The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, (Corps) and the New Mexico Environment Department, Surface Water Quality Bureau (NMSWQB) are evaluating a permit application from the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) for the proposed Vado East Levee Rehabilitation Project to construct Flood Control Improvements to the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) in Vado, New Mexico, which would result in: constructing and enhancing 1.08 miles of levee on the east bank, thereby shifting and widening the river channel westward approximately 175 feet within the project area, and causing unavoidable impacts to approximately 2.06 acres of riparian habitat adjacent to the Rio Grande. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments.