EPA's Role in Section 404 Permitting

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Laws 

• Clean Water Act - including Section 309 and Section 404 

Regulations 

• Corps Regulations - including 33 CFR Part 323 
•  EPA Regulations - including 40 CFR Part 230 (404(b)(1) guidelines) and 40 CFR Part 231 (veto regulations)

Other Resources 

• Chronology of 404(q) elevations 
• Chronology of EPA Section 404(c) actions​
• EPA Web Page of 404(q) Resources 

• EPA Section 404(c) fact sheet
• EPA Section 404(q) fact sheet
• Environmental Protection Agency, Why We Studied the Bristol Bay Watershed
• Mingo Logan Coal Company v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Oral Argument Audio

Policies and Reports 

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 910-R-14-001ES, An Assessment of the Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska (Jan. 2014)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memorandum of Agreement: Clean Water Act Section 404(q)