prop3PROPOSED ACTION:

Proposal to perform Maintenance Dredging on the Chain O Lakes in Lake County for 10 years in Lake County, Illinois. A detailed description of this proposal is provided on page 2 of this notice.

LOCATION OF PROPOSED ACTION:

Location: the Fox River – Chain of Lakes from the Illinois/Wisconsin state line to the dam in Algonquin, Illinois, just south of Illinois Route 62. The Fox River – Chain of Lakes (Chain) includes the immediate vicinities of Channel, Catherine, Marie, Bluff, Petite, Grass, Fox, Nippersink and Pistakee Lakes, and connecting channels. (Section 9, Township 45 N, Range 9 E.) Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received for a Department of the Army permit for the activity described herein and as shown on the attached drawings. You are invited to provide your comments by July 14, 2016 on the proposed work, which will become part of the record and will be considered in the decision. A permit will be issued or denied under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 403) and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1344).