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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 2017-00159

    Expiration date: 10/9/2017

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that Mr. David Hopkins, City of Little Rock, Public Works Department, 701 West Markham Street, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201, has requested authorization for work, including the placement of dredged and fill material, in waters of the United States associated with improvements to address erosional problems and the drainage capacity of Briarwood Creek and Choctaw Circle, a cul-de-sac street, within the Briarwood neighborhood of Little Rock. The City of Little Rock held its own public meeting on August 10, 2017. No negative comments have been submitted to the city as of the date of this public notice. The proposed project is located in Briarwood Creek, in the NW 1/4 of section 1, T. 1 N., R. 13 W., Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The basic purpose of the project is improvements to city stormwater drainage. The overall purpose of the project is to address flooding and drainage problems for the residents of Choctaw Circle, and the immediate area in Little Rock, Arkansas.

  • SWL 2017-00023

    Expiration date: 8/22/2017

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that Mr. Graham Smith, Denny Road, LLC, 15100 Pride Valley Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72223, has requested authorization for the placement of dredged and fill material in waters of the United States associated with the development of a residential subdivision named Wildwood Trails Addition. The proposed project is located in Wildwood Creek and associated tributaries, in sections 34 and 35, T. 2 N., R. 14 W., Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The basic purpose of the project is a residential development. The overall purpose of the project is a single-family residential development in West Little Rock. The project is not water dependent.

  • SWL 2017-00217

    Expiration date: 8/22/2017

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-2400, has requested authorization for the placement of dredged and fill material in waters of the United States associated with construction of two new bridges, one over Bear Creek and the other over the South Fourche La Fave River on Highway 7 in the Ouachita National Forest. The proposed project is located in Bear Creek and the South Fourche La Fave River, in sections 26, 27, 34, and 35, T. 3 N., R. 20 W., and section 2, T. 2 N., R. 20 W., Perry County, Arkansas. The basic purpose of the project is to upgrade the roadway and improve safety. The overall purpose of the project is to construct two new bridges to replace two weight-restricted and functionally obsolete bridges. The two new bridges will remove the safety hazards associated with narrow bridges and reduce the restrictions on heavy loads on this section of Highway 7.

  • SWL 1958-00137-12

    Expiration date: 7/10/2017

    Pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S. Code 403) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that Jeffrey Sand Company, 2200 Lincoln Avenue, North Little Rock, Arkansas 72119, has requested authorization for work, including the placement of dredged and fill material in waters of the United States, associated with the continuation of their commercial sand and gravel dredging operations. The operation is located on the Arkansas River between Navigation Mile (NM) 111.7, which is 3.6 miles upstream of David D. Terry Lock and Dam, and NM 117.2, which is 1.2 miles downstream from the Interstate 30 Bridge in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The material would be placed ashore for storage and further processing at the facility on the left descending bank of the Arkansas River at NM 117.3. A commercial dredging permit has been authorized in this reach of the Arkansas River since 1958, and authorizes dredging both within the navigation channel and within an area adjacent to the navigation channel. The permit would be extended for a period of five (5) years, through December 31, 2022. The basic purpose of the project is to dredge sand and gravel from the bed of the Arkansas River. The overall purpose of the project is to perform dredging of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System within and outside the river’s navigation channel.

  • SWL 2011-00362-1

    Expiration date: 6/9/2017

    Pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S. Code 1344), notice is hereby given that, Ms. Lesley Taylor, 1 Nick Lane, Conway, AR 72032, has requested authorization for work, including the placement of dredged and fill material, in waters of the United States associated with the filling of a man-made pond. The proposed project is located in an unnamed tributary of Rock Creek, in the NW 1/4 of section 1, T. 1 N., R. 14 W., Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. The basic purpose of the project is to fill a man-made pond. The overall purpose of the project is to fill a 1.18-acre man-made pond in order to restore the aquatic habitat of the previously existing intermittent stream. Please be made aware that 0.55 acre of this 1.18-acre pond was already filled without permit authorization.