Wetlands and Waterways Permits Ken Franklin Statewide Permits

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jurisdiction puzzler Roadside ditch Drainage ditch

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

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

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

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

Mitigation scenarios Wetland Road Ditches River or Stream OHW

Avoidance of Impacts

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

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

Compensatory mitigation On-site compensatory mitigation site 1. 5: 1 Creation 3: 1 Enhancement Restoration 1: 1 Wetland impact site + Case for avoidance and minimization of impacts

4. Permit scheduling ~ -3 wks Final JPA Items In DSL/Corps Individual Permit GA & NWP -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 JPA submittal time before target date (months) -1 Permit target date

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

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