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Regulatory

Regulatory Program - Ohio

Published Jan. 17, 2024

We are diligently working to process your requests. We work on a first come-first served basis.  Our target response time for most small projects is 60 days from when we receive a complete application.  Larger projects are likely to require a longer review. Currently, we are facing some challenges including:

High submittal of requests: We are currently receiving a very high number of applications and jurisdictional determination requests, which has caused a longer response time for the Regulatory staff. Increased requests are a result of increased commercial/residential development, recent regulation changes, and other factors.

Recent regulation changes: There have been several substantial regulation changes in the past 12-18 months, which have required significant time for staff to be trained and for certain regulatory processes to be modified. These process changes have resulted in additional workload/staff time, which has also resulted in a longer response time for Regulatory staff.

Please note that early coordination makes the process easier for you! By contacting the Corps early in your planning, we can help guide you and understand your project’s needs and identify potential challenges. This will help us to work towards the appropriate authorization in as timely a manner as possible. Pre-application meetings are encouraged, particularly for larger projects.

We appreciate your patience and understanding, as we work through these challenges to help you get the authorization you need to complete your project.

 

If your project proposes impacts to waters of the United States (including wetlands), you should complete a permit application and submit it to the district office which covers your project. Submittal should include the appropriate documentation of your project including a location map, plan-view (top-view) and cross-section (side-view) drawings. 

See specific APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DIRECTIONS should be directed to the local regulatory office

Click here for the Individual Permit Application Form and here for the Nationwide Permit Pre-construction Notification form.  NOTE:  ENG Form 6082 is used for Nationwide Permits.  The document must be opened using Adobe Acrobat, it will not open in a web browser, right click the "Application Form" link and select "Save Link As" to download the application. Then go to the folder you downloaded to and open the PDF document. You may need to select "Enable All Features" to view the form in Adobe Acrobat.

  Individual Permit Application Form Instructions

Request for Jurisdictional Determination (JD)

Please mail completed forms to 

Buffalo District – LRB.Ohio.RegActions@usace.army.mil

Huntington District – LRH.permits@usace.army.mil

Louisville District – CELRL.Door.To.The.Corps@usace.army.mil

Pittsburgh District – Regulatory.Permits@usace.army.mil

If you do not have internet access, information may be submitted through the U.S. Postal Service to the appropriate Regulatory Office:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
ATTN: Regulatory Branch
1776 Niagara Street
Buffalo, New York 14207
Phone: (716) 879-4330
Fax: (716) 879-4310

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District
ATTN: Regulatory Division
502 Eighth Street
Huntington, West Virginia 25701-2070
Phone: (304) 399-5610
Fax: (304) 399-5805

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
ATTN: Regulatory Division
William S. Moorhead Federal Building
1000 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-4186
Phone: (412) 395-7155
Fax: (412) 644-4211

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
ATTN: CELRL-RD, Room 752
600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-0059
Phone: (502) 315-6733
Fax: (502) 315-6677

 

 

Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (Water Quality Certification [WQC]): An individual WQC may be required from the state.  The Corps recommends that you contact the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) to determine if this will be required for your project; click here for OEPA information.

Endangered Species:  The Corps is required to coordinate with the  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Ohio Ecological Field Office (OHEFO) for any proposed project (all permit types) that may affect a federally listed threatened or endangered species or their designed critical habitat. Specific to Nationwide Permits (NWP), General Condition 18 (Endangered Species), states that a pre-construction notification must be submitted to the Corps if a federally listed species is in the "vicinity" of an applicant's project. You can reach the USFWS OHEFO by address at 4625 Morse Road, Suite 104, Columbus, Ohio 43230, by phone at (614) 416-8993 or by email ohio@fws.gov

To obtain the most up to date information on federally threatened and endangered species applicants are encouraged to utilize the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Information for Planning and Consultation System (IPaC) found at https://ecos.fws.gov/ipac/

