US Army Corps of Engineers Public Notices

This page provides access to public notices issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New England District for regulatory/permitting, engineering/planning, navigation, and programs/project management. The public notices give local, state, and federal agencies, the general public, Native American Tribes, and interested groups and organizations an opportunity to provide comments or concerns to the Corps. The comment period is generally 30 days but may be longer or shorter. Comments submitted to the Corps are reviewed and are part of the evaluation process before a decision or determination can be made by the Corps on that proposed project, activity, or permit.

Visit the USACE Permit Finder to view maps and status information about jurisdictional determinations and permit decisions by the Corps Regulatory program.

Public Notices with Open Public Comment Periods

Comment Period Closes	Notice	Supporting Materials	State
2022-02-24	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Running Tide Technologies. This work is proposed in the Atlantic Ocean, 65 nautical miles off the coast of Massachusetts, at Fippennies Ledge. The work would involve the placement of 30 vertical kelp lines for the purpose of advancing research on the use of kelp for carbon sequestration.		MA
2022-02-10	A permit application from the New Brunswick Power Corporation to conduct work in waters of the United States in the Saint Croix River off Poorhouse Lane at Calais, Maine.	Interactive Map	ME
2022-01-31	BREAKWATER REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ISLES OF SHOALS HARBOR OF REFUGE FEDERAL NAVIGATION PROJECT RYE, NH & KITTERY, ME		ME

Public Notices with Recently Closed Public Comment Periods

Comment Period Closed	Notice	Supporting Materials	State
2022-01-14	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the City of New Haven, Connecticut. This work is proposed in waters and wetlands at East Shore Park in New Haven and involves the discharge of temporary and permanent fill below the high tide line (HTL) for the installation of a living shoreline.		CT
2022-01-14	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc., in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The proposed work involves beach nourishment along 3.8 miles of the Duxbury Beach Reservation property that will address current and future erosion along Duxbury Beach.		MA
2021-12-23	A permit application from Massachusetts Department of Transportation to conduct work in French River, Little River, Texas Pond, nine unnamed intermittent streams, and associated vegetated wetlands in Charlton and Oxford, Massachusetts		MA
2021-12-23	A permit application from Maine Department of Transportation to place temporary and permanent fill below the ordinary high water mark of the Stillwater River at Old Town, Maine, in order to replace the two existing Stillwater Avenue bridges		ME
2021-11-21	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from 51 Spring Street, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568. This work is proposed in Vineyard Sound at 190 Beach Road Tisbury, MA.		MA
2021-11-18	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Kingfish Maine, Inc. This work is proposed in freshwater wetlands and intertidal/subtidal zones of Chandler Bay off Dun Garvin Road at Jonesport, Maine.		ME
2021-10-28	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Greystone Enterprises, LLC. This work is proposed in Woonasquatucket River at Goldsmith Street, Johnston, Rhode Island 02919.		RI
2021-09-24	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Town of Wellfleet, MA. This work is proposed off Kendrick Avenue in Wellfleet Harbor, Wellfleet, MA.		MA
2021-08-19	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from The City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The work involves both direct permanent and temporary discharges of dredged and fill material into wetlands and Waters for the United States along the proposed crossing of Little Bay between Durham and Newington (Fox Point) to install a drinking water transmission main.		NH
2021-08-19	A permit application from the Greater Augusta Utility District for work involving the replacement and rehabilitation, respectively, of the Greater Utility District’s existing 8” and 20” parallel cast iron sanitary sewer siphons (pipelines) and the installation of a new 16” water main and a new 16” sewer siphon beyond the mean high water line and buried below the bottom of the Kennebec River at Augusta, Maine.		ME
2021-08-12	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from 190 South Thames Street, LLC. This work is proposed in the Thames River at 190 South Thames Street, Norwich, Connecticut.		CT
2021-08-12	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from SHM Dauntless, LLC. This work is proposed in Connecticut River at 11 Ferry Street, Essex, Connecticut.		CT
2021-07-22	The District Engineer has received a permit application to conduct work and place fill in waters of the United States from the Vermont Agency of Transportation. The work is proposed at various locations along the existing 93-mile-long railbed, formally known as Lamoille Valley Railroad.		VT
2021-07-22	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Edge Cable Holdings USA, LLC. This work is proposed in the Nahant Bay/Atlantic Ocean in the waters of Lynn, Rockport, Gloucester, Manchester By-the-Sea, Beverly, Salem, Marblehead, and Swampscott, Massachusetts.		MA
2021-07-08	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Blue Water Fisheries. This work is proposed in the Piscataqua River, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and two open water sites within the Atlantic Ocean.	Interactive Map	NH
2021-06-24	Three After-the-Fact permit applications to retain work in waters of the United States from the Town of Guilford, Connecticut		CT
2021-05-27	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)		MA
2021-05-24	2020 Update of National Wetland Plant List (NWPL)		All
2021-05-20	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Town of Lubec		ME
2021-05-20	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Chester Point Marina		CT
2021-05-06	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Naval Submarine Base New London		CT
2021-05-05	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from Town of FarmingtonME		ME
2021-04-16	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Vermont Agency of Transportation		VT
2021-04-15	A permit application to conduct work in waters of the United States from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)		MA
2021-04-03	Section 111 Shore Damage Mitigation Study Cape Cod Canal and Sandwich Beaches Sandwich, Massachusetts		MA
2021-03-15	Rye Harbor Dredging Designated Disposal Haul Route		NH
2021-03-01	Maintenance dredging of the Newburyport Harbor Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Newburyport, Massachusetts		MA

For More Information:

USACE New England District Regulatory/Permitting Division

USACE New England District Civil Works