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Nationwide Permit Program

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issues nationwide permits (NWPs) to authorize certain activities that require Department of the Army permits under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899.  The NWPs authorize activities that have minimal individual and cumulative adverse effects on the aquatic environment.  The NWPs authorize a variety of activities, such as aids to navigation, utility lines, bank stabilization activities, road crossings, stream and wetland restoration activities, residential developments, mining activities, commercial shellfish aquaculture activities, and agricultural activities. 

Click here for Federal Register notice for the March 2017 Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits.

Click here for a Summary of Nationwide Permits

Click here for the State of Louisiana 2017 Nationwide Permit (NWP) Regional Conditions

2017 Nationwide Permits

 

 NWP # NWP Description
    1     Aids to Navigation  
 2 Structures in Artificial Canals
 3 Maintenance
 4 Fish and Wildlife Harvesting, Enhancement, and Attraction Devices and Activities 
 5 Scientific Measurement Devices
 6 Survey Activities
 7 Outfall Structures and Associated Intake Structures
8 Oil and Gas Structures on the Outer Continental Shelf
9 Structures in Fleeting and Anchorage Areas
10 Mooring Buoys
11 Temporary Recreational Structures
12  Utility Line Activities
13 Bank Stabilization
14 Linear Transportation Projects
15 U.S. Coast Guard Approved Bridges
16 Return Water From Upland Contained Disposal Areas
17 Hydropower Projects
18 Minor Discharges
 19 Minor Dredging
20 Response Operations for Oil or Hazardous Substances
21 Surface Coal Mining Activities
22 Removal of Vessels
23 Approved Categorical Exclusions
24 Indian Tribe or State Administered Section 404 Program
25 Structural Discharges
26 [reserved]
27 Aquatic Habitat Restoration, Enhancement, and Establishment Activities
28 Modification of Existing Marinas
29 Residential Developments
30 Moist Soil Management for Wildlife
31 Maintenance of Existing Flood Control Facilities
32 Completed Enforcement Actions
33 Temporary Construction, Access, and Dewatering
34 Cranberry Production Activities
35 Maintenance Dredging of Existing Basins
36 Boat Ramps
37 Emergency Watershed Protection and Rehabilitation
38 Cleanup of Hazardous and Toxic Waste
39 Commercial and Institutional Developments
40 Agricultural Activities
41 Reshaping Existing Drainage Ditches
42 Recreational Facilities
43 Stormwater Management Facilities
44 Mining Activities
45 Repair of Uplands Damaged by Discrete Events
46 Discharges in Ditches
47 [reserved]
48 Existing Commercial shellfish Aquaculture Activities
49 Coal Remining Activities
50 Underground Coal Mining Activities
51 Land Based Renewable Energy Generation Facilities
52 Water-Based Renewable Energy Generation Pilot Projects 
53 Removal of Low-Head Dams
54 Living Shorelines