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Public Notice Information

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NOTE: Due to budget cuts and escalating costs in processing and mailing of these public notices, we are requiring email addresses and internet access.  Only under special circumstances will we send copies of the public notices via the U. S. Postal Service.

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  • SWL 1776-06988

    On April 27, 2018, the Little Rock District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a public notice requesting comments on the official District exclusion of the White Oak Bayou watershed (12-digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 111102070401) from the service areas of previously approved and any future approved compensatory mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs, unless the bank or in-lieu fee program is located within the White Oak Bayou watershed. The White Oak Bayou watershed is located in Pulaski County, Arkansas, and makes up less than 5 percent of the larger Lower-Arkansas Maumelle watershed (8-digit HUC 11110207). No objections to this action were received during the public notice comment period of April 27 to May 22, 2018.

  • SWL 2018-00188

    Expiration date: 4/15/2019

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that Mr. Rex Robertson, Galloway West, LLC, 16400 Dallas Pkwy, Suite 140, Dallas, Texas 75248, has requested authorization for the placement of dredged and fill material in waters of the United States associated with construction of the Royal Business Park. The proposed project is located in wetlands and other aquatic resources, in sections 26 and 35, T. 2 N., R. 11 W., Galloway, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The project purpose is to develop the basic infrastructure for the business park, including roads, lots ready for construction, driveways, and parking lots. Twelve lots are planned for development within the park. The proposed business park would include an area of approximately 177 acres. The project would develop a road throughout the property to provide access to all twelve proposed lots. Impacts to aquatic resources for this proposal would involve the fill of approximately 4.6 acres of wetlands and 250 feet of linear aquatic resources.

  • SWL 2015-00343-2

    Expiration date: 4/8/2019

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that Mr. Keith Richardson, Richardson Properties, Inc., 9800 Maumelle Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72113, has requested authorization for the placement of dredged and fill material in waters of the United States (WOUS) associated with the construction of additional apartments on a 70-acre apartment complex referred to as The Pointe at North Hills. The original development was permitted by Standard Permit No. SWL-2015-00343. The proposed addition to the permitted project would impact (fill) approximately 1.6 acres of forested wetlands. The proposed project is located in a wetland associated with an unnamed channelized perennial stream and ultimately the Arkansas River, in the SE 1/4 of section 24 and the NE 1/4 of Section 25, T. 2 N., R. 12 W., North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The purpose of the project is to provide housing facilities, by developing additional apartments at The Pointe at North Hills apartment complex to service North Little Rock and surrounding areas. The project is not water dependent.

  • MVK 2017-00612

    Expiration date: 4/1/2019

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that the Arkansas Department of Transportation, PO Box 2261, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-2261, has submitted their Ink Bayou Mitigation Bank prospectus. The prospectus outlines the proposal for developing and operating the bank, which is known as the banking instrument. After public comments are received and any issues are resolved on the prospectus, Arkansas Department of Transportation will submit a draft banking instrument to the District Engineer of the Little Rock District. The District Engineer will then distribute the draft banking instrument to the Interagency Review Team (IRT), which is made up of the Corps and the pertinent state and Federal resource agencies. The IRT will review the banking instrument and coordinate with Arkansas Department of Transportation on any issues until a final banking instrument is completed. Finally, the District Engineer will review the final instrument and make a decision to approve or not approve. The primary purpose of this bank is to mitigate for unavoidable impacts to streams and wetlands from highway construction and maintenance activities authorized under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The management goal for the mitigation bank is the restoration, enhancement, and preservation of wetlands and associated uplands.

  • CWA Proposed Rule for "WOTUS"

    Expiration date: 4/15/2019

    On February 14, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of the Army (Army) published for public comment a proposed rule revising the definition of “waters of the United States,” which would establish the scope of federal regulatory authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA). The proposed rule is intended to satisfy the requirements of Executive Order (EO) 13778 that directed the EPA and the Army to review and rescind or replace the 2015 Clean Water Rule (80 FR 37053) and consider interpreting the scope of “waters of the United States” consistent with the Justice Scalia opinion (plurality standard) from Rapanos v. United States (2006). The EO instructed that any new proposed rule shall ensure that the Nation’s navigable waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same time promoting economic growth, minimizing regulatory uncertainty, and showing due regard for the roles of the Congress and the States under the Constitution.