Public Notices

Interested parties are hereby notified that the Honolulu District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). APPLICANT: Leo Tudela, Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA), PO Box 501194, Saipan, MP 96950 AGENT: John Gourley, Micronesian Environmental Services, PO Box 502802 Saipan, MP 96950 WATERWAY AND LOCATION: The project would affect waters of the United States and navigable waters of the United States associated with Tanapag Harbor, Philippine Sea. The project/review area is at Delta Dock and in marine waters surrounding Delta Dock at the Commercial Port of Saipan, Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. PROPOSED WORK: The CPA requests authorization to rehabilitate and extend Delta Dock by excavating 1,925 cubic yards of sea floor within 0.17-acres, installing 928 linear ft of steel sheet piles, and discharging 22,682 cubic yards of dredged material, coral rock, and concrete within 0.46-acres below mean high water. The CPA also requests authorization to construct a boat ramp and pier at Delta Dock by excavating 1,480 cubic yards of sea floor within 0.27-acres, installing 411 linear ft of steel sheet piles, and discharging 3,527 cubic yards of dredged material, coral rock, and concrete fill within 0.27-acres below mean high water. AUTHORITY(S): This permit application will be reviewed under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 403).

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States (U.S.) as described below and shown on the attached drawings. APPLICANT: Anthony Camacho, CNMI Department of Public Works, Caller Box 10007, Saipan, MP 96950. AGENT: John Gourley, Micronesian Environmental Services, Post Office Box 502802, Saipan, MP 96950. LOCATION: In Saipan Lagoon at the west terminus of Chalan Hagoi, Lot No. 058 H 02, Susupe, Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (15.15142°N, 145.69949°E). See the enclosed figures for additional information regarding project location. PROPOSED ACTIVITY: The Department of Public Works (DPW) proposes to dredge 7,354 cubic yards (cy) of accreted sand from 0.68-acres of Saipan Lagoon to restore small vessel access around the boat ramp, excavate and dredge 5,550 cy of material from 0.48-acres to remove the damaged Sugar Dock, and discharge 9,105 cy of material to reconstruct Sugar Dock at the same location and to the same basic design. DPW also proposes to discharge 306 cy of material into 0.04-acres of Saipan Lagoon to construct a low-profile jetty on the north side of the boat ramp to capture or redirect sand carried in the longshore current. Lastly, DPW proposes to conduct maintenance dredging in up to 0.68-acres over the next ten years, as needed, to maintain small vessel access to the public boat ramp. See “Additional Information” section enclosed for details regarding the DPW’s proposed Best Management Practices to minimize impacts. AUTHORITY(S): This permit application will be reviewed under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344), Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 403).

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States (U.S.) as described below and shown on the attached drawings. APPLICANT: Anthony Camacho, CNMI Department of Public Works, Caller Box 10007, Saipan, MP 96950. AGENT: John Gourley, Micronesian Environmental Services, Post Office Box 502802, Saipan, MP 96950. LOCATION: In Saipan Lagoon at the west terminus of Chalan Hagoi, Lot No. 058 H 02, Susupe, Island of Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (15.15142°N, 145.69949°E). See the enclosed figures for additional information regarding project location. PROPOSED ACTIVITY: The Department of Public Works (DPW) proposes to dredge 7,354 cubic yards (cy) of accreted sand from 0.68-acres of Saipan Lagoon to restore small vessel access around the boat ramp, excavate and dredge 5,550 cy of material from 0.48-acres to remove the damaged Sugar Dock, and discharge 9,105 cy of material to reconstruct Sugar Dock at the same location and to the same basic design. DPW also proposes to discharge 306 cy of material into 0.04-acres of Saipan Lagoon to construct a low-profile jetty on the north side of the boat ramp to capture or redirect sand carried in the longshore current. Lastly, DPW proposes to conduct maintenance dredging in up to 0.68-acres over the next ten years, as needed, to maintain small vessel access to the public boat ramp. See “Additional Information” section enclosed for details regarding the DPW’s proposed Best Management Practices to minimize impacts. AUTHORITY(S): This permit application will be reviewed under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 USC 1344), Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 403).