The Ohio Mussel Survey Protocol may be found at the following link:
https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/buy-and-apply/special-use-permits/collecting-research/ohio-mussel-surveyor

The rabbitsfoot mussel critical habitat map may be found at the following link:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2015-09200/page-24772

Indiana & Northern Long Eared Bats

Northern Massasauga

Piping Plover

For projects along Lake Erie:

Historic Properties: The Corps is required to coordinate with the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)  for any project (all types of permits) that may have the potential to cause effects to any property listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.  Specific to NWPs, General Condition 20 contained within, states that a pre-construction notification (PCN) is required for any project that may have the potential to cause effects to any historic properties listed, eligible for listing, or potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, including previously unidentified properties.  Prior to submitting a PCN, it is recommended that the applicant contact the Ohio SHPO.

The Ohio National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) can be found at the following link:
https://www.ohiohistory.org/preserve/state-historic-preservation-office/nationalregister

When reviewing a PCN, the Corps will scope appropriate historic property identification efforts and, if applicable, work with the applicant to take into account the effect of the proposed activity on historic properties.

The Ohio SHPO may be contacted at address at Ohio History Connection, 800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43211, by phone at (614) 297-2300, or by email at info@ohiohistory.org

Permit applicants are required to describe how they will avoid, minimize, and compensate for impacts to waters of the United States.  Unavoidable impacts may require compensatory mitigation to help offset the loss of functions and services.  Typically, compensatory mitigation for NWPs and RGPS will be required for permanent jurisdictional wetland losses greater than 0.1 acre, permanent wetland conversion greater than 0.1 acre, and permanent loss of streams greater than 3/100 acre.  Compensatory mitigation for IPs is typically required regardless of the acreage of loss of waters of the United States.  Compensatory mitigation for jurisdictional stream or other aquatic resource impacts will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Ohio Interagency Review Team issues joint public notice regarding "Guidelines for Wetland Mitigation Banking and In-lieu Fee Programs in Ohio, Version 2.0"

Regional General Permits: These are for small, specialized projects that are regionally available.

State

Permit Number

Authorized Activity

Jurisdiction

OH

 

ODOT transportation projects 

 Section 10 and Section 404

 

 

The Huntington District processes all highway projects where the Ohio Department of Transportation is the applicant.
All permits expire March 14, 2026. (Effective date in parenthesis)

