US Army Corps of Engineers Public Notices

This page provides access to public notices issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England District for regulatory/permitting, engineering/planning, navigation, and programs/project management. The public notices give local, state, and federal agencies, the general public, Native American Tribes, and interested groups and organizations an opportunity to provide comments or concerns to the Corps. The comment period is generally 30 days but may be longer or shorter. Comments submitted to the Corps are reviewed and are part of the evaluation process before a decision or determination can be made by the Corps on that proposed project, activity, or permit.

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Public Notices with Open Public Comment Periods

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Public Notices with Recently Closed Public Comment Periods

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2023-04-04	The District Engineer has received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States, navigable waters, and the Outer Continental Shelf from Jennifer Flood representing SouthCoast Wind Energy (formerly Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC), Boston, MA.	BOEM Lease Area OCS-0521	The majority of the proposed work would be located in the Atlantic Ocean in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0521, which is approximately 127,388 acres in size and is located 26 nautical miles (nm) south of Martha’s Vineyard, MA and approximately 20 nm south of Nantucket, MA. Work outside of the lease area would also occur within the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, the Sakonnet River, Mount Hope Bay, Muskeget Channel and Falmouth Harbor.
2023-03-28	The District Engineer has received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Town of Mashpee, MA.	Satellite Image Streets Map	This dredging work is proposed in the Approach Channel to Popponesset Bay and Vineyard Sound, Mashpee, MA. Dredged material placement areas will include areas of coastal beach above high tide line on Popponesset Spit and subtidal habitat in Vineyard Sound on the seaward side of Popponesset Spit.
2023-03-21	Update of National Wetland Plant List (NWPL)
2023-03-01	Eversource Energy Funding Agreement Under Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, as Amended
2023-02-23	The District Engineer has received a permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Save the Bay on behalf of the Rocky Hill Country Day School, East Greenwich, RI.	Satellite Image Streets Map Tidal Marsh Vegetation Classification	This work is proposed in wetlands adjacent to the Potowomut River and Warwick Cove at 530 Ives Road in Warwick, Rhode Island. The proposed work would involve restoration activities on 39.2 acres of a degraded salt marsh, brackish marsh, and the adjacent degraded uplands.
2023-02-23	The District Engineer has received permit applications to conduct work in waters of the United States, navigable waters, and the Outer Continental Shelf from Park City Wind LLC, Boston, Massachusetts. The overall proposal involves the construction, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the New England Wind project.	BOEM Lease Area OCS-0534	The majority of the proposed work would be located in the Atlantic Ocean in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0534, which is approximately 20 miles from the southwest corner of Martha’s Vineyard and 24 miles from Nantucket. Work would also occur within Nantucket Sound, with landfall for the offshore export cables at the Dowses Beach Landfall Site in the Town of Barnstable, Massachusetts.
2023-02-09	The New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), hereby proposes to replace and reissue the statewide Massachusetts General Permits (GPs), pursuant to 33 CFR Part 325.5(c), with the revised 2023 Massachusetts GPs.		Massachusetts
2022-12-01	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from The Town of Fairfield Conservation Department, Connecticut. (Plans)	Map	Fairfield, CT
2022-11-29	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Quonset Development Corporation, North Kingstown, Rhode Island. (Plans)	Map	North Kingstown, RI
2022-10-27	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the United States Navy. This work is proposed at Naval Station Newport, located within Coddington Cove on Defense Highway in Middletown, Rhode Island	Map	Middletown, RI
2022-10-27	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Mohawk Northeast. This work is proposed in the Thames River at 1 Eastern Avenue, New London, Connecticut.	Map	New London, CT
2022-10-17	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States, navigable waters, and the Outer Continental Shelf from Kellen Ingalls representing Ørsted/Revolution Wind. (Project Plans)		The majority of the proposed work would be located in the Atlantic Ocean in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0486, which is approximately 15 nautical miles (nm) southeast of Point Judith, RI. Work would also occur within the Narragansett Bay - West Passage, terminating near Quonset Point in North Kingstown, RI.
