SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE
PACIFICORP POLE REPLACEMENT, PORTLAND, MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON, 408 REVIEW
Issue Date: October 23, 2025
Expiration Date: November 7, 2025
Corps Reference: PM-F-Section 408 0143-FY22 PacifiCorp Pole Replacement Project, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
15-Day Notice
This Public Notice announces the Section 408 review of the PacifiCorp Pole Replacement.
Portland District is reviewing an after-the-fact Section 408 request regarding PacifiCorp’s installation of a single utility pole along the landward toe of the Columbia River East Levee in Portland, Oregon, , managed by the Non Federal Sponsor, the Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District.
Alteration of a federally authorized project: This after-the-fact review is to determine whether the alteration of the federal levee system by the PacifiCorp’s removal and replacement of a single utility pole at the base of the Columbia River East Levee caused injury to the levee system. USACE instructed the requester, PacifiCorp, to provide data on the project techniques including backfilling, location, seepage analysis, compaction, and as-built of the completed project. The requester provided USACE with this material and USACE is reviewing this documentation to determine the impacts to the federal civil works project.
USACE is reviewing this project 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. While this project will not grant a permission to conduct the work, it will review the work done to determine if the project can be considered an authorized encroachment into the levee.
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 PacifiCorp Pole Replacement
Comments should refer to PM-F- 0143-FY22 - PacifiCorp Pole Replacement and the date of this Public Notice (October 23, 2025) and be electronically submitted by the comment due date (November 7, 2025).
Comments must be sent electronically to section408nwp@usace.army.mil. Message subject MUST SAY: Public Notice PM-F- 0143-FY22 PacifiCorp Pole Replacement.
Alternatively, comments can be sent and be postmarked by the comment due date (November 7, 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.
Project Location Map on the south side of Marine Drive at approximately 45.560046, 122.488656, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Project is located approximately 2000 feet west from the McGuire Point Marina entrance.