1. Permits for dams and dikes in navigable waters of the United 

 States. (Section 9 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899) 



2. Permits for structures or work in or affecting navigable waters 

 of the United States. (Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors 

 Act of 1899) (Table 9) 



3. Permits for discharges of dredged or fill materials into the 

 waters of the United States. (Section 404 of the Federal 

 Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972) (Table 10) 



4. Permits for ocean dumping of dredged materials. (Section 103 

 of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 

 1972) 



These sections review the activities affected by the particular authority, 

 when a permit application is required, the information required by the 

 Corps in a permit application, and the general criteria on which decisions 

 are based. Because the authorities overlap a great deal these sections 

 attempt to sort out considerations common to all provisions and specific 

 additional points for each special authority. The requirements are 

 cumulative. 



All permits are issued through a consolidated review process. Under 

 these four sets of authority, the Corps issues four types of permits [121]: 



1 . Nationwide Permits 



2. General Permits 



3. Individual Permits 



4. Letter of Permission 



Nationwide permits are issued in conjunction with the publication of 

 the regulations for the Corps permitting program. Individual permit 

 applications are not required for work authorized by nationwide permits, 

 principally work or structures with negligible impacts on the environment. 

 These permits contain basic conditions which must be respected in 

 completing the work or structures. 



Nationwide permits only authorize Discharges of Dredged and Fill 

 Material (Section 404) into certain Category 4 waters. The standards for 

 a nationwide permit are developed in coordination with EPA and the Fish 

 and Wildlife "Service. The District Cngtneer may require fndtvi^al 

 permits based on the public interest in specific areas by notifying owners 

 or operators in those areas that individual permits will be required. 



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