To whom it may concern: The purpose of this notice is to advise the public that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Northwestern Division has approved the use of special emergency processing procedures in accordance with 33 CFR § 325.2(e)(4) for the National Energy Emergency established by Executive Order (EO) 14156, which was issued on January 20, 2025 under the President’s legal authorities, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and section 301 of title 3, United States code. These special emergency processing procedures have been approved pursuant to Sec. 4 of 14156 for activities associated with the identification, siting, production, transportation, refining, and generation of domestic energy sources, including energy infrastructure, that require Department of the Army authorization under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and/or Section 103 of the Marine Research, Protection, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended. For the reasons stated in Sec. 1 of EO 14156, the President has found that insufficient energy production, transportation, refining, and generation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to our Nation’s economy, national security, and foreign policy and declared a national emergency on the basis of those findings. The President has found in Sec. 4 of EO 14156 that significant economic hardship could be experienced if corrective action requiring a permit is not undertaken within a time period less than the normal time needed to process the application under standard permitting procedures for activities meeting the terms of the declared emergency, and has directed agencies to use, to the fullest extent possible and consistent with applicable law, emergency USACE permitting provisions to facilitate the Nation’s energy supply.
The purpose of this public notice is to announce the establishment of the special emergency processing procedures for the purposes of EO 14156 and provide information to the public about those special emergency processing procedures.
If you have any questions concerning these special emergency processing procedures, please contact Ms. Kristen Hafer at (503) 956-0863 or Kristen.A.Hafer@usace.army.mil.
Seattle District's procedures are located at: https://www.nws.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Regulatory/News-and-Updates/.
Omaha District's procedures are located at: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll15/id/8798.
Portland District's procedures are located at: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll9/id/3063.
Kansas City District's procedures are located at: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll15/id/8821.
Walla Walla District's procedures are located at: https://www.nww.usace.army.mil/Business-With-Us/Regulatory-Division/Public-Notices/Article/4153322/special-public-notice-for-walla-walla-district-implementation-of-special-emerge/.