SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE
YOUNGS RIVER LEWIS AND CLARK WATERLINE DRILLING, ASTORIA, OREGON, 408 REVIEW
Issue Date: April 23, 2024
Expiration Date: May 8, 2024
Corps Reference: PM-F-Section 408 0251-FY23 Youngs River Lewis and Clark Waterline Drilling Project, Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon
15-Day Notice
This Public Notice announces the Section 408 review of the Youngs River Lewis and Clark Waterline Drilling.
Portland District is reviewing the National Park Service proposal to conduct subsurface exploration to aid in a waterline installation below Jeffers Slough and the Lewis and Clark River.
Alteration of a federally authorized project: This project proposes to drill four borings along the Lewis and Clark River to aid in the installation design of a waterline to provide adequate fire flow for the Lewis and Clark National Historic Park and residents surrounding the area. Three of the borings would occur on land while one would be a barge-based boring. Two of the land-based borings are proposed within 100-feet of the Clatsop 5 - Lewis and Clark River Levee and the Clatsop Co. Diking Dist. No. 11 Levee.
Based on the proximity of the borings, they may alter the federal levee and therefore require authorization from the Corps, 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 Corps 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: The Corps 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 the Corps or other government agencies pertaining to the Youngs River Lewis and Clark Waterline Drilling
Comments should refer to PM-F- 0251-FY23 - Youngs River Lewis and Clark Waterline Drilling and the date of this Public Notice (April 23, 2024) and be electronically submitted by the comment due date (May 8, 2024).
Comments must be sent electronically to section408nwp@usace.army.mil . Message subject MUST SAY: Public Notice PM-F- 0251-FY23 Youngs River Lewis and Clark Waterline Drilling.
Alternatively, comments can be sent and be postmarked by the comment due date (May 8, 2024):
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.