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States (U.S.) as described below and shown on the attached drawings. APPLICANT: Kent R. Hendricks, Navy Region Hawaii, 400 Marshall Road, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), HI 96860. AGENT: Sherri R. Eng, Navy Facilities Engineering Systems Command Hawaii, 400 Marshal Road, JBPHH, HI 96860. LOCATION: The U.S. Navy Confined Disposal Facility (CDF) located at Waipio Peninsula, Waipahu, Hawaii (21.348° N; -157.974° W) and South Oahu Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (SOODMDS) offshore of the Island of Oahu (21.252° N; - 157.947° W). See the enclosed figures for additional information regarding project location. PROPOSED ACTIVITY: The applicant proposes to transport approximately 112,000 cubic yards (cy) of previously dredged material from the West Loch of Pearl Harbor to the SOODMDS, an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated open ocean disposal site located about eight miles south of Honolulu and four miles south of the Pearl Harbor entrance channel. See “Additional Information” section below for details regarding the project scope. AUTHORITY(S): This permit application will be reviewed under Section 103 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), as amended (33 USC § 1413).

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 drawings. The comment period ends on March 17, 2022. APPLICANT: Mr. Edward Moon, Naval Base Guam, PSC 455, Box 195, FPO AP 96540 WATERWAY AND LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED WORK: The proposed project is located below the mean high water line of the Pacific Ocean in Outer Apra Harbor with a terrestrial landing site near 13.4459, 144.6692, Polaris Point, Santa Rita, Guam. Guam Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site, also referred as Guam Deep Ocean Disposal Site (G-DODS): 3 nautical mile (nm) boundary diameter located 11 nm west of Apra Harbor, Guam (13.591667°, 144.478883°). PROPOSED PROJECT PURPOSE: The applicant’s stated purpose is to provide the local capability for vessels to measure their electromagnetic signature.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for performing three geotechnical investigative borings in Pago Pago Harbor at the Malaloa Wharf, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. Based upon the findings of the geotechnical investigations, the applicant would then select one of two design options for constructing an extension of the existing Malaloa Wharf. The proposed work would involve dredging approximately 10,930 cubic yards (cy) of harbor sediments to provide access to the shoreward side of the new wharf structure, installing sheet piles, and discharging about 10,276 cy of dredged material into 0.48 acres of navigable waters of the U.S.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District (Corps), is in receipt of a Department of the Army permit application requesting authorization for the proposed nourishment of the shoreline at Ala Moana Regional Park at 21.290763, -157.852046, TMK (1)2-3-037:001 and 025, at 1201 Ala Moana Boulevard, Honolulu, with sand dredged from two offshore sand recovery sites, all in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. This project has been assigned DA file number POH-2019-00194. Please reference this number in comments concerning this project. The comment period ends December 16, 2019.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for project POH-2017-00198 for stream clearing maintenance dredging with heavy equipment in 16 stream mouths and 63 mauka streams in 79 locations on Oahu, temporarily disturbing a total of ~150,900 linear feet of stream over the next five years as described in and shown on the drawings in the attached public notice.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attached drawings. The State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes to discharge dredged and fill material into waters of the United States (U.S.) to construct a 95-foot-long groin and nourish a portion of Kuhio Beach between two existing groins with sand borrowed from the Kuhio Beach Diamond Head basin for beach erosion control. The applicant estimates a total of 490 cy of fill material would be discharged below the high tide line into Mamala Bay (Pacific Ocean) at the boundary where the Kuhio Beach Park and Royal Hawaiian Beach sectors interface. The proposed activities would result in 0.16-acre of permanent impacts to waters of the U.S. and 0.13-acre temporary impacts to waters of the U.S.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the enclosed drawings. Ms. Suzanne Case of the Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes to maintain the Ala Wai Canal and the Manoa-Palolo Drainage Canal (MPDC) including maintenance dredging, the replacement of a 750-foot section of the Ala Wai Canal wall, and the removal of Hawaiian Electric Company’s (HECO’s) cables and concrete panels in the Ala Wai Canal between the Kapahulu Library and the Ala Moana Boulevard Bridge at 21.283122°, -157.826563°,TMKs (1) 2-3-036:000 and (1) 2-3-034:000 and in the Manoa-Palolo Drainage Ditch between Date Street and the Ala Wai Canal. The purpose of the maintenance activities is to maintain the Ala Wai Canal, an important sedimentation basin, drainage way, and aquatic recreation site in Honolulu, and to remove physical obstacles to future maintenance dredging in the Ala Wai Canal.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the enclosed drawings. Mr. Michael Eadie of KW Kona Investors LLC proposes to o continue repairs of the Kona Village Resort by completing utility line installation through filling the 28 tidally-influenced trenches that remain open in TMK 7-2-010:010 at 19.831081, - 155.984981, northeast of the Hulalai Resort and northwest of Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Kona, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. The purpose of filling the 28 trenches is to install utility lines as part of the repair and redevelopment of Kona Village

