The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, issued a permit today to ExxonMobil Corporation and PTE Pipeline LLC (ExxonMobil), to place fill material in waters and wetlands and structures in navigable waters to construct the Point Thomson Project on Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain adjacent to the Beaufort Sea. The Corps issued the permit under the authorities of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act.