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:14',t PUBLIC NOTICE
<br /> US Army Corps
<br /> of Engineers NATIONWIDE PERMITS*
<br /> Portland District
<br /> Issue Date: February 14, 1992
<br /> On November 22, 1991, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published in the Federal Register, the fmal rule
<br /> of its nationwide permit regulatory program authorized by Section 10 of the River and Harbor Act and Section 404
<br /> of The Clean Water Act. The nationwide permits as described below are now in effect for the State of Oregon.
<br /> Nationwide permits are an integral part of the Corps regulatory program. They can authorize certain minor
<br /> activities in waters of the United States provided the proposed work meets the terms and conditions of the particular
<br /> nationwide permit and in certain circumstances is granted water quality certification from either Oregon Department
<br /> of Environmental Quality (DEQ) or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is found consistent with the
<br /> Oregon Coastal Management Program by Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD).
<br /> The nationwide permits are found in the Federal Register at 33 CH( 330, Appendix A, and are described below.
<br /> Additional information regarding the regulatory program may be obtained from:
<br /> U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
<br /> ATTN: CENPP -PE -R
<br /> P.O. Box 2946
<br /> Portland, Oregon 97208 -2946
<br /> Telephone 503- 326 -7730
<br /> Where fill or dredged material will be placed in waters of the United States for nationwide permits 6, 7, 12,
<br /> 14, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, 33, 34, 36, and 40, water quality certification must be obtained from DEQ. This
<br /> requirement does not apply to tribal lands or lands with exclusive federal jurisdiction, such as National Parks, where
<br /> EPA has water quality certification authority. In these areas for nationwide permits 7, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21,
<br /> 23, 26, 33, 34, 36, 37, and 40, water quality certification must be obtained from EPA. In addition, for these areas,
<br /> there are regional conditions required by EPA for nationwide permits 3, 4, 13, 27, 36, and 38 (see pages 14).
<br /> Nationwide permit activities in or affecting Oregon's coastal zone must be consistent with the Oregon Coastal
<br /> Management Program where DLCD has administrative authority. Nationwide permits 1, 5, 9, and 24 have been
<br /> given coastal zone management consistency concurrence. All other nationwide permit activities affecting the coastal
<br /> zone require DLCD concurrence. (See "Further Information ", 6, (below) for the definition of the Oregon Coastal
<br /> Zone area.)
<br /> Further Information
<br /> 1. District Engineers (DEs) have authority to determine if an activity complies with the terms and conditions of
<br /> a nationwide permit (NWP).
<br /> 2. NWPs do not obviate the need to obtain other federal, state, or local permits, approvals, or authorizations
<br /> required by law.
<br /> 3. NWPs do not grant any property rights or exclusive privileges.
<br /> 4. NWPs do not authorize any injury to the property or rights of others.
<br /> * this notice includes minor corrections to the original public notice
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