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Regulatory Public Notices

As used by the Corps, the term "public notice" is an official, required government announcement of a proposed agency action, decision made or under consideration, public hearing or other activity.  Please download the attachment(s) associated with notice for the complete, formatted, public notice with tables, illustrations, maps and plans.

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Mitigation Public Notices

For all public notices pertaining to compensatory mitigation bank proposals or in-lieu fee mitigation sites developed by the North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services (NCDMS), please go to the Regulatory In-lieu Fee and Bank Information Tracking System website at https://ribits.ops.usace.army.mil/ords/f?p=107:2::::::

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  • SAW-2025-01708 Big Foot Slough

    Expiration date: 10/9/2025

    The Wilmington 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 Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). The applicant requests year-round authorization to perform maintenance dredging within a USACE Navigation federally authorized 106.4-acre dredge corridor (specifically between USCG buoys 9A and 13) known as Big Foot Slough using the Miss Katie or a similarly designed special purpose dredge. The channel will be not exceed 150ft-wide or a depth of -10ft MLLW with an allowable +2ft overdepth. Dredged material will be placed within the confines of the deep-water placement area utilized by USACE Navigation during their March 2025 maintenance event.

    Public Notice
    Project Plans

  • SAW-2024-01902 (Emergency Permit Application Processing Procedures for Hurricane Helene-Extension

    The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District is extending alternative permitting procedures in response to conditions resulting from possible erosion, and storm damage associated with recent passing of Hurricane Helene. These alternate procedures will be utilized until March 7, 2026.

    Public Notice

  • SAW-2025-01007 New Regional General Permit (RGP) for Emergency Situations

    Expiration date: 10/4/2025

    The DISTRICT ENGINEER, WILMINGTON DISTRICT, 69 Darlington Avenue, Wilmington North Carolina 28403, hereby proposes to issue Regional General Permit SAW-2025-01007 (RGP 07) 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). This general permit (RGP 07) would authorize the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S, including wetlands, and work or structures in navigable waters of the U.S. for necessary repair and protection measures for an emergency associated with a natural or environmental disaster that would cause only minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects, as described below. The permit would simplify and expedite processing of Department of the Army permits for minor, substantially similar activities, during emergency situations.

    Public Notice
    DRAFT Regional General Permit (RGP) 07

  • SAW-2025-01509 Village of Buxton Shoreline Projection Project

    Expiration date: 9/13/2025

    The Wilmington 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 Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). The purpose is to provide shoreline protection of NC Highway 12 and maintain oceanfront and dune systems to protect beach front infrastructure and provide storm damage reduction to public and private development in the Village of Buxton, Dare County, North Carolina. The applicant requests authorization to place sand along a 2.9-mile section of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Village of Buxton’s oceanfront shoreline. Beach quality sand would be dredged using a self-contained ocean-certified hopper dredge and/or a hydraulic pipeline dredge. Material would be obtained from a borrow area approximately 2-3 miles offshore of Buxton. Placement onto the beach would be accomplished via submerged pipeline with direct pump-out.

    Public Notice
    Project Plans

  • SAW-2025-01508 Village of Avon Shoreline Protection

    Expiration date: 9/11/2025

    The Wilmington 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 Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. §403). The purpose is to provide shoreline protection of NC Highway 12 and maintain oceanfront and dune systems to protect beach front infrastructure and provide storm damage reduction to public and private development in the Village of Avon, Dare County, North Carolina. The applicant requests authorization to place sand along a 2.5-mile section of the Village’s oceanfront shoreline. Beach quality sand would be dredged using a self-contained ocean-certified hopper dredge and/or a hydraulic pipeline dredge. Material would be obtained from a borrow area approximately 2-3 miles offshore of Avon. Placement onto the beach would be accomplished via submerged pipeline with direct pump-out.

    Public Notice
    Project Plans