Wetlands and Waterways Permits Ken Franklin Statewide Permits Program Coordinator Geo-Environmental, ODOT

2. Jurisdiction 3. Permit process 1. Agencies and laws 4. Schedule issues Presentation scheme

Section 404 Clean Water Act Section 10 Rivers and Harbors Act Waters of the U.S. 404 waters Section 10 waters Navigable Permits Nationwide Regional General Individual Corps Factoids No hard timeframes to issue No emergency authorizations per se No permit volume thresholds ESA compliance critical Corps of Engineers

State Removal-Fill Law Waters of the state Essential salmon habitat Non-essential salmon habitat Permits General Authorizations (New) General Permits Removal-Fill Permits DSL Factoids Admin. rule timeframes to issue Emergency authorizations 50 cubic yard threshold DSL

2. DSL/Corps jurisdiction Removal-Fill Law Section 404 Tidal Waters Fresh Waters Removal-Fill Law Section 404 Section 10 Uplands Tidelands Coastal Wetlands Freshwater Wetlands Section 10 if navigable Uplands OHWL Mean High Water High Tide Line Ground Water Line Removal-Fill Law &

2. DSL/Corps jurisdiction Removal-Fill Law Section 404 Tidal Waters Fresh Waters Removal-Fill Law & Section 404 Section 10 Uplands Tidelands Coastal Wetlands Streams, ponds, lakes, some ditches Freshwater Wetlands Section 10 if navigable Uplands OHWL Mean High Water High Tide Line Ground Water Line

Jurisdiction example Coast Fork Bridge, I-5 Willamette River, Lane Co. High flow channel above OHWL Upland (not regulated) OHWL Wetlands N

Challenging jurisdictional features FeatureDSL jurisdiction Corps jurisdiction Ditches Intermittent streams Fish presence In or adjacent to wetlands Significant nexus to waters of U.S. OHW, bed and banks Wetlands Naturally occurring Artificially created > 1 acre Adjacent to waters of U.S. Isolated with commerce connection

Jurisdiction puzzler Roadside ditch Drainage ditch

3. DSL/Corps permit process Is JPA complete enough for further review? No Yes Prepare/revise “JPA” Pre-app meeting 1 Submit JPA DSL/Corps Application Processing ContinuePermit

3. DSL/Corps permit process Applicant responds to comments Applicant’s response adequate? Most DSL authorizations Public review process Corps IPs 2 No Final Technical Review Yes Corps NWPs Comments Yes, JPA complete 1

Corps Permit 3. DSL/Corps permit process Final Technical Review Final Agency Documentation Decision documents Permit conditions Draft permit conditions DSL Permit Remaining application completeness items Permit Conditions: Construction Mitigation Post-construction NMFS BiOp DEQ 401 Cert SHPO OK

1.Avoid impacts 2.Minimize unavoidable impacts 3.Rectify temporary impacts 4.Compensate for permanent unavoidable impacts 3. Permit process: mitigation

Mitigation scenarios River or Stream OHW Ditches Wetland Road

 Avoidance of Impacts

Minimize unavoidable impacts Culverts Wildlife crossings ] ] ] ] ] ]]] Forested buffer Other ways to minimize impacts: In-water work timing Erosion control techniques and tools Temporary water management Clearance of migratory bird nests before nesting season Etc.

To prevent unintended impacts Wetland Contract special provisions No equipment No driving No disturbance Prevent sediment discharge into NWZ NWZ No work zones NWZ

Wetland impact site On-site compensatory mitigation site + Case for avoidance and minimization of impacts Compensatory mitigation Restoration Creation Enhancement 1:1 1.5:1 3:1

4. Permit scheduling Permit target date JPA submittal time before target date (months) DSL/Corps Individual Permit GA & NWP     ~ -3 wks Final JPA Items In

Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus (540 – 480 BC) DSL Administrative rulemaking underway Stream mitigation requirements  ? Corps Rapanos jurisdictional guidance in use SLOPES IV? New Mitigation Rule DSL Payment in Lieu will become an option again (was PTP)

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