Corps invites public comments on proposed Lower Snake River Channel Dredging project

WALLA WALLA—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, invites the public’s comments on the draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and the Lower Snake River Channel Maintenance Immediate Need Dredging for Commercial Navigation Environmental Assessment (EA).

The Corps proposes to restore the lower Snake River federal navigation channel by removing sediment below the Ice Harbor Dam navigation lock near Pasco, Wash., and near the confluence of the lower Snake and Clearwater rivers near Clarkston, Wash., and Lewiston, Idaho.

The proposed dredging and disposal would occur durin...