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Comments sought on dock plan.


Byline: The Register-Guard

NORTH BEND North Bend is the name of several places in the United States of America:
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 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on a permit application from Ocean Terminals Co. to expand its dock in North Bend.

The corps originally permitted the work in July 1997 but construction wasn't started before the permit expired last April 30. A second evaluation of the application is required because the original permit expired.

The proposed work would drive a 1,400-foot steel bulkhead 400 feet on the inboard Built in. Inboard devices are built into the main unit. Contrast with outboard. See onboard.  side of the existing dock and 200 feet to the south end of the dock, tying it to the bank. The bulkhead would extend 800 feet north of the existing dock.

The project would also require that 134,000 cubic yards of fill material be discharged into the area. The fill would consist of about 66,000 cubic yards of clean sand from an upland Upland, city (1990 pop. 63,374), San Bernardino co., S Calif., in a citrus-fruit region at the foot of the San Gabriel Mts.; inc. 1906. Citrus fruits and grapes are packed and processed in the city. Paint, orchard heaters, auto parts, and feed products are also made.  site and 68,000 cubic yards of material that would be dredged from a 3.2-acre area in front of the existing dock.

The dredged material would be used to backfill back·fill  
n.
Material used to refill an excavated area.

tr.v. back·filled, back·fill·ing, back·fills
To refill (an excavated area) with such material.
 behind the bulkhead.

The project also would require installing 1,000 cubic yards of rock riprap rip·rap  
n.
1. A loose assemblage of broken stones erected in water or on soft ground as a foundation.

2. The broken stones used for such a foundation.

tr.v.
 along 500 linear feet of the bank and construction of a 50-foot-by-800-foot dock, requiring 194 concrete piles and construction of a concrete superstructure superstructure /su·per·struc·ture/ (soo´per-struk?chur) the overlying or visible portion of a structure.

su·per·struc·ture
n.
A structure above the surface.
 on top.

The original permit required the applicant to turn a 24.7-acre site with emerging wetlands into an inter-tidal wetland area.

For a copy of Public Notice 1995-00501, which describes the proposed project in detail, write to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CENWP-OP-GP (Ron Marg), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946, or call (503) 808-4390.

A copy of the notice, including photocopies of supporting drawings, is posted on the corps' Internet site at www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/g/notices/199500501.pdf.

Written comments must reach the corps by April 4 and should be mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CENWP-OP-GP (Ron Marg), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946. Send e-mail comments to Ron.E.Marg@usace.army.mil. Comments must reference the public notice number.

The corps will evaluate the impact of project on endangered species endangered species, any plant or animal species whose ability to survive and reproduce has been jeopardized by human activities. In 1999 the U.S. government, in accordance with the U.S. , cultural resources, water quality, general environmental effects and other public interest factors.

It will evaluate the permit request under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

No permit will not be issued until the state has concurred with the applicant's certification that the project complies with the State Coastal Zone Management Program, Section 307 of the Coastal Zone Management Act The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 USC 1451-1464, Chapter 33; Pub.L. 92-583, October 27, 1972; 86 Stat. 1280) was an Act of the United States Congress passed in 1972 to encourage coastal states to develop and implement coastal zone management plans.  of 1972, and Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
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Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Mar 8, 2002
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