14 Sep 2017

SPGP-18

Expiration date: 10/14/2017

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, proposes to revalidate and extend the expiration date of State Programmatic General Permit 18 dated November 9, 1987 authorizing the construction of structures, work, and the discharge of dredged and fill material in substantially developed artificial tidal lagoons in the State of Delaware. This general permit is applicable to the appropriate navigable waters located within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The proposed revalidation and extension period is from December 31, 2017 until December 31, 2022. This general permit, CENAP-OP-R-SPGP18, was last revalidated and extended in December of 2012 with an expiration date of December 31, 2017. Comments are due by Oct. 14, 2017.

14 Sep 2017

2017-628

Expiration date: 9/29/2017

The applicant has requested a Department of the Army permit to remove accumulated sediment via mechanical maintenance dredging from the Leipsic Tax Ditch located in Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware. Tax ditches require the removal of accumulated sediment every 15 to 20 years. Accumulated sediment was previously removed from the Leipsic Tax Ditch in 1990. The applicant proposes to utilize a land based excavator equipped with a grading bucket as to minimize soil disturbance. The operator will remove accumulated sediment from the bottom of the tax ditch by reaching to the far side of the ditch, and in one motion, dragging the front edge of the bucket across the original bottom contour to the near side, filling the bucket to approximately 80% to 85% capacity to avoid spilling material from the bucket. The excavated material will be placed in the agriculture field behind a berm as to prevent re-deposition of the excavated sediment. More details are available in the "Public Notice & Plan Details" attachment. Public comments are due by Sept. 29, 2017.

14 Sep 2017

2017-540

Expiration date: 9/29/2017

The applicant, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Watershed Stewardship, has applied for a permit to nourish a severely eroded section of the Delaware Bay shoreline, via truck-fill method at Bowers Beach, Kent County, Delaware. Approximately 6,300 cubic yards of sand from an inland borrow source will be used to restore 2 areas. More details are available in the attached "Public Notice and Plan Details" document. Public comments are due by September 29, 2017.

14 Sep 2017

2014-00975

Expiration date: 10/14/2017

The PennEast project proposed by the applicant is to construct 120.2 miles of new 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline. This Public Notice concerns the work associated with five separate single and complete crossings of waters and/or wetlands associated with the PennEast project of constructing the proposed PennEast Pipeline. The PennEast project is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) which issued a Final Environmental Impact Study (FEIS) on April 10, 2017 for the PennEast project. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a cooperating agency on that document. More details are available in the attached "Public Notice & Plan Details" attachment. Public comments are due by Oct. 14, 2017 and can be sent to Penneast-Comments@usace.army.mil

7 Sep 2017

2017-00042

Expiration date: 10/7/2017

The applicant, the American Littoral Society, using Department of the Interior and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funds, proposes to perform habitat restoration within Thompson’s Beach Marsh. This will be accomplished by dredging two existing creek channels and using the dredge sediment on two selected areas within the marsh: “The Eastern Project Site” at 3.75 acres, and “The Southern Project Site” at 9.95 acres. The total area of impact will be no greater than 18.50 acres including the area to be dredged. The habitat restoration site and dredging are both located in Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey. Dredging is not in a navigable channel. More details are available in the "Public Notice and Plan Details" attachment. Public comment deadline is on Oct. 7, 2017.