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2020_SPN_NWP-LA-RC

Published Oct. 1, 2020
Expiration date: 11/16/2020
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NATIONWIDE PERMIT REISSUANCE AND NATIONWIDE PERMIT LOUISIANA REGIONAL CONDITIONS REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

Nationwide Permit Reissuance:  On September 15, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers published in the Federal Register its proposal to reissue the 52 existing nationwide permits (NWPs) and issue five new NWPs.  Nationwide permits are general permits issued on a nationwide basis to streamline the authorization of activities that result in no more than minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects. Many of the proposed NWPs require notification to the district engineer before commencing those activities, to ensure that the activities authorized by those NWPs cause no more than minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects.  

Commenting on National Issues Concerning the Proposed NWPs: The Federal Register notice is the public’s opportunity to comment on the proposed NWPs, general conditions, and definitions.  Comments on national issues relating to these NWPs should be submitted to docket number COE-2020-0002 at www.regulations.gov, or by email to nationwidepermits2020@usace.army.mil or by mail to Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Civil Works, ATTN: CECW-CO-R, 441 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20314-1000. Instructions for submitting comments are provided in the September 15, 2020 Federal Register notice. ALL comments on the proposed NWPs, their general conditions, and/or definitions are due by November 16, 2020 and should be sent using one of the above ways for submitting comments.

NWP Louisiana Regional Conditions:  Division engineers are authorized to add regional conditions specific to the needs and/or requirements of a particular region or state. Regional conditions are an important mechanism to help ensure that the adverse environmental effects of activities authorized by the NWPs are no more than minimal, both individually and cumulatively. Division engineers may also suspend or revoke specific NWPs in certain geographic areas (e.g., states or watersheds) or high-value aquatic systems where the adverse environmental effects caused by activities authorized by those NWPs may be more than minimal.

Commenting on Louisiana Regional Conditions: This public notice includes the proposed regional conditions (see attachment) currently under consideration by the US Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division for the State of Louisiana. The New Orleans District is seeking comments on these proposed regional conditions and/or the need for additional regional conditions for the State of Louisiana.   Comments on these proposed regional conditions can be sent to US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, ATTN: Brenda Archer, CEMVN-ODR, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 via regular mail or Brenda.A.Archer@usace.army.mil via email.  If you have questions, please call 504-862-2046.  ALL comments relating to the proposed Louisiana regional conditions, including any proposals for new Louisiana regional conditions, are due by November 16, 2020 and should be sent to the New Orleans District address or email address above.

 


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