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This web site
provides information on the Corps of Engineers Wilmington District's
Regulatory program. Inside are reference materials, public access
and educational information, notices of the current
permit applications that are open for public comment, and the permits
that have been issued. Please visit this site to see how the
Regulatory Division helps protect the valuable aquatic resources of
North Carolina through a strong program focused on regulating
development through avoidance or minimization of all impacts to
streams, wetlands and waters of the US.
NEWS FROM THE REGULATORY PROGRAM
10/30/2009 - The Wilmington District
Corps regulatory program seeks comments investigating the use of web
interface tools to enhance our web site to assist in educating
stakeholders about the requirements and processes related to
obtaining a Corps permit.
Public Notice
9/14/2009 - The recently revised
Commander's Policy #5 for Water
setback along Federally Authorized Waterways (revised 7/21/2009)
is posted in our library on the
Wilmington District
Program Policy and Guidance page.
8/19/2009 - Did you know that the Regulatory program in the
Wilmington District publishes permits
issued each month?
(Link on image above exits Wilmington District web site to
Recovery.gov web site.)
8/19/2009
- The Wilmington District regulatory program received
approximately $200,000 in stimulus (i.e., Recovery, ARRA) funds to
assist in the conversion of our regulatory file system from paper to
digital. The Government Printing Office will be providing
contract support to the program for this effort. The
Wilmington District has paper records of permits, other regulatory
actions, and navigational studies that date back over 100 years.
In the last ten years alone, the District regulatory program
accumulated well over a million pages of required documents,
reports, maps and plans for over 50,000 completed activities.
The Recovery Act funds will help the District in its plans to
transition to an all-digital system, ultimately saving processing
time and reducing the costs of storage and retrieval of paper files.
8/13/2009 - The Federal Register
announcing the proposed suspension and modification of NWP 21 was
scheduled to expire on August 14, 2009. We have received numerous
requests that the comment period be extended. Based on an evaluation
of the requests, we have determined that a 30 day extension is
warranted. The
Federal Register announcing extension of the comment period to
September 14, 2009 was published today.
7/20/2009 - HQ Regulatory revised the
standard operating
procedures to reflect changes in the program over the last
several years. This document is posted in the
National Program Policy and
Guidance page of our regulatory library.
7/15/2009 - The US Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps) published a proposal in the Federal Register to
suspend and modify Nationwide Permit (NWP) 21 which authorizes
discharges of dredged or fill material into waters of the United
States for surface coal mining activities. This is a national
program proposal. Nationwide Permit 21 has not been used in
the Wilmington District.
Public
Notice -
Federal Register (Vol. 74, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 15,
2009 / Notices p. 34311) Comments will be received until
August 14, 2009 (see the Federal Register Notice for
instructions).
4/30/2009 - The
Washington Field
Office has moved. The new address for the Washington
Field Office:
US Army Corp of Engineers
Washington Regulatory Field Office
2407 W. 5th Street
Washington NC 27889
The office is working with temporary
phone numbers until a new telephone system can be completed.
To contact staff at the Washington Field Office in the interim,
please leave a message with Ms. Sharon Barnett at 910-251-4555.
DID YOU KNOW ...
 The
acreage, variety and complexity of waters and wetlands in North
Carolina make this one of the largest areas and most diverse variety
of wetlands found in the United States.
The Wilmington
District Regulatory jurisdictional area includes approximately 8.5
million acres of waters and wetlands in North Carolina, ranging from
coastal marshes and waters to wooded swamps, pocosins, bottomland
hardwoods, mountain bogs, and trout waters.
Many land areas
in North Carolina, especially in the coastal counties, have
regulated wetlands or waters on them. Prospective lot purchasers,
developers, and their real estate agents and attorneys, should have
the property checked for the presence of wetlands prior to purchase
or before beginning any construction or land clearing activity. If
you suspect either jurisdictional waters or wetlands exist on your
property, it is recommended that you have a jurisdictional
determination (JD) completed prior to undertaking any work such as
filling, excavating or land clearing. Download our
Fact Sheet on JDs, or call
the
Corps project
manager for your county if you have questions.
 Since
1890, the US Army Corps of Engineers regulated activities in the
nation's waterways. Until the 1960's, the primary purpose of the
regulatory program was protection of the waterways for navigation.
Since then, as a result of laws and court decisions, the scope of the
program expanded and changed to reflect current policy. It now
considers the full public interest for both the environmental
protection and uses of the nation's water resources.
More
videos about
our program
...
See a
video "Wetlands: Why We Need Them", filmed in the
coastal regions of the Wilmington District and available for viewing or download in high
resolution (recommend high bandwidth connection - cable, DSL) or
lower resolution for faster streaming.
High Resolution
(19MB) - Low Resolution
(4MB)
See a
news video (Windows media
format) about the Regulatory Program's work protecting waters and
wetlands in the Wilmington District.
For questions or comments
concerning this web page:
email:
Regulatory Web Site phone: (910) 251-4810 |
Quick help:
Who should I call?
List of Corps contacts (email & phone) by county served.
Subscribe to Public Notices
When do I need a Corps permit? and other
FAQ
Video About the Program
Hi-resolution (19MB)
Low-resolution (4MB)
Fact sheet on Regulatory Program
(PDF)
Customer Service Survey
Regulatory Hot
Topics
Jurisdictional Determinations
Regional
Guidance
Major Projects and Policies
HQ national
Regulatory Guidance Letters
Protecting US wetlands, streams and waters of North
Carolina,
through fair and reasonable decision making, applying
sound science and balancing the public interests.
USAED, Wilmington
Regulatory Division
69 Darlington Avenue
Wilmington, NC 28403
Need to call us?
General questions
about the Wilmington District: Public Affairs Office - your one-stop
shop for news and information on the district. (910) 251-4625
Specific questions about the Wilmington District
Regulatory
Program?
Visit
our contacts page for up to date phone
contacts for the Regulatory program.
Value to the
Nation: The Corps Regulatory Program
Full
Color Brochure (PDF)
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