Proposed Reissuance of Nationwide Permits with Regional Conditions
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permits with Regional Conditions (SPN-20-62 Nationwide Permit Reissuance)
Regulatory Branch
Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201
Regulatory Branch
Philadelphia District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Wanamaker Building
100 Penn Square East, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390
The Water and Science Administration is reviewing the following request for a State Water Quality Certification, 20-WQC-0050, and Coastal Zone Consistency Determination concurrence. Pursuant to COMAR 26.08.02, Regulation .10 Water Quality Certification, and 15 C.F.R. Section 930.42 Subpart C of the Coastal Zone Management Act, the Maryland Department of the Environment is required to give public notice of this application. Section 401 of the Clean Water Act requires the State of Maryland to issue a Water Quality Certification for any federally permitted project which may result in the discharge of dredged or fill material to waters or wetlands of the State. The purpose of the water quality certification is to advise the federal agency as to whether the permitted activity will or will not comply with Maryland’s water quality standards. The purpose of the consistency determination is to advise the federal agency as to whether the federal activity will be consistent with Maryland Enforceable Policies approved under Maryland’s Coastal Zone Management Program.
Description: 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 for discharges of dredged or fill material into Waters of the United States with 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.
Location: State of Maryland
Related Documents and Notices
Decisions from Maryland regarding the ACOE request for Water Quality Certification and a Coastal Consistency Determination for the Proposed Reissuance of the Nationwide Permits
2021
2020
- Final Transmittal Signed NWP WQC CZM 2020
- Final WQC Attachments NWP 2020
- Final CZM Attachments NWP 2020
- FINAL signed CZM NWP - 15 DEC 2020
- Final signed WQC NWP - 15 DEC 2020
Updated 12/5/2020:
CANCELLED HEARING- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reissuance of Nationwide Permits pre-scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on December 15, 2020
Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is cancelling the pre-scheduled virtual public hearing on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reissuance of Nationwide Permits that was pre-scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on December 15, 2020 for only the proposed work in the draft Nationwide Permits and request for Water Quality Certification.
MDE did not receive any valid hearing requests during the open public comment period of October 23-November 23, 2020 by 5:00 p.m. As such the hearing is canceled.
- Public Notice - Reissuance of Nationwide Permits - October 23, 2020
A virtual public hearing has been pre-scheduled for December 15, 2020, 6:00 PM. (The pre-scheduled public hearing will be cancelled if no hearing requests are received by 5:00 p.m. on November 23, 2020.)
How to participate: Registration is not mandatory but highly recommended if you wish to provide a verbal statement. Registration sign-up can be located at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8686206041216401932 or contacting the assigned MDE Project Manager, Denise Clearwater by email denise.clearwater@maryland.gov or by Telephone No.(410) 537-3781. In order to join the hearing from your computer, tablet or smartphone participants should register at
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8686206041216401932 and directions will be electronically forwarded to the email provided. If internet service is not available, the participant may call 1-877-309-2071 and then enter access code 692-807-654 to hear the public hearing. Please note telephoning via a landline will not allow participants to provide oral statements during the hearing but will only provide the ability to listen. Information and/or testimony can be presented by participants during the hearing if connected by the internet or, if provided to MDE by December 8, 2020 at 5:00 pm MDE can read on behalf of the participant. Please refer to the Virtual Hearing Registration FAQs for additional information.
- Virtual Hearing Registration FAQs
ACOE Relevant Documents and Notices
The draft Nationwide Permits and draft regional conditions and associated documents may be viewed at the following links:
https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Public-Notice-View/Article/2364484/spn-20-62-nationwide-permit-reissueance-request-for-comments/
https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Regulatory-Program-and-Permits/Nationwide-Permits/
- Publication of Proposed Rules - Federal Register (33 CFR Chapter II) - September 15, 2020
- Maryland WQC Prefiling Letter.pdf - September 23, 2020
- Maryland CZMA Letter - September 24, 2020
- Maryland CZM Draft RC NWP - September 30, 2020
- Proposed Regional Conditions for Maryland, 2020 Nationwide Permits - Enclosure - September 30, 2020
- Final 2020 Nationwide Permit Suspensions - Enclosure - September 30, 2020
- Nationwide Permits Reissuance, Coastal Consistency Determination, Coastal Zone Management Act, Maryland Extension - October 8, 2020
- MD WQC Request, ACOE - October 15, 2020
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CZMA Maryland Enforceable Policy Determination - October 19, 2020
- WQC Extension Letter - October 28, 2020
