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SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE: 40-MILE LOOP, 185TH TO INTERLACHEN, PORTLAND, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, 408 REVIEW

Portland District
Published Dec. 2, 2024
Expiration date: 12/17/2024
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Section 408 0169-FY23 Project Location Map. Showing project area between approximately 18525 and 19698 NE Marine Drive, Portland, Multnomah County, OR.

SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE
40-MILE LOOP, 185TH TO INTERLACHEN, PORTLAND, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, 408 REVIEW

Issue Date: December 2, 2024
Expiration Date: December 17, 2024
Corps Reference: PM-F-Section 408 0169-FY23 40-Mile Loop, 185th to Interlachen Project, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

15-Day Notice

This Public Notice announces the Section 408 review of the 40-Mile Loop, 185th to Interlachen Project.  

Portland District is reviewing the proposed construction of a new segment of the 40-Mile Loop Multi-Use Trail in Portland, Oregon.  

Alteration of a federally authorized project: This project proposes to construct a new segment of the 40-Mile Loop Multi-Use Trail along NE Marine Dr. between NE 185th Drive and NE Interlachen Lane.  The project would run parallel to the NE Marine Drive atop the landward shoulder and backslope of the Multnomah-Columbia River Levee East segment of the Columbia River Levee, a federally authorized civil works project.  The proposed project may alter the federal levee and therefore requires 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 40-Mile Loop, 185th to Interlachen Project.

Comments should refer to PM-F- 0169-FY23 - 40-Mile Loop, 185th to Interlachen and the date of this Public Notice (December 2, 2024) and be electronically submitted by the comment due date (December 17, 2024).  

Comments must be sent electronically to section408nwp@usace.army.mil.  Message subject MUST SAY: Public Notice PM-F- 0169-FY23 40-Mile Loop, 185th to Interlachen.

Alternatively, comments can be sent and be postmarked by the comment due date (December 17, 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.