Open for comment · closes December 6
Stop Capling SR29 Mine from filling 5.15 acres of freshwater wetlands
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · freshwater herbaceous wetlands (5.15 acres), SR 29 corridor wetland system
- What
- A commercial excavation mine would permanently destroy 5.15 acres of freshwater herbaceous wetlands along the SR 29 corridor.
- Where
- freshwater herbaceous wetlands (5.15 acres), SR 29 corridor wetland system
- How much
- 5.15 acres of freshwater herbaceous wetlands in the SR 29 corridor would be filled and excavated to build a 140.11-acre commercial mining operation.
- By when
- Comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by December 6, 2026.Date from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System) ↗, read November 9, 2026.
What to ask forAll 3 points →
Authorizing discharge of dredged or fill material into 5.15 acres of freshwater herbaceous wetlands to build a commercial excavation mining operation destroys wetland habitat that cannot simply be replaced.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Army Corps public notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- By whenDecember 6, 2026, from Army Corps public notice (Regulatory Request System), its comment end date ↗. Read November 9, 2026.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
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Comment now3 holes in the agency’s own analysis
Make these points, in your own words
- Authorizing discharge of dredged or fill material into 5.15 acres of freshwater herbaceous wetlands to build a commercial excavation mining operation destroys wetland habitat that cannot simply be replaced.
- The proposed 140.11-acre commercial excavation mine along the SR 29 corridor would permanently alter the wetland system that runs through that landscape.
- Filling freshwater herbaceous wetlands for mining purposes eliminates the water filtration, flood control, and wildlife habitat functions those wetlands provide to the surrounding area.
Say something only you can say. The law requires the agency to consider and respond to substantive comments, and specifics are what make a comment substantive.
PLAN's read: high threat
A commercial excavation mine would permanently destroy 5.15 acres of freshwater herbaceous wetlands along the SR 29 corridor.
What’s at risk
If this goes through
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
Discharge dredged or fill material to construct approximately 140.11 acres of commercial excavation mining operation including impacts to approximately 5.15 acres of freshwater herbaceous wetlands.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
This fight isn’t bound to a map place in PLAN’s record yet. The notice names freshwater herbaceous wetlands (5.15 acres), SR 29 corridor wetland system; none is a unit on the threatened lands map, so there’s no place page to open or watch.
In court on this ground
This fight isn’t bound to a land unit in PLAN’s record yet, so there are no court cases to show for its ground.
Who holds the vote
PLAN’s record doesn’t tie a member of Congress to this fight yet. The scorecard grades the votes and bills that decide public lands; nothing joins a vote or a bill to this decision, so there’s no member to name here without guessing.
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