13 May 2025

SAW-2025-00193 - Fisher's Reserve Residential Subdivision

Expiration date: 6/13/2025

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). The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding the described work. The proposed project at 1215 Saint Joseph St involves a residential development requiring the permanent discharge of fill into 2.0-acres of jurisdictional wetland waters. The impacts are necessary for constructing an access road and infrastructure to support the development of ten (10) residential lots (Lots 10-19). The total project site is 5 acres, with residential zoning and access from Saint Joseph Street.

5 May 2025

SAW-2017-01930 (PTAH, LLC-mixed use development; Old Southern Pines Water Plant Site)

Expiration date: 6/4/2025

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). The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding a proposed mixed use commercial and residential development that will provide 25 to 40 housing units at the old Southern Pines Water Plant property. The applicant requests authorization to permanently fill 1.22 acres of wetlands to facilitate the development of a mixed use commercial and residential development and associated infrastructure. The general footprint of the development is approximately 28.5 acres, and includes four (4) single family lots, eight (8) townhouse structures, one (1) commercial building, a parking lot, and associated infrastructure including ingress/egress (Figure 2). Additionally, the project proposes an elevated boardwalk across the floodplain of Mill Creek and its abutting wetlands. A portion of the project would result permanent above-grade fills within the mapped FEMA 100-year floodplain. The applicant also stated that the development includes the restoration of the former Southern Pines water plant constructed in 1925, that has fallen into disrepair. The restoration efforts on the water plant and construction in upland area has already begun.

30 Apr 2025

SAW-2022-00462 -Tamarack Land Development Middle Creek Village Subdivision

Expiration date: 5/30/2025

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). The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding the the following: The applicant is proposing to extend Middle Creek Drive in order to facilitate Phase IV of Middle Creek Village Subdivision. Authorization is requested to fill 0.25 acres of head water wetlands for the construction a road crossing extension, which will also contain a sidewalk and utilities to support Phase IV. The project is Phase IV of a phased development. Phase I of the project is complete, while Phases II and III are currently under construction with all approved impacts finalized. On August 25, 2022, a Nationwide Permit (NWP) 29 was obtained for the first phase of the project, allowing for impacts to 0.45-acre of jurisdictional 404 wetlands and 233 linear feet (0.044-acre) of stream impact (total impact of 0.494-acre). Due to project modifications, a second NWP 29 was issued to show a reduction in originally authorized impacts to 0.461-acre as well as authorize an additional 0.037-acre of permanent impacts and 0.01-acre of temporary impacts for Phase III. Total impacts for Phases I-III are currently 0.487 acres which includes 0.044 acres of stream impacts.

30 Apr 2025

NAO-2018-1574 (VMRC-25-0752) (Norfolk District) / SAW-2018-00887 (Wilmington District) Mountain Valley Pipeline-South Gate

Expiration date: 5/30/2025

CORRECTION – A correction is being issued for this public notice. The mitigation statement regarding stream mitigation in North Carolina has been amended to show that the applicant is proposing to mitigate for impacts to streams in the Wilmington District area of responsibility by purchasing credits at a 1 to 1 ratio from the from North Carolina Division of Mitigation Services In-Lieu Fee Program. This correction in the Compensatory Mitigation section has been shown in red text. The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the following request associated with Mountain Valley Pipeline – South Gate project has been submitted for a Department of the Army (DA) permit under the provisions of, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Wilmington District has found that this permit request meets the terms of EO 14156 and is therefore subject to special emergency permitting procedures to address an energy supply situation which would result in an unacceptable hazard to life, a significant loss of property, or an immediate, unforeseen, and significant economic hardship if corrective action requiring a permit is not undertaken within a time period less than the normal time needed to process the application under standard procedures. The applicant requests authorization from the Norfolk District and the Wilmington District to construct 31.3 miles of 30-inch diameter natural gas pipeline to transport natural gas from an interconnection point with the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to an interconnection point with the East Tennessee Natural Gas, LLC system (East Tennessee) in Rockingham North Carolina, and then to two new delivery points in Rockingham County, North Carolina. The overall proposed project would result in the permanent discharge of dredged and/or fill material into 114 linear feet (0.0093 acre) of streams, the temporary discharge into 6,417 linear feet (0.785 acre) of streams and 8.1535 acres of wetlands, and the permanent conversion of 8.8971 acres of forested and scrub-shrub wetlands to emergent wetlands.

15 Apr 2025

SAW-2024-01774 (King Asphalt, Inc-Asphalt Plant, Brunswick County)

Expiration date: 5/14/2025

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). The purpose of this public notice is to solicit comments from the public regarding the following proposed work: The applicant requests authorization to fill 1.280 acres of wetlands for the construction of aggregate storage yard for the proposed asphalt plant. The facility includes the construction of offices, mixing plant structure, access roads, storage area, and stormwater features.