2022-10-13	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Town of Harwich, Massachusetts. This work is proposed in several waterbodies within the town borders.	Map	Harwich, MA
2022-09-30	Ørsted Funding Agreement under Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000		New England
2022-09-21	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Knollwood Beach Association, Old Saybrook, CT.	Map	Old Saybrook, CT
2022-09-07	A permit application from the Maine Department of Transportation to place temporary and permanent fill in freshwater wetlands and below the ordinary high-water mark of an unnamed stream in Trenton, Maine, in order to construct the Acadia Gateway Center welcome center building and associated parking, infrastructure, and electric vehicle charging stations.	Satellite Image	ME
2022-07-07	A Department of the Army permit application from the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) to perform work in waters of the United States. This work is proposed in the Norwalk River and adjacent wetlands, in Norwalk, Connecticut.	Streets Map Satellite Image	CT
2022-07-07	Proposed Revision and Reissuance of the Department of the Army New Hampshire General Permit		NH
2022-06-09	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from HRP 776 Summer Street, LLC located at 99 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts. This work is proposed in the Reserved Channel of Boston Harbor between 776 and 834 Summer Street in Boston, Massachusetts.	Streets Map Satellite Image	MA
2022-05-12	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Paraport, LLC/Perry Mill Marina, LLC. The work is proposed in Newport Harbor at Perry Mill Wharf, Newport, RI.	Streets Map Satellite Image	RI
2022-04-20	A permit application from the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to conduct work in waters of the United States at Menauhant Road in Falmouth.	Streets Map Topo Map Satellite Image	MA
2022-04-13	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Connecticut College at 270 Mohegan Avenue, New London, CT. This work is proposed in the western shoreline of the Thames River.	Topo Map Satellite Image	CT
2022-04-11	RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AGREEMENT UNDER SECTION 214 OF THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2000 AND 23 U.S.C. 139(j)		RI
2022-03-10	A permit application from the Maine Turnpike Authority to discharge fill material below the ordinary high water mark of Goosefare Brook and in adjacent freshwater wetlands at Saco, York County, Maine.	Satellite Image NatGeo Map Streets Map	ME
2022-03-03	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Endicott College. This work is proposed in Salem Sound at 375 and 413 Hale Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. The proposed work involves bank stabilization.	Satellite Image Streets Map	MA
2022-02-24	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Running Tide Technologies. This work is proposed in the Atlantic Ocean, 65 nautical miles off the coast of Massachusetts, at Fippennies Ledge. The work would involve the placement of 30 vertical kelp lines for the purpose of advancing research on the use of kelp for carbon sequestration.	Nautical Chart Oceans Map with Bathymetry & Seafloor Habitat	MA
2022-02-10	A permit application from the New Brunswick Power Corporation to conduct work in waters of the United States in the Saint Croix River off Poorhouse Lane at Calais, Maine.	Satellite Image Streets Map	ME
2022-01-31	BREAKWATER REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ISLES OF SHOALS HARBOR OF REFUGE FEDERAL NAVIGATION PROJECT RYE, NH & KITTERY, ME		ME
2022-01-14	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the City of New Haven, Connecticut. This work is proposed in waters and wetlands at East Shore Park in New Haven and involves the discharge of temporary and permanent fill below the high tide line (HTL) for the installation of a living shoreline.		CT
2022-01-14	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc., in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The proposed work involves beach nourishment along 3.8 miles of the Duxbury Beach Reservation property that will address current and future erosion along Duxbury Beach.		MA
2021-12-23	A permit application from Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct work in French River, Little River, Texas Pond, nine unnamed intermittent streams, and associated vegetated wetlands in Charlton and Oxford, Massachusetts		MA
2021-12-23	A permit application from Maine Department of Transportation to place temporary and permanent fill below the ordinary high water mark of the Stillwater River at Old Town, Maine, in order to replace the two existing Stillwater Avenue bridges		ME

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