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Public invited to comment on dredged material placement at Essman Island in Clayton County, Iowa

Published July 22, 2013

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for a project to place dredged material from the Mississippi River 9-foot navigation channel in a previously-used disposal site on Essman Island located near Guttenberg, Iowa.

The proposed project is to place material dredged from the McMillan Island Dredge Cut in an abandoned sand and gravel pit on Esmann Island. The Esmann Island site has been disturbed by five previous dredged material placement events between 1985 and 1992. The quantity of material estimated for placement this year is approximately 50,000 cubic yards. The Essman Island Association requested the dredged material be placed at the site for beneficial reuse.

The report can be viewed and downloaded from the St. Paul District’s website at: http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Environment/EnvironmentalAssessments.aspx.

A public review and comment period begins today and will end Aug. 7. Questions concerning project should be directed to Steven Clark, Corps biologist, at (651) 290-5278 or at steven.j.clark@usace.army.mil. Please address all correspondence on this project to the District Engineer, St. Paul District, Corps of Engineers, Attention: Regional Planning and Environment Division North, 180 Fifth St. E., Suite 700, St. Paul, Minnesota  55101-1678.

The nearly 700 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the Corps’ Fiscal Year 2011 $175 million budget, nearly 2,800 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $271 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.

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