Alternative Permit Application Processing Procedures for Activities in Response to Hurricane Lane The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, will initiate alternative permit application processing procedures in response to emergency situations resulting from Hurricane Lane.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the enclosed drawings. The Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association (HKMCA) proposes to replace the existing sandbag groin with a larger L-head rock groin located along the Hawaii Kai Marina entrance channel at 21.280739°, -157.711508° and periodically move sand trapped by the groin to the beach east to TMKs (1) 3-9-002:001, 002, 003, 004, and 034 at 21.277678°, -157.709349° all in Maunalua Bay, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The purpose of replacement of the groin and sand backpassing is to maintain ingress and egress through the Hawaii Kai marina entrance channel, reduce the need for future maintenance dredging in the Hawaii Kai marina entrance channel, and reduce erosion along the east edge of Portlock Beach.

The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District (the “District”), will initiate alternative permit application processing procedures in response to conditions resulting from heavy rains beginning on April 14, 2018 (hereafter referred to as “April 2018 Hawaii Heavy Rains”). These alternate procedures will be utilized for a period of 6 months from the date of this Notice, or November 05, 2018.

UPDATE - Public Notice Comment period extended to July 4, 2018. 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 drawings. The proposed project is located in the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor and Pacific Ocean at 20.871932°, -156.678821°, TMKs (2) 4-6-001:002, 003, and 014 at 675 Wharf Street, Lahaina, Island of Maui, Hawaii. The project description is as follows, to be conducted in accordance with the project plans: The installation of a new ferry pier in the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor.

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 drawings. The proposed project is located in the Pacific Ocean at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge adjacent to Henderson Airfield, on the southeast side of Sand Island, Midway Atoll.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attached drawings. The proposed project is located at the Hanapepe River Bridge and Hanapepe River at mile post (M.P.) 16.6 Kaumualii Highway (Route 50), Hanapepe, Island of Kauai, Hawaii (TMK: [4] 1-9-007: 001 por. Hanapepe River, 013 por., and 034 por., and [4] 1-9-010: 014 por., 015 por., 046 por., and 050 por., Kaumualii Highway and Iona Road right-of-way).

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attachment. Castle & Cooke Homes Hawaii, Inc. proposes to discharge fill material into Kipapa Stream and an unnamed tributary to Kipapa Stream for the construction of an offsite detention basin (OSDB) as part of the overall drainage system for the proposed Koa Ridge Development project located in Waipio, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The purpose of the OSDB is to temporarily detain stormwater runoff generated from upstream developments to dampen and control the peak discharge entering Kipapa Stream.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attachments. The Navy Region Hawaii (Navy) proposes to dredge Bravo, Mike, Sierra Wharves and Hotel Piers in the East Loch, and the Upper Middle Loch of Pearl Harbor, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Dredged material removed from the Upper Middle Loch would be transported for ocean disposal at the South Oahu Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site. The purpose of the project to re-establish dredge depths at for wharves, piers, and mooring areas to maintain navigable waterways and berthing areas for the Navy.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attachments. The American Samoa Government, Department of Public Works proposes to make repairs to the Route 1 embankment and construct improvements to the existing rock revetment along 2,140 linear feet of shoreline in Pago Pago Harbor between Atu’u and Laulii (Leloaloa), Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. The purpose of the project is to repair Route 1 and stabilize the coastal shoreline to ensure safe ridership, maintain access between Pago Pago and Onenoa, and protect the roadway from future erosion and flood damage.

