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| 3/19/2012 | The Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection has certified, denied, or conditioned the 2012 re-issued and issued U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s nationwide permits. These water quality certifications have an effective date of March 19, 2012.
Activities authorized under a valid USACE nationwide permit and previously qualifying for a general water quality certification that were under construction or under contract to begin construction prior to March 18, 2012, shall have until March 19, 2013 to complete construction under the 2007 general certification conditions. |
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§401 Water Quality Certification
Any person, firm, or agency (including federal, state, and local government agencies) planning to work in jurisdictional waters of the United States, or dump or place dredged or fill material in waters of the United States should contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) office in your area and the Kentucky Division of Water, Water Quality Certification Section to obtain a permit. The §401 Water Quality Certification Program of the Kentucky Division of Water is the Commonwealth’s review and authorization of selected federal license and permits Examples of federal licenses and permits subject to §401 certification include Clean Water Act §404 permits for discharge of dredged or fill material issued by the USACE, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydropower licenses, and Rivers and Harbors Act §9 and §10 permits for activities that have a potential discharge in navigable waters issued by the USACE. A §401 certification from the Commonwealth of Kentucky also affirms that the discharge will not violate Kentucky's water quality standards.
Examples of activities that may require a certification from the Kentucky Division of Water, Water Quality Certification Section include:
- Placement of dredged or fill materials into waters of the state and/or wetlands
- Structural fill such as culverts and bridge supports
- Road and utility crossings
- Dredging, excavation, channel widening, or straightening
- Flooding, excavating, draining and/or filling a wetland
- Bank sloping; stabilization
- Stream channel relocation
- Water diversions
- Divert, obstruct or change the natural flow or bed of any waters of the state (e.g. debris removal, bank stabilization or culverting)
- Construct a barrier across a stream, channel, or watercourse that will create a reservoir: dams, weirs, dikes, levees or other similar structures
Click on a link below to find out more information about §401 Water Quality Certification:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/pdf/CWA_401_Handbook_2010_Interim.pdf
Environmental Protection Water Quality and 401 Certification: http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/guidance/cwa/waterquality_index.cfm