Home

Portland District

Run scraper

Freeman Rock

Basic information

Fill out these two fields at minimum.

— or —

How Big?

Where?

Links to source documents

Raw text

You can copy from here when filling out the rest of the page.

Tyler Krug is the Regulatory point-of-contact for this permit application from Freeman Rock, Inc. for work on the Chetco River, near Brookings, Ore.

PUBLIC NOTICE for Permit Application Issue Date: April 26, 2013 Expiration Date: May 25, 2013 US Army Corps of Engineers No: NWP-2006-927/1 30-Day Notice Oregon Department of State Lands No:

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army permit for certain work in waters of the United States, as described below and shown on the attached plan.

Comments: Comments on the described work should reference the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers number shown above and reach this office no later than the above expiration date of this Public Notice to become part of the record and be considered in the decision. Comments should be mailed to the following address:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tyler J. Krug: Tyler.J.Krug@usace.army.mil North Bend Field Office 2201 N. Broadway, Suite C North Bend, OR 97459-2372

Applicant: Freeman Rock, Inc. 99031 South Bank Chetco River Rd. P.O. Box 1218 Brookings, OR 97415

Location: The project is located in the Chetco River, from Mile 4.5 to 5.5, near Brookings, Curry Co., Ore. The site is in Sections 34 & 35 of Township 40 South, Range 13 West.

Waterway: Chetco River, River Mile 4.5-5.5, Curry Co., Ore.

Project Description: The applicant is proposing to remove up to 100,000 cubic yards of aggregate annually (up to 500,000 CY over the five-year life of the permit) from the Chetco River for the purpose of commercial sale. Aggregate would be harvested from several bars within a one mile river reach. The bars are located on both the north and south banks of the Chetco River. Due to the dynamic and changing bar formation and locations the actual removal areas would vary from year to year.

Aggregate would be removed utilizing bucket-equipped excavators and dump trucks. Pre-removal and post-removal cross-section surveys of the removal areas would be conducted annually. Work would occur during the summer in-water work window of the Checto River which is July 15 and Sept. 30.

Material harvested with the excavator would be hauled by dump trucks across the bar(s) to stockpiling and processing area located on the south bank of the river adjacent to the work areas.

Temporary crossings have been typically installed across the Chetco River annually to transport the material from the north bank locations to the stockpile site. The temporary crossing will consist of a 54-foot long railcar bridge mounted on a wheeled trailer, and installed using an excavator crossing the river to pull the wheeled trailer into place. Native material is pushed up to form the bridge ‘footings’ on each end, which may be inside the wetted channel of the river. The crossings are a few feet above the surface of the water, and generally remain in place for two to three months until completion of the work.All temporary crossings would be removed prior to the close of the in-water work window.

Following the completion of removal the bar will be graded and shaped to reduce the potential for fish stranding.

Mitigation: If a permit is issued, the Corps will determine what is appropriate and practicable compensatory mitigation.The amount of compensatory mitigation required shall be commensurate with the anticipated impacts of the project.

Purpose: Obtain aggregate for commercial purposes. The applicant has indicated the processed sand, gravel and concrete products are used to construct public and private infrastructure.

Drawings: Three drawings are attached and labeled Corp No. NWP-2006-0927-1 enclosure.

Additional Information: Additional information may be obtained from Tyler Krug, Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at 541-756-2097 or email Tyler.J.Krug@usace.army.mil.

Authority: This permit will be issued or denied under the following:

Section 404, Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344), for discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States.

Water Quality Certification: A permit for the described work will not be issued until certification, as required under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (P.L. 95‑217), has been received or is waived from the certifying state. Attached is the state's notice advertising the request for certification.

Section 404(b)(1) Evaluation: The impact of the activity on the public interest will be evaluated in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency guidelines pursuant to Section 404(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act.

Public Hearing: Any person may request in writing within the comment period specified in this notice that a public hearing be held to consider this application. Requests for public hearings shall state with particularity the reasons for holding a public hearing.

Endangered Species: Preliminary determinations indicate that the described activity may affect an endangered or threatened species or its critical habitat.Consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 844) will be initiated.A permit for the proposed activity will not be issued until the consultation process is completed.

Cultural Resources: An initial evaluation of the proposed project area indicates to the best of our knowledge, the described activity is not located on property registered or eligible for registration in the latest published version of the National Register of Historic Places. At this time the Corps is unaware of any cultural resource surveys of the project area.

