19 Apr 2021

2017-03810-EJW (Hennepin County, MN) Chippewa Road Extension Project

Expiration date: 5/4/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE: The City of Medina is proposing extend Chippewa Road approximately 0.5 miles, from the current dead end at Mohawk Drive to Arrowhead Drive. The proposed project would involve a 36-foot wide roadway meeting rural section 40-mph design speed and 8-foot wide bituminous multi-use trail to discharge fill material into wetland to construct a roadway expansion in the City of Medina.

15 Apr 2021

2019-00856-SRK (Carver County, MN) Willow Glen Wetland Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 5/15/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE: The sponsor is proposing to develop Willow Glen Wetland Bank. The proposed bank site is approximately 67 acres in size, including wetland, upland buffer and stream restoration areas. In addition to the wetland project, the proposed stream mitigation bank site consists of approximately 17 acres and is adjacent to a larger conservation easement of approximately 50 acres to be established as part of the wetland mitigation bank project. It is likely that one large conservation easement (divided into two parcels by County Highway 27) will be established to accommodate both projects.

12 Apr 2021

2021-00115-SSC (Kandiyohi County, MN) Lake Lillian Wetland Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 5/12/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE: The sponsor is proposing to develop Lake Lillian Wetland Mitigation Bank. The proposed bank site is approximately 30.4 acres in size, including upland buffer areas. The proposed bank service area is the Middle Mississippi Basin in Minnesota (Bank Service Area 7).

7 Apr 2021

(Redwood County, MN) Kodet Farms Wetland Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 5/7/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE: The sponsor is proposing to develop the Kodet Farms Wetland Bank with the intentions to generate wetland credits for the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) Local Government Road Wetland Replacement Program (LGRWRP). The proposed bank site is approximately 168.3 acres including upland buffer.

5 Apr 2021

2021-00237-JRH (Beltrami County, MN) Beltrami County Highway Department Project

Expiration date: 4/20/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE: The applicant is proposing to reconstruct 5.8 miles of County State Aid Highway (CSAH) 20 between County Road 414 (State Park Rd. NE) and CSAH 27 (Long Lake Dr. NE) and construct 2.25 miles of paved multi-use trail from State Park Rd. NE to the Paul Bunyan trail (SAP 004-620-009). The proposed CSAH 20 reconstruction would address current structural and operational deficiencies by improving the highway from a 7-ton to 10-ton capacity, widening the driving lanes from 11-foot to 12-foot, widening the shoulders from 4-foot to 6-foot (for the first 1.2 miles), and reducing slopes to 1:4. The project would include grading, improving the roadway base, replacing culverts, and bituminous surfacing. Additionally, the project would follow the existing roadway and does not have any planned realignments.

29 Mar 2021

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) 2020 Update

Expiration date: 5/24/2021

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: On March 24, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), as part of an interagency effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published a final rule in the Federal Register (86 FR 15656) announcing the availability of the draft changes to the 2020 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 five plant species in select regions and the addition of 22 new plant species to the NWPL.

5 Mar 2021

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE - 2021 Nationwide Permits (NWPs)

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: Regional Conditions, Water Quality Certification (WQC), and Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) Concurrence for Sixteen (16) 2021 NWPs in St. Paul District.

14 Jan 2021

Nationwide Permit Reissuance

Expiration date: 3/14/2026

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: On January 13, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a final rule in the Federal Register (86 FR 2744) announcing the reissuance of 12 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and four new NWPs, as well as the reissuance of NWP general conditions and definitions with some modifications. These 16 NWPs will go into effect on March 15, 2021, and will expire on March 14, 2026.

13 Nov 2020

2020-02230-SJW (Douglas County, WI)Enbridge Superior Terminal Containment Pond Project

Expiration date: 11/28/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE: The purpose of the proposed project is to increase the total containment capacity of Pool 2 by 9,000,000 gallons. As stated in the application, Enbridge can add approximately 3,000,000 gallons of capacity in Pool 2 by raising the height of the existing berm. Therefore, an additional dam is necessary downstream of Pool 2 with the capacity of approximately 6,000,000 gallons to achieve the desired total capacity of 9,000,000 gallons.

13 Nov 2020

2018-02368-SRK (Sibley County, MN) Le Sueur Floodplain Wetland Mitigation Bank

Expiration date: 12/13/2020

PUBLIC NOTICE: The sponsor is proposing to develop the Le Sueur Floodplain Wetland Bank. The proposed bank site is approximately 240 acres in size, including upland buffer areas.