1. Aids to Navigation (2/25/2022)
2. Structures in Artificial Canals (2/25/2022)
3. Maintenance (2/25/2022)
4. Fish and Wildlife Harvesting, Enhancement, and Attraction Devices and Activities (2/25/2022)
5. Scientific Measurement Devices (2/25/2022)
6. Survey Activities (2/25/2022)
7. Outfall Structures and Associated Intake Structures (2/25/2022)
8. Oil and Gas Structures on the Outer Continental Shelf (2/25/2022)
9. Structures in Fleeting and Anchorage Areas (2/25/2022)
10. Mooring Buoys (2/25/2022)
11. Temporary Recreational Structures (2/25/2022)
12. Oil or Natural Gas Pipeline Activities (3/15/2021)
13. Bank Stabilization (2/25/2022)
14. Linear Transportation Projects (2/25/2022)
15. U.S. Coast Guard Approved Bridges (2/25/2022)
16. Return Water From Upland Contained Disposal Areas (2/25/2022)
17. Hydropower Projects (2/25/2022)
18. Minor Discharges (2/25/2022)
19. Minor Dredging (2/25/2022)
20. Response Operations for Oil or Hazardous Substances (2/25/2022)
21.Surface Coal Mining Activities (3/15/2021)
22. Removal of Vessels (2/25/2022)
23. Approved Categorical Exclusions (2/25/2022)
24. Indian Tribe or State Administered Section 404 Programs (2/25/2022)
25. Structural Discharges (2/25/2022)
27. Aquatic Habitat Restoration, Establishment, and Enhancement Activities (2/25/2022)
28. Modifications of Existing Marinas (2/25/2022)
29. Residential Developments (3/15/2021)
30. Moist Soil Management for Wildlife (2/25/2022)
31. Maintenance of Existing Flood Control Facilities (2/25/2022)
32. Completed Enforcement Actions (2/25/2022)
33. Temporary Construction, Access, and Dewatering (2/25/2022)
34. Cranberry Production Activities (2/25/2022)
35. Maintenance Dredging of Existing Basins (2/25/2022)
36. Boat Ramps (2/25/2022)
37. Emergency Watershed Protection and Rehabilitation (2/25/2022)
38. Cleanup of Hazardous and Toxic Waste (2/25/2022)
39. Commercial and Institutional Developments (3/15/2021)
40. Agricultural Activities (3/15/2021)
41. Reshaping Existing Drainage Ditches (2/25/2022)
42. Recreational Facilities (3/15/2021)
43. Stormwater Management Facilities (3/15/2021)
44. Mining Activities (3/15/2021)
45. Repair of Uplands Damaged by Discrete Events (2/25/2022)
46. Discharges in Ditches (2/25/2022)
48. Commercial Shellfish Mariculture Activities (3/15/2021)
49. Coal Remining Activities (2/25/2022)
50. Underground Coal Mining Activities (3/15/2021)
51. Land-Based Renewable Energy Generation Facilities (3/15/2021)
52. Water-Based Renewable Energy Generation Pilot Projects (3/15/2021)
53. Removal of Low-Head Dams (2/25/2022)
54. Living Shorelines (2/25/2022)
55. Seaweed Mariculture Activities (3/15/2021)
56. Finfish Mariculture Activities (3/15/2021)
57. Electric Utility Line and Telecommunications Activities (3/15/2021)
58. Utility Line Activities for Water and Other Substances (3/15/2021)
59. Water Reclamation and Reuse Facilities (2/25/2022)

 

Section 10 Streams
Huntington District  Buffalo District
Scioto River………….…….175.0 miles Portage River…………...12.0 miles
Olentangy River……….……74.3 miles Maumee River…….To Ind. St. Line
Muskingum River…………112.5 miles Sandusky River………...96.0 miles
Walhonding River……………8.8 miles Huron River…………….10.0 miles
Tuscarawas River…… …...113.3 miles Cuyahoga River………....41.1 miles
Great Miami River………..117.0 miles Grand River……………..91.6 miles
Little Miami River………….90.7 miles  
E. Fk. Little Miami River……6.4 miles  
   
Louisville District Pittsburgh District
Ohio River below MP 438 Little Beaver Creek……..15.7 miles
  Middle Fk. L. B. Creek…17.3 miles
  North Fk. L. B. Creek…..14.3 miles  
  Mahoning River………...41.0 miles

 

Find the office nearest you


Contact a District Regulatory Office

Nashville District
615-736-7161
Detroit District
313-226-6413
Louisville District
502-315-6733
Buffalo District
716-879-4330
Chicago District
312-846-5530
Huntington District: Energy Resources (West VIrginia and Ohio)
304-399-5610
Huntington District: Regulatory/Permits (Ohio)
304-399-5210
Huntington District: South/Transportation Branch (West Virginia and Ohio)
304-399-5710
Pittsburgh District
412-395-7155
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Approved Jurisdictional Determinations and Permit Decisions

A jurisdictional determination is a decision by the Army Corps of Engineers as to whether areas on your property are regulated under federal statutes. A federally-regulated wetland, lake, pond or stream is called a "waters of the U.S."

Individual Approved Jurisdictional Determinations are now available (August 2015 - present) on the National Permitting and Jurisdiction Database.  Please Select the "AJD" tab on the top of the page, and then "LRD-Great Lakes and Ohio River Division" heading in the drop-down menu.

If you are unable to find a digital copy of an Approved Jurisdictional Determination in the Permitting Database, please contact the appropriate regulatory office below.

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