Nationwide Permit 29 – single family housing

Nationwide Permit 29 allows discharges of dredged or fill material into non-tidal waters of the US, including non-tidal wetlands, for the construction or expansion of a single-family home and attendant features (such as a garage, driveway, storage shed and/or septic field). The activity must meet the following criteria:

• The discharge does not cause the loss of more than 1/4-acre of non-tidal waters of the US, including non-tidal wetlands;
• The permittee has taken all practicable actions to minimize the on-site and off-site impacts of the discharge. For example, the location of the home may need to be adjusted on-site to avoid flooding of adjacent property owners;
• The discharge is part of a single and complete project;
• Sufficient vegetated buffers must be maintained adjacent to all open water bodies, streams, etc., to preclude water quality degradation due to erosion and sedimentation.

(www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwo/reg/nwpcond.htm; www.usace.army.mil/inet/functions/cw/cecwo/reg/decdoc96/29nwdd96.pdf)

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