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Mail: US Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Regulatory Branch, 4101 Jefferson Plaza NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109-3434

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE
Special Public Notice No.	Opening Date	Closing Date	Brief Description of Work
SPA-2009-00004	September 2, 2009	October 2, 2009	On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued Regulatory Guidance Letter No. 08-02 (RGL 08-02) to clarify the use of preliminary and approved jurisdictional determinations (JDs). A copy of RGL 08-02 is attached to this notice and available at: http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/Documents/cecwo/reg/rgls/rgl08-02.pdf. In accordance with RGL 08-02, this special public notice identifies Albuquerque District procedures to streamline the process for applicants who want to obtain Corps permit authorizations or jurisdictional determinations.
NWP 21 suspension	13 August 2009	14 Sept 2009	Proposed suspension and modification of Nationwide Permit Number 21 Surface Coal Mining in the Appalachian Region of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
Final Regional Supplement to USACE Wetland Delineation Manual: Great Plains	24 February 2009	24 March 2009	The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, announces the publication and one-year trial implementation period of the Great Plains Interim Regional Supplement (Supplement) to the 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual (1987 Manual). This Supplement was developed by wetland delineation experts from state and Federal agencies and academia with experience within the Great Plains. It has been peer reviewed by an independent panel of Great Plains scientists and practitioners and made available for 90-day public comment period.
Final Regional Supplement to USACE Wetland Delineation Manual: Western Mtns, Valleys and Costal	24 February 2009	24 March 2009	The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, announces the publication and one-year trial implementation period of the Western Mountains, Valleys and Coast Interim Regional Supplement (supplement) to the 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual (1987 Manual). This supplement was developed by wetland delineation experts from state and Federal agencies and academia with experience within this part of the country
Final Regional Supplement to USACE Wetland Delineation Manual: Arid West Region	Oct 21, 2008	Dec 21, 2008	Final Arid West Regional Supplement to USACE Wetland Delineation Manual
Colorado Initiative	Oct 6, 2008	Oct 31, 2008	SPD Regulatory Initiative Colorado
SPA-2008-00110-DUR	March 26, 2008	April 10, 2008	Proposed Emergency Regional General Permit

NEW MEXICO
Public Notice No.	Opening Date	Closing Date	Brief Description of Work
SPA-2007-00247A-ABQ	November 10, 2009	December 1, 2009	The application is for a permit to place/discharge dredged and/or fill material as a sewage utility line placement in the Arroyo de La Barranca (the Barranca) in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico. The project has been modified to remove a 7,818’ line segment from a tributary to the Barranca and instead increasing the line placement within the Barranca main channel by 2,200 feet. The City has proposed the modification in order to maintain the tributary’s channel integrity.
SPA-2009-00476-ABQ	October 6, 2009	November 3, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. The application is for a permit to place/discharge dredged and/or fill material associated with bank stabilization/restoration at four locations within the San Felipe Pueblo along the middle Rio Grande. The project includes installation of 5,750' of bioengineered bank protection and riprap toe protection. Also included would be 560' of stream bank realignment and hard lining. To accommodate the diversity of the four sites, the approach varies slightly at each site, including the use of willow trenches, removal of bar features, construction of pedestrian access ramps, or a hard-lined bank portion.
SPA-2009-00021-ABQ	July 27, 2009	Changed - Extended September 11, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. The application is for a permit to place/discharge dredged and/or fill material as part of the Angel Fire Public Improvement District (PID) in various tributaries to Cieneguilla Creek in the Village of Angel Fire (village), Colfax County, New Mexico
SPA-2008-00390a-ABQ	July 14, 2009	August 3, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. This application is a resubmittal for a permit to place dredged and/or fill material due to a design change for the Arroyo Venada culverted road crossing. The original application was withdrawn to develop the new Arroyo Venada crossing design. The other two arroyo crossing designs have remained unchanged.
SPA-2008-00390-ABQ	April 03, 2009	April 23, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. The application is for a permit to place/discharge dredged and/or fill material as stream diversion structures and as a concrete culverted road crossing. Additionally, a new channel will be constructed in uplands reducing the overall stream length from approximately 1,347 feet to 1,072 feet. The proposed project is part of the Paseo del Volcan Extension in the Arroyo Venada and its tributaries in Rio Rancho, Sandoval County, New Mexico.

COLORADO
Public Notice No.	Opening Date	Closing Date	Brief Description of Work
SPA-2005-00585-SCO	November 10, 2009	December 11, 2009	We are requesting public comment on a proposed El Paso County Umbrella Wetland Mitigation Bank, Falcon Vista Site.
SPA-2009-00661-SCO	November 4, 2009	November 17, 2009	The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, (Corps) is evaluating a permit application to construct the Arkansas River whitewater Park extension project, which would result in impacts to approximately 0.5 acres of waters of the United States and/or navigable waters of the United States in the Arkansas River, in Salida, Chaffee County, Colorado. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments.
SPA-2009-00622-SCO	October 21, 2009	November 11, 2009	The application is for a permit to place/discharge dredged and/or fill material as Sand Creek Sanitary Sewer Protection at Palmer Park Boulevard in Sand Creek, in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado. The project will the construction of a 10 foot high grouted riprap drop structure and the temporary access for the construction.
NWO-2007-1337-DEN	August 11, 2009	September 28, 2009	The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Omaha District Regulatory Branch, Denver Office, is beginning to review a request for permit authorization, pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, from Million Conservation Resource Group (MCRG), to construct a proposed water supply pipeline project in Wyoming and Colorado, referred to as the Regional Watershed Supply Project (RWSP).
SPA-2009-00013-SCO	August 7, 2009	August 28, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. The application is for a permit to place dredged and fill material into waters of the U.S. associated with the construction of Creekside at Rockrimmon in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
SPA-2009-00342-SCO	June 12, 2009	July 3, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. The application is for a permit to place/discharge dredged and/or fill material as Sand Creek Channel Stabilization in Sand Creek in Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado.
SPA-1995-00131-SCO	May 13, 2009	June 4, 2009	We are requesting public comment on the following project before the above comment due date. The application is for a permit to temporarily place dredged fill material as a linear underground raw water pipeline stream/wetland crossings and construction of three outfall structures in the Arkansas River and in tributary streams/wetlands, from Pueblo Reservoir Dam north to Colorado Springs, Pueblo and El Paso Counties, Colorado.
NWO-2007-1337-DEN	March 20, 2009	May 19, 2009	The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of a proposed water supply project in Wyoming and Colorado, referred to as the Regional Watershed Supply Project (RWSP). Construction of the proposed RWSP is expected to require a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit. The Project is proposed by Million Conservation Resource Group (MCRG), which is a private water development group. The RWSP proposes to provide approximately 250,000 acre-feet per year of new annual firm yield to meet a portion of the projected water supply needs of southeastern Wyoming and the Front Range of Colorado on a perpetual basis through 2030 and beyond.

TEXAS
Public Notice No.	Opening Date	Closing Date	Brief Description of Work
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