Factors that may be relevant to the public interest may include, but are not limited to, such things as conservation, economic development, historic properties, cultural resources, environmental impacts, water quality, flood hazards, floodplains, residual risk, induced damages, shoreline erosion or accretion, and recreation.Įnvironmental Compliance. The review team will determine the probable impacts of the proposed alteration, including cumulative impacts, on the public interest. Injurious to the Public Interest Determination. The review team will determine if the proposed alteration would limit the ability of the federally authorized project to function as authorized, or would compromise or change any authorized project conditions, purposes, or outputs. Impacts to the Usefulness of the USACE Project Determination. Review of the proposed alteration will be reviewed by a USACE technical review team considering the following factors: The benefits which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposed alteration must be balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. The decision whether to grant the request for the alteration under Section 408 is based on several factors which are outlined in Engineer Circular 0. An approval under Section 408 does not grant any property rights or exclusive privileges nor does it authorize any injury to the property or rights of others. A requestor has the responsibility to acquire other authorizations required by federal, state, and local laws or regulations, including any required permits from the USACE Regulatory Program.
This request will be reviewed pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 USC 408). Located on the Arkansas River at navigation mile 366.6, about 5 miles northwest of Webbers Falls in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. The Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project was authorized by McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in the River and Harbor Act approved JProject Document HD 758, 79th Congress, 2d Session. Proposed alterations and modifications related to the proposed project are the operation and maintenance responsibilities of the non-federal sponsor, UPN, and would be implemented at no cost to the federal government.Īuthorized purposes of the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project include hydropower and navigation. As such, UPN is requesting 33 U.S.C Section 408 approval from USACE-SWT to occupy and alter a portion of the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project to accomplish the proposed project. The HDD will be at a minimum of 15 feet under the deepest point of the river channel at 460 msl. The proposed conduits will be 1,288 feet long with the directional drilling entry point on the westside of the river and an exit point on the east side of the river south of the U.S. The proposed relocation would be installed via horizontal direction drill (HDD).
The two 2-inch diameter conduits will carry fiber optic communication cables serving Northeastern Oklahoma east of the Arkansas River. Route 62 bridge at the Arkansas River to under the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) and within US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE-SWT) administered fee lands at the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam Project ( Figure 1). Unite Private Network, LLC (UPN, Requester) in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, is proposing to relocate a segment of its existing fiber optic communication line from to the U.S. She spent two years working in the private sector supporting local, state and federal projects. In 2015, Kalli left Tulsa to return to Texas. She started as a student intern at the Tulsa District and by 2015 had become the Deputy Chief of the Engineering and Construction Division at the Tulsa District. Kalli’s career with the USACE began in 2001. She grew up in Amarillo, Texas but spent a lot of time in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University from which she holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, and a Master of Science in Engineering Technology. Kalli is a true success story and model USACE leader. She works with districts to improve engineering and construction activities. Kalli Egan, the regional acquisition program manager at Southwestern Division, focuses on strategies and technical integration. Army Corps of Engineers has already invested thousands of hours into studying, planning, designing and contracting the project. By the time the first shovels break ground on a new civil works or military construction venture, the U.S.
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