4 Apr 2025

Special Public Notice 25-20

The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the United States Army Corps of Engineers, North Atlantic Division has approved use of emergency permit processing procedures for Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia, in accordance with 33 CFR § 325.2(e)(4), for the National Energy Emergency established by Executive Order (E.O.) 14156, issued on January 20, 2025. 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, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and/or Section 103 of the Marine Research, Protection, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972. More details are available in the Special Public Notice document.

12 Dec 2024

NAP-2013-00695-86 and NAP-2013-00696-86 (Revised)

Public Notice NAP-2013-00695-86 and NAP-2013-00696-86 is being revised to reflect an inadvertent omission made in the original notice concerning Tioga Marine Terminal. The site was included in the location map, however site-specific dredging plans were not added to the original PN for this project. This revised Public Notice supersedes the public notice published by the Philadelphia District on November 26, 2024. The revised comment period will close 30 days from the date of this public notice. The purpose of this revised public notice is to solicit comments and recommendations from the public concerning issuance of a Department of the Army permit for the work described below. The USACE Philadelphia District has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments and recommendations from the public concerning issuance of a Department of the Army permit. The permit applicant, Weeks Marine, proposes to conduct maintenance dredging at 18 existing facilities within the Delaware River within Philadelphia, Bucks, and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania; Gloucester, Camden, and Burlington Counties in New Jersey; and New Castle County in Delaware. The purpose of the project is to remove sediment accumulation and maintain adequate water depths at the various port and berth facilities to support ship access. More details are available in the "Revised Public Notice" document. Public comments are requested by January 11, 2025.