CHANGES TO THE NATIONWIDE PERMIT PROGRAM

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has made changes to the Nationwide Permit Program including reissuing all the nationwide permits (with some modifications), and revising some of the General Conditions. On March 12, 2007, in Part II of the Federal Register (72 FR 11092), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced the reissuance of all existing Nationwide Permits (NWPs), general conditions, and definitions with some modifications. The Corps has also issued six new NWPs, two new general conditions, and 13 new definitions. The NWPs will be effective on March 19, 2007.

The Corps has issued final decision documents for the new and reissued NWPs. These documents are available on the Internet at http://www.usace.army.mil/cw/cecwo/reg/nwp/nwpfinal.htm and in Corps district offices. Furthermore, the NWP decision documents will be supplemented by Division Engineers to address decisions concerning regional conditioning of the NWPs.