Permitting worksheet.
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Step 1: Determine if your project entails a regulated activity:
Is the project: Yes No Not sure? Primary Agency to Contact Related Permits You May Need
disturbing > 1 acre? Check project plans MPCA, MS4 NPDES/SDS Construction Permit
dewatering? Check project plans DNR Water Appropriations Permit
appropriating water? Check project plans DNR Water Appropriations Permit
an industrial discharge? Check project plans MPCA Met Council NPDES/SDS Industrial Permit Industrial Waste Disposal Permit
a feedlot operation? Check project plans MPCA MDA NPDES/SDS Feedlot Permit
discharging to Special Waters? Check Special Waters list MPCA NPDES/SDS Permits
discharging to surface waters? Check project plans MPCA DNR NPDES/SDS Permit Water Appropriations Permit
disposing/injecting stormwater into the shallow subsurface? Check project plans USEPA Class V Injection Well Inventory Class V Injection Well Permit
draining wetland? Check NWI Check wetland delineation USACE DNR MPCA BWSR, LGU Section 404 Permit Public Waters Permit Section 401 Water Quality Certification Waters/Wetlands (WCA) Permit
filling wetland? Check NWI Check wetland delineation USACE DNR MPCA WSR, LGU Section 404 Permit Public Waters Permit Section 401 Water Quality Certification Waters/Wetlands (WCA) Permit
excavating wetland? Check NWI Check wetland delineation USACE DNR MPCA WSR, LGU Section 404 Permit Public Waters Permit Section 401 Water Quality Certification Waters/Wetlands (WCA) Permit
innundating wetland? Check NWI Check wetland delineation USACE DNR MPCA WSR, LGU Section 404 Permit Public Waters Permit Section 401 Water Quality Certification Waters/Wetlands (WCA) Permit
affecting a calcareous fen? [http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=11831 Check calcareous fens list} X X
working below the ordinary high water level or in a Public Water? Check OHWL Check PWI DNR Public Waters Permit
a utility crossing (e.g. pipe, transmission line, etc.)? Check project plans DNR, public owner of land Utility Crossing License, State/Public Landowner Permission