is along the Delaware River within the city of Philadelphia.

29 Jan 2025

Special Public Notice - Draft 2024 National Wetland Plant List

Expiration date: 3/31/2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as part of an interagency effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, is announcing the availability of the draft changes to the 2024 NWPL and its web address to solicit public comments. The public now has the opportunity to comment on the proposed changes to wetland indicator status ratings for one plant species in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain and Eastern Mountains, and Piedmont regions and one species in the Midwest and Northcentral and Northeast regions. Additionally, changes to eight species in the Alaska Region are proposed and available for public comments.

22 Jan 2025

NAP-2024-00231-97

The US Army Corps of Engineers has reissued New Jersey State Programmatic General Permit 19 (SPGP-19). This General Permit authorizes the construction of proposed and maintenance of existing piers, docks, gangway/ramps, stairs/ladders, mooring piles, boat lifts, breakwaters; the replacement of existing serviceable bulkheads, including the discharge of associated backfill; and minor mechanical maintenance dredging of mooring slips. This General Permit may be used for after-the-fact authorization (i.e., legalization) of existing structures and fill mentioned above so long as the structure and/or fill meets all conditions of this permit. Changes to the SPGP-19 are outlined in the Special Public Notice and terms and conditions for this permit are found in the final SPGP-19 permit document.