Chairman Schueck stated plaques would be forwarded appropriately. Crooked Creek Committee Report - Commissioner Goodhart Goodhart stated that the Committee requested to hear from the Corps of Engineers on the permitting program for wetlands, Section 404. Specifically in relation to Crooked Creek and riparian zones along Crooked Creek. Goodhart introduced Mr. Jerry Harris, Chief of the 404 Section in the Little Rock District of Corps of Engineers. Mr. Jerry Harris stated that Section 404 gives the Corps the authority to regulate any discharge of dredged or fill material into the creek or any adjacent wetlands.
Dredged material is a regulated activity.
An example is materials found in a mining operation and redeposited in a stockpile within the creek. Discharge of fill material addresses granual material such as rock used to stabilize a bank within the creek channel. The lateral extent or the geographic extent of the Corps 404 jurisdiction is the ordinary highwater mark within the creek's channel. The ordinary highwater mark is a physical line marked by the water action, noted by vegetation, shelving line, debris line, etc. This is the water level that fluctuates routinely during the wet season of the year.