The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a set of Nationwide Permits covering work in streams and wetlands conducted under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, which regulates the discharge of materials into waters of the United States. The NWPs are a type of general permit issued by the Corps that are designed to regulate the bulk of minimal impact activities affecting jurisdictional waters and wetlands with the goal of establishing standard terms and conditions for protection of these water...
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