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CWA Section 401 Certification

CWA Section 404 Guidance Documents

  • Memo-US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and EPA Coordination on Geographic Jurisdiction under CWA 404
  • Feb 2007 Memo-Approval of EPA R6 Requested Special Case Designations for JD NWK-2007-1410; NWK-2006-1014; NWK-2007-808; and disapproval NWK-2007-1717
  • Memorandum: Action items from the joint Department of the Army and EPA memorandum dated 08 July 2015, Paragraph 3, “Improving the Permit Process”
  • Memorandum: Coordination between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Geographic Jurisdiction under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
  • Memorandum: Region VII Policy Special Case Regarding First-Order Ephemeral Streams in Kansas City District Office
  • Memorandum: Revision to Delegation of Authority 2-43, Section 404 Dredged and Fill Material Permitting
  • Scope of Waters of the US following the Supreme Court Decision in SWANCC (EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0801-0002) - Legal Memorandum

- Source: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0801-0002

  • Transmittal of Department of the Army Memo on “Decision in National Mining Association et al. v. Jackson et al.”
  •  WORKING AGREEMENT: US Coast Guard, COE, EPA, FWS, NOAA, FHWA To Coordinate and Improve Planning, Project Development, and the NEPA Review and Permitting for Major Infrastructure Projects Requiring the Preparation of an EIS

- Source: https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/nepa/documents/working_agreement_2-22-18.pdf

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