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 drawings. The proposed project is located in Inner Apra Harbor at X-Ray Wharf on Naval Base Guam, in Santa Rita, Guam. The Department of the Navy (Navy) is requesting a modification of Department of the Army (DA) permit No. POH-2014-00209 for the military construction (MILCON) project P-518 X-Ray Wharf Improvements Berth 1 to rehabilitate and modernize Berth 1 of the existing X-Ray Wharf in Inner Apra Harbor on Naval Base Guam.

Interested parties are hereby notified that a request has been received from the State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) to replace the Royal Hawaiian Groin in Waikiki, Island of Oahu, Hawaii

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 drawings and plans. NEC America Inc. and GTA (Teleguam Holdings LLC) propose to install six (6) new conduits to receive submarine fiber optic cables, and shortly after, land two new submarine cables in two of the conduits for the Southeast Asia‐U.S. (SEA‐US) telecommunication system linking Asia with Guam, Hawaii and California. The project is needed to complete the Guam link of the SEA‐US system with Asia and the rest of the U.S. The four spare conduits are needed to accommodate future cable landings anticipated by GTA. The proposed project would be located Project corridor would be located within tidal waters of Piti Bay and Tepungan Channel, Philippine Sea, Pacific Ocean located off Pedro Santos Memorial Park in Piti, Guam.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attached drawings. The DLNR Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) proposes to construct a boat ramp in the Kawaihae Small Boat Harbor South, TMK 6-1-003 Portion 026 , Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. The purpose of constructing the boat ramp is to improve navigation and water access for recreational watercraft in the Kawaihae area on the Island of Hawaii.

Interested parties are hereby notified that a request has been received from the City & County of Honolulu Storm Water Quality Branch to stabilize the banks of the Hele Channel between Akumu Street and Keolu Drive in Kailua, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for certain work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attached drawings. The Guam Fisherman’s Cooperative Association (GFCA) has requested reauthorization of their Department of the Army (DA) permit to reconstruct the existing GFCA facility. The proposed reconstruction will include the construction a new 215 linear foot (LF) vessel mooring dock and 110 LF gabion baskets shoreline stabilization and they have proposed to conduct maintenance dredging of the 8,600 square foot (SF) area in front the proposed vessel mooring dock for improved navigational access. The project details are depicted on the attached project plans (Enclosure 1). The primary purpose of the project is to provide island residents, fishermen, and visitors with an updated and safer fish processing and retail facility and to combat erosion of the existing shoreline.

Interested parties are hereby notified that a request has been received from the Hawaii Kai Marina Community Association (HKMCA) to modify the subject Department of the Army (DA) permit to dispose of materials dredged from the marina at Rim Island No. 2 located in the Hawaii Kai Marina, Kuapa Pond, Island of Oahu, Hawaii

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 drawings.The proposed project is located within the Pacific Ocean at Faleasao Harbor, Ta’u Island, American Samoa.

Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army (DA) permit for authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, Regulatory Office for certain activities in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the attached drawings. The proposed dredging project is located at Piers 40 to 45 in Honolulu Harbor, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii. Tax map keys (TMKs) (1) 1-2-025: 009, 011, 012, 016, 017, 040, 071, 076; TMK (1) 1-5-032, 002 and 043; and TMK (1) 1-5-041: 111 and 296).

Interested parties are hereby notified that a Department of the Army permit application has been received for work in waters of the United States as described below and shown on the enclosed project drawings. The applicant’s stated purpose is to allow the current class of multi-purpose auxiliary support ships (T-AKE class) safe navigation to X-Ray Wharf, Naval Base Guam’s designated supply wharf, and to provide adequate berthing facilities that meet current design criteria.The Navy proposes to construct a new 35’ X 742’ (0.6 acre) closed cell sheet pile wharf with mooring and fendering systems seaward of the existing North Berth (Berth 1) of X-Ray Wharf. The area between the new sheet piling and the existing wharf face would be backfilled and capped with a concrete deck platform.