Issue Date: July 17, 2025
Expiration Date: August 1, 2025
Corps Reference: PM-F-Section 408 0218-FY25 Home Renovation on Cowlitz Levee Project, Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington
15-Day Notice
This Public Notice announces the Section 408 review of the Home Renovation on Cowlitz Levee.
Portland District is reviewing a Home Renovation project on the Cowlitz Levee in Longview, Washington for a Section 408 permission as established in Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended, and codified at 33 U.S.C. 408.
Alteration of a federally authorized project: This project proposes to replace and improve an existing 28- by 28-foot semi-enclosed lean-to style porch on the back (east) side of the house with a gabled porch including a 224 square foot new concrete slab on grade and two 28- by 28- by 28-inch corner footings surrounded by a four-foot-tall pony wall. One new 18- by 18- by 8-inch concrete footing would be added in the crawlspace under the house to support a new vaulted ceiling. The project would replace an existing stair to the door on the west (front) side of the house and add 48 linear feet of 4-foot-wide sidewalks around the west and north side of the house. Additionally, a 4-foot concrete masonry unit retaining wall would be added on the north side of the house (landward side of the levee) to accommodate a new heat pump unit. The proposed project may alter the Consolidated Diking and Improvement District No. 1 Cowlitz River Levee and therefore require authorization from USACE, pursuant to 33 USC 408 (Section 408). Section 408 provides authority to the Secretary of the Army to grant permission for the alteration or modification of USACE federal civil works projects when, in the judgment of the Secretary, such alteration or modification will not be injurious to the public interest and will not impair the usefulness of the project.
Consideration of Comments: USACE is soliciting comments specific to this project from the public, federal, state, and local agencies and officials, and other interested parties. Comments will be considered in determining whether it would be in the public interest to proceed with this action.
All comments received will become part of the official record and are subject to public release under the Freedom of Information Act including any personally identifiable information such as names, phone numbers, and addresses.
Comments: Interested parties may submit, in writing, any comments directed specifically to this proposal and not to other regulatory processes administered by USACE or other government agencies pertaining to the Home Renovation on Cowlitz Levee
Comments should refer to PM-F- 0218-FY25 - Home Renovation on Cowlitz Levee and the date of this Public Notice (July 17, 2025) and be electronically submitted by the comment due date (August 1, 2025).
Comments must be sent electronically to section408nwp@usace.army.mil. Message subject MUST SAY: Public Notice PM-F- 0218-FY25 Home Renovation on Cowlitz Levee.
Alternatively, comments can be sent and be postmarked by the comment due date (August 1, 2025).
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
ATTN: Ms. Sally Bird-Gauvin
P.O. Box 2946
Portland, Oregon 97208-2946.
For additional information, please send email to: section408nwp@usace.army.mil, attention to: Sally Bird-Gauvin. This public notice is issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District.
Map showing the project location for Section 408 Permission 0218-FY23. Project. The project is located at a private residence at 1404 River Road, Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington.