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Chicago District Projects

Projects in Alphabetical Order

Air National Guard - Environmental Assessments

Burns Waterway Harbor Dredging

Cady Marsh Ditch

Calumet Harbor and River/Chicago Area Waterway System Feasibility Study

Calumet Harbor Rock Removal

Calumet Region Environmental Infrastructure

Chicago Harbor and Lock

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barriers

Chicago Shoreline

Cook County Environmental Infrastructure, IL

Des Plaines River - Phase I

Des Plaines River – Phase II

Dutch Gap Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project

Forest View Levee, IL

Fort Sheridan, IL

Illinois Beach State Park

Indiana Harbor and Shipping Canal Confined Disposal Facility

Kinnickinnic River

Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting

Lake Michigan Interceptor, Highland Park, IL

Lake Michigan Waterfront, Portage Park

Lansing Calumet City

Little Calumet River, IN

Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve

McCook Reservoir

Menomonee River Ecosystem Restoration

Michigan City Harbor, IN

Milwaukee Harbor, WI

Morton Arboretum

Nippersink Creek, IL

Northerly Island

Paul Douglas Woods

Post Flood Damage Surveys

Ravine 8 Highland Park

Ravine 10 Highland Park

Sheboygan Harbor, WI

South Branch Pike River

Spring Creek Valley

Thornton Reservoir

Veteran's Park Lagoon

Waukegan Harbor

Waukegan Harbor Dredging

Westminster, East Garden Grove

Project Partnership Agreements (PPA)

Bull Creek, Zion IL

Burnham Prairie (506)

Butler PCA Amendment

Calumet Prairie & Ivanhoe PPA Amendment

Calumet Prairie & Ivanhoe South PPA

Chicago Area CDF

Chicago Botanic Garden PCA Amendment #2

Chicago Botanic Garden PCA Amendment #1

Chicago Botanic Garden

Chicago Shoreline PCA3

Chicago Shoreline PCAs

CSSC Barrier II PCA

CSSC Barrier II PCA Amendment

Cuneo Street Section 206

Deer Creek Flood Reduction (205) PCA

Des Plaines Phase I executed PCA

Dune Acres, IN Emergency Shoreline Protection Project PCA

Eugene Field (206)

Fox River 205 PCA

Ft Sheridan PPA

Highland Park Section 14 Emergency Shore Protection Project PCA

Hofmann Dam PPA

Horner Park (206) PPA

Indian Ridge Marsh (1135)

Indiana Harbor CDF PCA

Jackson Park (506) PPA

Little Calumet River Cady Marsh Ditch

Little Calumet River Riparian PPA

Little Caluet River LCA with Amendments 1 and 2

Lake Michigan Waterfront - Portage Park PPA

McCook PCA 1999

McCook PCA Amendment 1

Morton Arboretom PPA

Nippersink Creek (206) PPA

North Branch Chicago River

Northerly Island (506)

Northside Preparatory and Von Steuben High School

Orland Perimeter (506)

Orland Tract (206)

Ravine 8 (506) PPA

Rosewood Park PPA

South Water Filtration Plant Lake Michigan

Thornton PCA Amendment 1

Weed Street Section 206

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Completed Projects

Ambler Flatwoods

Burnham Prairie Restoration

Calumet Prairie and Ivanhoe South Restoration

Chicago Botanic Garden

Deer Creek, Village of Ford Heights

Eugene Field, IL

Hegewisch Marsh GLFER

Indian Ridge Marsh, Chicago, IL

Little Calumet River Riparian Restoration

Orland Perimeter Restoration

Orland Tract Restoration

Rosewood Park Coastal

Saganashkee Slough-McMahon Woods

Sixty-third (63rd) Street Dune

Weed St., Chicago River

Project Review Plans

This section contains various documents relating to projects undertaken by the USACE Chicago District.

Review Plans:

Joliet CAP Section 205 Review Plan (posted 05/23/22)
Ambler Flatwoods Review Plan (posted 10/7/14)
Bubbly Creek Final IEPR Report (posted 7/17/14)
Bubbly Creek Peer Review Plan (posted 7/13/12)
Bubbly Creek Decision Document Review Plan (5/5/14)
Calumet Harbor Dredged Material Management Plan (posted 12/3/12)
Calumet Harbor Dreding Material Management Plan Approval (posted 12/3/12)
Calumet Harbor and River Operations & Maintenance Review Plan (posted 1/17/13)
Calumet Harbor and River Operations & Maintenance Review Plan Approval (posted 1/17/13)
Calumet Prairie and Ivanhoe South Restoration Review Plan (posted 12/11/12)
Cedar Lake Review Plan and Approval (posted 9/19/13)
Chicago Harbor Breakwater Review Plan (posted 8/15/14)
Chicago Harbor Lock Chamber Floor Repairs Review Plan (posted 9/3/20)
Chicago Harbor Lock and Chicago River Controlling Works Water Control Manual Review Plan (posted 11/6/14)
Chicago Shoreline Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/21/13)
City of Elkhart Dams Review Plan (posted 12/11/12)
CSSC Aquatic Nuisance Species Dispersal Barriers Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/26/13)
Deep River Review Plan (posted 7/30/14)
Des Plaines I Review Plan (posted 1/23/13)
Des Plaines I Review Plan Approval (posted 5/9/13)
Des Plaines River Phase II Review Plan and Approval (posted 5/17/13)
DuPage River Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/16/16)
Forest View Review Plan and Approval (posted 4/6/16)
Ft. Sheridan Review Plan (posted 1/3/2013)
Glenview Small Flood Risk Management Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/14/18)
Grand Calumet River Peer Review Plan (posted 7/13/12)
GLMRIS CAWS Review Plan (posted 1/10/13)
GLMRIS CAWS Review Plan Approval (posted 5/2/13)
Great Lakes Tributary Model Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/21/13)
Hegewisch Marsh Review Plan and Approval (posted 4/29/13)
Horlick Dam Review Plan (posted 4/13/2021)
Horner Park Review Plan and Approval (posted 6/27/13)
Illinois Beach State Park (posted 10/11/13)
Indian Ridge Marsh Reveiw Plan and Approval (posted 2/14/13)
Indiana Harbor Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/27/13)
Indiana Shoreline Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/26/13)
Jackson Park Review Plan (posted 1/16/14)
Jeorse Park Review Plan (posted 7/2/14)
Lake George Restoration Review Plan (posted 7/28/20)
Lake Michigan Diversion Accounting Review Plan and Approval (posted 4/2/13)
Lake Michigan Interceptor, Highland Park Review Plan and Approval (posted 3/21/13)
Lansing Calumet City Review Plan (posted 6/22/20)
Little Calumet River Flood Risk Reduction Implementation Phase (revised 2/21/17)
Little Calumet River Riparian Restoration Review Plan (posted 12/11/12)
Lockport Prairie Review Plan (posted 3/11/14)
McCook Levee Review Plan (posted 8/21/17)
McCook Reservoir Review Plan (posted 1/24/13)
McCook Reservoir Review Plan Approval (posted 1/24/13)
McCook Reservoir Expanded Stage 2 Review Plan (posted 5/19/2017)
Michigan City Review Plan (posted 8/15/14)
Nippersink Creek Review Plan (posted 12/18/13)
Northerly Island Review Plan (posted 12/11/12)
Orland Tract Revew Plan and Approval (posted 2/26/13)
Paul Douglas Woods Review Plan (posted 11/25/13)
Portage Park Review Plan (posted 10/7/13)
Powderhorn Lake Review Plan and Approval (posted 3/21/13)
Programmatic Review Plan for Routine Operations and Maintenance Products (posted 1/10/13)
Ravine 8 GLFER 506 Review Plan and Approval (posted 2/8/13)
River Riparian Review Plan (posted 2/16/16)
Rosewood Park Review Plan (posted 10/7/13)
Saganashkee Slough Review Plan and Approval (posted 4/2/13)
Sauk Lake Dam Review Plan (posted 7/30/14)
South Branch Pike River Review Plan (posted 4/13/2021)
Spring Creek Valley Review Plan and Approval (posted 9/19/13)
Trail Creek Review Plan (posted 2/8/18)
O&M Review Plan for Waukegan Harbor Approach Channel Dredging (posted 4/8/13)
Waukegan Harbor Breakwater Repairs Review Plan (posted 9/4/20)
Waukegan Harbor CAP 107 (posted 3/27/18)
Waukegan Outer Harbor Review Plan (posted 7/13/12)
Waukegan Review Plan Approval (posted 7/13/12)
Wolf Lake Review Plan and Approval (posted 7/16/14)
WRDA Section 1122 Review Plan (posted 4/2/21)
Zion Beach-Ridge Plain Review Plan and Approval (posted 6/27/13)

Public Notices

PROPOSED ALTERATION TO A FEDERAL CIVIL WORKS PROJECT

8/8/2022

SCOPING NOTICE: PROPOSED CATEGORICAL PERMISSION FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT THE CAT ISLAND DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT FACILITY...

Environmental Assessment for water main improvements in Richton Park, Cook County, Illinois

4/16/2015

An Environmental Assessment for water main improvements in Richton Park, Cook County, Illinois was made available for public review on April 16, 2015. Public comments must be received by May 16, 2015...

Environmental Assessment for sewer improvement project, Valparaiso, Porter County, Ind.

7/15/2014

Environmental Assessment released July 15, 2014, for 30-day public review, for project alternatives and a recommended plan for sewer improvements in Porter County. The project would improve the...

Environmental Assessment for sewer improvement project, Hermit Lake, Lake County, Ind.

6/4/2014

Environmental Assessment released June 6, 2014, for 30-day public review, for project alternatives and a recommended plan for sewer improvements in Lake County, Ind. The project would improve the...

Environmental Assessment for sewer improvement project, Lake Station, Ind.

5/21/2014

Environmental Assessment released May 21, 2014, for 30-day public review, for project alternatives and a recommended plan for sewer improvements in Lake Station, Ind. The proposed project would remove...

Environmental Assessment, Permanent Electric Barrier I

6/18/2013

Environmental Assessment, Permanent Barrier I, Lockport Pool, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Will County, Illinois, June 17, 2013. Assessment with Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on the...

Draft Environmental Assessment, Permanent Electric Barrier I

4/2/2013

Draft Environmental Assessment, Permanent Barrier I, Lockport Pool, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC), Will County, Illinois for the proposed construction of electric Permanent Barrier I, an...