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� . N26 INFORMATION SHEET NATIONWIDE GENERAL PERMIT WORK ABOVE HEADWATERS AND IN ISOLATED WATERS AND WETLANDS A Nationwide General Permit is a Department of the Army permit that is issued on a Nationwide basis for specific categories of activities that are substantially similar and cause nninirnu| environmental impacts. Nationwide permits are designed to allow the work to occur with little delay or paperwork.They are issued tosatisfy the requirements ofboth Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act o/1899and Section 404ofthe Clean Water Act, unless otherwise stated. No permit application is required for an activity covered by Nationwide permit. Nationwide permits are valid only if all the special conditions are met. Failure to comply with econdition means that the work must beauthorized by an individual or regional general permit issued bythe District Engineer. The Corps of Engineers has issued a Nationwide General permit for placing dredged or fill material in the following waters: a. Non-tidal rivers,streams,and their lakes and impoundments, including adjacent wetlands,that are located above the headwaters. The headwater is defined as point on a non-tidal stream where the average annual flow ioless than Gcubic feet per second. b. into isolated,non-tidal waters of the United States,including wetlands,that are not part ofasurface tributary system to interstate waters or navigable waters ofthe United States. This Nationwide General Permit e|in!inatesthe need for further processing for discharges which affect less than one acre mfthe above waters ofthe United States, including wetlands. A. EXCEPTION: Those discharges which cause the loss or substantial adverse modification of 10 acres or more of the above waters of the United States, including wetlands, are not permitted under this Nationwide permit. B. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: For discharges which cause the loss or substantial adverse modification ofone toten acres of the above waters ofthe United States,including wetlands,the District Engineer must benotified before beginningwork.Notification is not an admission thatthe proposed work would result in more than minimal impacts towaters ofthe United States; itsimply allows the District or Division Engineer to evaluate specific activities for compliance with general permit criteria. Notification must be in writing and include the following information: 1. Name,address,and phone number o/the general permittee. 2. Location of planned work (complete written description or indicated on a good quality map, i.*., USGSTopographic Quedran0|e). ]. Brie/description of the proposed work, its purpose, and approximate size ofthe waters, including wetlands,which would be lost orsubstantially adversely modified as a result ofthe work. 4. Copies of other Federal, State' or local permits and certifications obtained for the work. 5. Any other information that the permittee believes ioappropriate. C. THE NATIONWIDE PERMITTEE SHALL NOT BEGIN WORK: 1. Until notified by the District Engineer that the work may proceed under the Nationwide permit;or 2. until an individual permit is obtained (if the Division Engineer determines that the Nationwide permit will not app|y); or l until 20 days have passed from receipt of the permittee's notification by the District Engineer and nmnotice has been received from the District Engineer. D. SPECIAL CONDITIONS: The following special conditions must befollowed inorder for this Nationwide permit tohevalid: 1. The discharge will not be located in the proximity ofa public water supply intake.