This notice has been provided to the State Historic Preservation Office, interested Native American Indian tribes, and other interested parties. If you have information pertaining to cultural resources within the permit area, please provide this information to the Corps project manager (identified above in this notice) to assist in a complete evaluation of potential effects.

Evaluation: The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact including cumulative impacts of the described activity on the public interest.That decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important resources.The benefit, which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the described activity, must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments.All factors, which may be relevant to the described activity will be considered including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic properties, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, consideration of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.

The Corps is soliciting comments from the public; Federal, state, and local agencies and officials; Indian tribes; and other interested parties in order to consider and evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity.Any comments received will be considered by the Corps to determine whether to issue, modify, condition or deny a permit for this proposal. To make this decision, comments are used to assess impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental effects, and the other public interest factors listed above.Comments are used in the preparation of an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act.Comments are also used to determine the need for a public hearing and to determine the overall public interest of the proposed activity.

Additional Requirements: State law requires that leases, easements, or permits be obtained for certain works or activity in the described waters. These state requirements must be met where applicable, and a Department of the Army permit must be obtained before any work within the applicable Statutory Authority previously indicated may be accomplished. Other local governmental agencies may also have ordinances or requirements, which must be satisfied before the work is accomplished.

Freeman Bar 2005 Ortho Photo

Freeman Bar/DLS lands

Freeman Rock processing area/office/stockpiles/shop

71 Page

(!)

40S13W35 o

I

nct tu1W'SP'REPA11ED FOR ASSESSMfNT P\.II:POS£ ONLY

Zl

C

¥0 I

I

I

IOOFeooil

I

I

I

I

I

SECTION 35 T.40S. R.1 3W. W.M. CURRY COUNTY

CA!ICEUEl>:

1···oa

"'

,.,, .... "" 801 ""' ""' ''"

10l

!

21

\SEEWJI4011'SW21

..

.. .. """'

"'

tlO rtl Q..

-

00

,...

'IOl

I

"

201

... ,...

100

001 1502

11106

,..

""'

1000 1>11

1J5L

,. .....

·-.."_.,.._,. ---_. __ .. ___ -__ ·-· _ ......, ·-·

ftu~~IC

7t..

....ca. too

... ·~

'lliJ, tO"l 1 J80f

.,. _...

i

/

/

·-__...... ·--· ,

·-· ·--····

-

...=r.t~ .... i . .../ ...

.../

---·-··---..

\ .....

_........

_,,.··· /

35

JO

-RM

101312012

40S13W35

FREEMAN ROCK JUNE 2012

I

CHETCD RIVER F'EMA RMI33· BRASS DISK ON SE CORNER BRIDGE CURB ·cuRRY COUNTY [C4/1979· SET BY U.S. SOIL CONSERVATION. NGVD 29 DATUM 49.89'

CONTOUR PLOT

SURVEY DATES: 6/07/2012 GRAVEL BAR TOPO CROSS SECTIONS X-12 THRU X-34B

END OF" UPPER RIFFLE COMPLEX

HEAD OF SOUTHERLY BAR

N

SCALE 1'·

REGISTERED CONTOUR INTERVAL· 2 ' MINOR - 10' MAJOR VERTICAL DATUM· TO NGVD 29

NAVD 88, CONVERSION 3.36 F'EET MEASURED

=

LO"II/ "11/ATER SHOIJN ON CROSS SECTIONS ARE BASED ON 2005 SURVEY

X12 - X34-B· LOCATION Of CROSS SECTIONS

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR PHOtE: (541)287~ FAX: (M1t287el

Stuntzntill705 a..mt.st. P.O.IOX118

E .

.

~=. L

JOB 11: 12-3-(183 DATE:0611512012

-- · .... - · · -· SV: lMi

I

PREPARED FOR:

COOSIIAY,CIBDI 97.GO www.annr.caM ........ LIM8ane7111·l'cn*J· LIM. . . . -W........

FREEMAN ROCK CHETCO RIVER

BROOKINGS, OR

IAU! NAME:,,_, --21112-do!l

I SHEET 1 OF 1

Rough impact

We use the fields in this section to decide whether to conduct an in-depth review.

Permit Manager

Dates

Identity numbers

Permits, certifications, and locations related to this particular notice

History of edits

Data are available as CSV download in the following schemas