Permit decisions made by the Albuquerque District are posted to this website by Fiscal Year (FY) Quarter. Click on either Individual Permits, Nationwide Permits, and/or No Permit Required below for a table listing the respective decisions. Also, descriptions of Individual (or Standard) permits issued are provided by State (if applicable).
Colorado
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Fort Carson Army Base I-Ditch Realignment Project |
SPA-2012-00097-SCO |
El Paso County |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
March 1, 2013 |
Brief Description: On On March 13, 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Albuquerque District cited the Fort Carson Army Garrison for violation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for the unauthorized discharge of dredged/fill material into waters of the U.S. associated with the relocation of approximately 700 linear feet (LF) of the I-Ditch stream channel. Subsequently, at the direction of the Corps, Fort Carson installed appropriate erosion control mechanisms to prevent further erosion of the I-Ditch channel. On August 28, 2012, Fort Carson submitted an after-the-fact permit application to the Corps for the realignment and permanent stabilization of the I-Ditch channel. Details of the proposed project are provided in this public notice and in the attached maps and drawings. The purpose of this public notice is to inform interested parties of the project and to solicit comments.
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Fort Carson Army Base B-Ditch Landclearing and Check Dam Project |
SPA-2012-00098-SCO |
El Paso County |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
March 18, 2013 |
Brief Description: On March 13, 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Albuquerque District cited the Fort Carson Army Garrison for violation of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for the unauthorized discharge of dredged/fill material into waters of the U.S. associated with the mechanized clearing of approximately 750 linear feet (LF) of stream channel and adjacent wetlands and the construction of six grade control structures and a culverted road crossing. On August 28, 2012, Fort Carson submitted an after-the-fact permit application to the Corps for permanent stabilization of the B-Ditch channel with a series of seven grade control structures. Details of the proposed project are provided in this public notice and in the attached maps and drawings. The purpose of this public notice is to inform interested parties of the project and to solicit comments.
New Mexico
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Bureau of Reclamation and San Ildefonso Pueblo Bank Stabilization Project |
SPA-2012-000-442-ABQ |
Santa Fe |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
January 24, 2013 |
Brief Description: The permitted project includes a discharge of approximately 4,000 cubic yards (cy) of dredged and fill material into waters of the U.S. during construction of bendway weirs and 12,000 cy of dredged and fill materials during the construction of the floodplain bench for the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), San Ildefonso Pueblo, Bank Stabilization Project. The project will be constructed in the Rio Grande and abutting wetlands within San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The project involves the construction of seven (7) bendway weirs (0.46 acre), the construction of a floodplain bench on the east bank of the river (1.23 acre) and the removal of the point bar on the west bank of the river (1.86 acre of excavated materials). A temporary diversion berm approximately 300 ft. long x 32 ft. wide x 3 ft. high will be constructed to divert flows from the east bank work area during construction (0.22 acre). Two temporary equipment ramps will be constructed in Wetland 1 and Wetland 5 (0.04 acre).
FY13 1st Quarter (October, November, December)
New Mexico
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Los Montoyas Arroyo Sanitary Sewer Installation |
SPA-2011-00545-ABQ |
Sandoval County |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
December 4, 2012 |
Brief Description: The project involves the excavation of trenches and the installation of a sewer line longitudinally in the Los Montoyas Arroyo, a Water of the United States (WoUS). In-channel trench development and line placement would be conducted in approximately 8,470 linear feet of the Los Montoyas Arroyo's channel. Side-cast dredged material would temporarily impact approximately 11 acres of waters of the United States. Approximately 42,745 cubic yards (cy) of side-cast dredged material would be temporarily stored within the Los Montoyas Arroyo.
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Taos Ski Valley Core Village Development |
SPA-2012-00316-ABQ |
Taos County |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
October 4, 2012 |
Brief Description: The project involves a discharge of approximately 0.08-acre of fill material into waters of the U.S. during construction of a pedestrian-access mixed-use residential and commercial development within Taos Ski Valley, NM. The impacts include 0.08 acre of wetlands, including 0.03 acre of fen wetlands, a rare type of wetland. Mitigation is required in the same watershed; when completed, the mitigation would provide 0.12-acre of wetland (including 0.04-acre of fen wetland) with 0.34-acre adjacent buffer.
FY12 4th Quarter (July, August, and September)
Colorado
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Sanctuary Campus |
SPA-2012-00196-SCO |
Woodland Park |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
August 23, 2012 |
Brief Description: Andrew Womack Ministries applied for an Individual Permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act for the placement of fill material into Waters of the United States in association with the Sanctuary Campus Development Project in the City of Woodland Park, Teller County, Colorado. The development includes the construction of several buildings and campus facilities; however the majority of the proposed project will be built in upland areas, beyond Corps jurisdiction. A total of two stream crossings and a small wetland will be impacted as part of the development.
New Mexico
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Russell Sand & Gravel |
SPA-2009-00460-DUR |
Rio Arriba County |
Standard Permit Issued with Special Conditions |
September 26, 2012 |
Brief Description: The applicant will be mining sand, gravel and rock materials from the bed of the Rio Chama. Conventional heavy equipment such as front-end loaders, backhoes and track hoes will used to excavate the material out of the streambed. Total depth of excavation will typically be 3 to 5 feet and limited by the shallow presence of bedrock (Mancos Shale). Bedrock material is not excavated. The material is usually removed immediately from the streambed by the excavating machinery or by loading a waiting dump truck. The maximum area of operations within the streambed extends approximately 1,800 lineal feet downstream from near the north property boundary. The project area encompasses the entire width of the streambed excepting setbacks and when limited by river flow (see mitigation below). However, the actual area of daily operations will typically be limited to 1 or 2 acres.
FY12 3rd Quarter (April, May, and June)
New Mexico
| Project Name |
Action No. |
Location |
Closure Method |
Date |
| Las Soleras Development |
SPA-2012-00029-ABQ |
Santa Fe |
Standard Permit Issued |
May 31, 2012 |
Brief Description: Beckner Road Equities, Inc., plans to discharge approximately 378 cubic yards of rock riprap, 666 cubic yards of concrete and 508 cubic yards of earthen fill as dredged and fill material into waters of the United States during construction of the Las Soleras Development in the Arroyo de los Chamisos and its tributary in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, NM. The project involves construction of nine CBC extensions at Cerrillos Road, eighteen CBCs at the Chamiso and Las Soleras Drive crossings, six 72-inch CMPs at Rail Runner Drive, one 66-inch CMP and two 72-inch CMPs at Richards Avenue. Also the permittee will construct one 300 LF of riprap bank stabilization and one 100 LF length of riprap bank stabilization structure in the A. de los Chamisos, one 128 LF riprap bank stabilization site in the tributary arroyo and a sanitary sewer line crossing with erosion protection. Total fill area will be approximately 0.62 acre.