28 Sep 2015

Updated BEI and CE Templates

Expiration date: 10/30/2015

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) South Pacific Division, including its Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles Districts, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board), and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), as potential participants in Interagency Review Teams (IRT), have updated the standard Bank Enabling Instrument (BEI) template and the Conservation Easement (CE) template for use in the development of mitigation banks that are within, or that propose service areas within the State of California. This notice is to inform interested parties of the availability of the draft updated templates and to solicit comments from interested parties. This notice may be viewed at: http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNoticesandReferences.aspx.

11 Sep 2015

SPN-2009-00443

Expiration date: 10/26/2015

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Pacific Division (Corps) has posted Public Notice SPN-2009-00443 to www.spk.usace.army.mil/Media/RegulatoryPublicNotices.aspx and http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/PublicNoticesandReferences.aspx. The Corps is evaluating a permit application submitted by Panoche Valley Solar, LLC., for the discharge of fill material into 0.121 acre of waters of the U.S. for the construction of a 246 MW solar facility. This notice is to inform interested parties of: the publishing of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed project, the location, date and time of the public meetings, and to solicit comments on the proposed project. The proposed project site is located approximately 0.75 miles north of Panoche Road, east and west of Little Panoche Road, Latitude 36.63149° North, Longitude 120.86622° West, in San Benito County, California. Written comments and/or a request for a paper copy of the notice may be submitted to regulatory permit specialist Lisa Gibson at 1325 J Street, Room 1350, Sacramento, California 95814, email Lisa.M.Gibson2@usace.army.mil, or telephone 916-557-5288. Comments must be received by October 26, 2015.