DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CESAM-RD-M APRIL 19, 2024

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, MOBILE DISTRICT

P.O. BOX 2288

MOBILE, AL 36628-0001

CESAM-RD-M APRIL 19, 2024

PUBLIC NOTICE NO. SAM-2023-00981-APS

JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE)

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

OFFICE OF POLLUTION CONTROL (MDEQ)

WETLAND FILL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN ACCESS ROAD ASSOCIATED WITH

A PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL PARK, POPLARVILLE, PEARL RIVER COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPI

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This District has received an application for a

Department of the Army (DA) permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33

USC 1344. Please communicate this information to interested parties.

APPLICANT: Pearl River County Board of Supervisors

Attention: Mr. Adrain Lumpkin

P.O. Box 569

Poplarville, MS 39470

LOCATION: The project is located adjacent to the intersection of Mississippi Highway

26 and Interstate 59, Section 28, Township 2 S, Range 15 W, Latitude 30.843626 N,

Longitude --89.501329 W, within the Mississippi Coastal watershed (8-digit USGS HUC:

03170009), Poplarville, Pearl River County, Mississippi.

PROPOSED WORK: The applicant proposes to fill 3.93 acres of scrub/shrub wetlands

for an access road associated with the development of an industrial park adjacent to the

intersection of Mississippi Highway 26 and Interstate 59 in Poplarville, Pearl River

County, Mississippi. The total project site is approximately 130 acres in size of which

63.85 acres have been identified as wetlands. Impacts include the discharge of

approximately 30,000 cubic yards of clean fill material into 3.93 acres of scrub/shrub

wetlands. The applicant proposes to purchase the required mitigation credits from a

USACE approved mitigation bank within the service area or utilize the Mobile District

proximity multiplier for mitigation purchase outside of the service area if no mitigation

banks are available within the service area.

WATER QUALITY: The Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Certification Rule

(Certification Rule, 40 CFR 121), requires certification for any license or permit that

authorizes an activity that may result in a discharge. The applicant is responsible for

requesting certification and providing required information to the certifying agency. As of

the date of this public notice, the applicant has not submitted a certification request to

the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (certifying authority).

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HISTORIC PROPERTIES: In accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic

Preservation Act, and Appendix C of 33 CFR 325, the undertaking defined in this notice

is being considered for the potential to affect historic properties. In accordance with

Appendix C of 33 CFR 325, the Corps has determined the permit area consists of the

entire undertaking in waters of the United States, which includes the footprint of the

proposed fill areas. The National Register of Historic Places will be consulted for

properties listed, or eligible for listing, in the National Register, which are known to exist

and would be affected by the proposed work. The Mobile District is seeking comments

regarding the existence, or the potential for existence, of significant cultural and historic

properties within the permit area. At this time, the USACE, Mobile District has made no

determination regarding potential effects of the project on cultural/historic resources.

Further coordination with the State Historic Preservation Officer and/or federally-

recognized American Indian tribes will be performed as determined to be appropriate.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Preliminary review of this application and the U.S.

Department of the Interior’s List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

indicate the following federally-listed species are known or expected to occur within the

project area: Wood Stork (T), Red-cockaded woodpecker (T), Black Pine Snake (T),

Gopher Tortoise (T), Dusky Gopher Frog (E), and Louisiana Quillwort (E). At this time,

the USACE, Mobile District has made no determination regarding potential effects of the

project on the above-listed species. Further coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (USFWS) and NMFS will be performed as determined to be appropriate.

COMMENTS: This public notice is being distributed to all known interested persons in

order to assist in developing facts on which a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers can be based. For accuracy and completeness of the record, all data in

support of or in opposition to the proposed work should be submitted in writing setting

forth sufficient detail to furnish a clear understanding of the reasons for support or

opposition.

The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable

impact including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public interest. That

decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important

resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal

must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which may

be relevant to the proposal will be considered including the cumulative effects thereof;

among those are conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns,

wetlands, historic properties, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values,

land use, navigation, shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and

conservation, water quality, energy needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral

needs, consideration of property ownership and, in general, the needs and welfare of

the people.

The Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public; Federal, State, and local

agencies and officials; Indian Tribes; and other interested parties in order to consider

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and evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity. Any comments received will be

considered by the Corps of Engineers to determine whether to issue, modify, condition

or deny a permit for this proposal. To make this decision, comments are used to assess

impacts on endangered species, historic properties, water quality, general

environmental effects, and the other public interest factors listed above. Comments are

used in the preparation of an Environmental Assessment and/or an Environmental

Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. Comments are

also used to determine the need for a public hearing and to determine the overall public

interest of the proposed activity.

Any person may request, in writing, within the comment period specified in this notice,

that a public hearing be held to consider this application. Requests for public hearings

shall state with particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.

Evaluation of the probable impacts involving deposits of dredged or fill material into

waters of the United States will include the application of guidelines established by the

Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Correspondence concerning this Public Notice should refer to Public Notice Number

SAM-2023-00981-APS and should be directed to the District Engineer, Mobile District,

Regulatory Division, Mobile, Post Office Box 2288, Mobile, Alabama 36628-0001,

Attention: Greg Christodoulou, or submitted electronically at

Gregory.s.christodoulou@usace.army.mil, 251-387-1066. Copies of all comments

should be furnished to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Office of

Pollution Control, Post Office Box 2261, Jackson, Mississippi 39225.

All comments should be received no later than 30 days from the date of this

Public Notice.

For additional information about our Regulatory Program, please visit our web site at

www.sam.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory.aspx.

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